High Fidelity (2000) with film critic Keith Phipps

Jeremy and Paco are joined by film critic Keith Phipps to talk about High Fidelity (2000), directed by Stephen Frears.

Keith Phipps is a Chicago-based writer focusing on film. His primary outlet is The Reveal, a newsletter he co-writes with his longtime collaborator Scott Tobias. Keith also contributes to Vulture, The Ringer, TV Guide and other outlets and previously served as an editor at The A.V. Club and The Dissolve. He co-hosts The Next Picture Show, a biweekly podcast connecting classic and contemporary films.

He’s also the author of Age of Cage, a book about Nicolas Cage movies.

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Further reading and sources

• High Fidelity Turns 20, and the Chicago It Imagined Is Gone⁠ | Keith Phipps, Chicago magazine
• Another Windy City, Not My Own | Keith Phipps, The Reveal

• Top Five: How ‘High Fidelity’ Found Its Rhythm and Became a Cult Movie Classic | Andrew Buss
• Edgy In Chicago | Margy Rochlin, New York Times
• Baby Got Going: Longing and Leaving in High Fidelity | Erin Langner, Bright Wall/Dark Room
• Review of High Fidelity | Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
• The Complexities of Cultural Change: An Interview with Stephen Frears | Cynthia Lucia, Cineaste
• JAILED ALDERMAN CHARGES BIAS IN JURY SELECTION | Virginia Groark, Chicago Tribune
• Just Their Luck | Cate Plys, Chicago Reader
• The Ex Files | Graham Meyer, Chicago magazine
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