{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60df1d4ad40b8200131d3747/615d65e652d0810012f44cb4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"NO POPCORN #039 | ANNETTE (2021)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60df1d4ad40b8200131d3747/1633510778407-f8ba5d7d628871918a2dca4c9a5a15c6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>NO ENCORE</strong>'s 'movies x music' spin-off returns as Hanratty, Howard and Higgins combine to take on the Sparks-driven rock opera&nbsp;<em>Annette</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>An avant-garde arthouse film if ever there was an avant-garde arthouse film;&nbsp;<em>Annette</em>&nbsp;tells the story of celebrity couple Henry McHenry (Adam Driver) and Ann Defrasnoux (Marion Cotillard) and their subsequent strange travails.</p><p><br></p><p>Is it too weird for its own good? How are the songs? And the performances? Is there depth here or is it all a bit one-dimensional, despite the strange fantasy?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>All of this and more discussed on a brand new&nbsp;<strong>NO POPCORN</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>ACT ONE:</strong>&nbsp;A bumper What We've Been Watching including some 2021 highlights – and lowlights.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>ACT TWO (33:05):</strong>&nbsp;<em>Annette</em>.</p>","author_name":"NO ENCORE"}