Boogie Nights

Hosts Justin and Chuck revisit Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 breakout, a disco-charged epic of ambition, excess, ego, and collapse.

They step back into the sun-soaked 1970s porn boom, into the orbit of Jack Horner, Dirk Diggler, and a makeshift family chasing fame, validation, and the next high. Along the way, they spotlight the film’s powerhouse ensemble, Burt Reynolds, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, each performance balancing swagger, insecurity, comedy, and heartbreak.

From roaming long takes and explosive party sequences to needle-drop highs, mixtape moods, and the tonal crash into the 1980s, they unpack PTA’s filmmaking choices while digging into the rise-and-fall arc, the pull of chosen family, the spiral of addiction, and the reason the film still resonates nearly three decades later.

Hosted by Justin Morgan
Co-hosted by Charles Phillips
Mixing and Music by Scratchin’ Menace

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