Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, This Just In is a subset of the fortnightly The 250 podcast, looking at notable new arrivals on the list of the 250 best movies of all-time, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This time, Damien Chazelle’s La La Land.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 12th January 2017.
- La La Land at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
- Damien Chazelle talks to The Hollywood Reporter about how hard it was to get La La Land made.
- Damien Chazelle talks to Vulture about the influence of Seventh Heaven on the film’s closing scenes.
- Caroline Framke at Vox on Mia’s perceived lack of character development.
- Ira Madison III at MTV on Sebastian as the “white saviour” of jazz music.
- Vikram Murthi at IndieWire on the possibility of a La La Land stage musical.
- Darren’s review of La La Land.
- Darren’s take on the nostalgia of La La Land.
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the m0vie blog 
I confess to being reluctant to see this movie in theaters because I worry it will be similar to The Artist. A perfectly entertaining movie that got overblown because it was a throwback to another era, whether it be silent film or a musical respectively. Would you say it is better or worst than that film?
I loved The Artist a lot, so I might be the wrong person to ask. But I did like La La Land more. The Artist was my fifth favourite film of the year that I saw it. I think La La Land was my third favourite film I saw last year, even though it was only released here this past weekend.