Water Cooler: Hundreds of Beavers, Shogun, Sleepaway Camp, Infested, and More

On the May 1, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor BJ Colangelo to gather around the virtual water cooler and talk about what they’ve been up to.

In the Water Cooler:

• What we’ve been Doing:
• BJ has been purging/donating her wardrobe AND MY BOOK ON SLEEPAWAY CAMP IS FINALLY COMING OUT.
• What we’ve been Reading:
• BJ has been reading the essays of Gen Z culture writer Freya India. (https://www.freyaindia.co.uk)
• Ben read Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar.
• What we’ve been Watching:
• BJ watched Lola aka Twinky (1970), Greener Grass (2019), and Infested (2024).
• Ben rewatched O Brother, Where Art Thou? and saw Shadow of the Thin Man, Hundreds of Beavers, and Shogun.
• What we’ve been Eating:
• BJ has been eating every fast food spicy nugget and determining a champion.
• What we’ve been Playing:
• BJ finally started playing Connections (and she is bad at it sometimes).

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