I love this dirty podcast! This week we're joined by Tom Scharpling (The Best Show, Double Threat) to examine two cinematic portraits of the ups and downs of the Big Apple. New York City, that is! Representing the arthouse it's the endlessly quotable and deeply cynical Sweet Smell of Success (1957), starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. And representing the mainstream, it’s the Reagan-era Michael J. Fox vehicle The Secret of My Success (1987). Which will enter the canon? And which will enter the trash canon? Plus Tom plays a round of the new hit game, "Penthouse Apartment or Dead in a Ditch?"

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Gummo (1997) vs Home Alone (1990)

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