Perhaps the oddest film about the environment that you’ll ever see is Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!, a movie that layers metaphors and symbols into one very weird tale. Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson and critic at large Emily VanDerWerff dig into what the film means and why you should watch it.

Read Alissa’s review of Mother! here.

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Hosts: Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw) and Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie)
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