Woody Adjacent – Liev Schreiber, Eugene Hutz & Elijah Wood - Everything Is Illuminated (2005)

Welcome back to another episode of Woody Allen Adjacent… in fact… we made it to the end of 2025, baby!

Unfortunately, we have to start this episode by addressing the terribly tragic passing of a true Hollywood legend, Rob Reiner.

It’s a genuinely awful turn of events, and one that’s still unfolding. We felt it was important to speak on it briefly before getting into our final Adjacent episode proper, but before we even get there, we just want to give a MASSIVE shout-out to all our listeners, subscribers, and Patrons for your continued love and support. Whether you’ve been rocking with us all the way back in 2017, or you’ve only just recently joined the show, we truly appreciate your time, your messages, and your well wishes.

Looking ahead, next month we’ve got a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT coming - one that will mark the beginning of the end of this podcast in the best possible way. So definitely stay tuned for that!

Moving on…

For the last Adjacent episode of this year, we defer to our AI Assistant for the movie pick - and we ended up having quite a fun discussion with this one.

We’re talking about Everything Is Illuminated (2005), a thoughtful, darkly comic road-trip film that might honestly need a little justification for today’s conversation…

AND it just so happens to be celebrating its 20-year anniversary too — great timing, aye :P

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For full cast details, user reviews, and more background on the film, check out:

📌 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Is_Illuminated_(film)

📌 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404030/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1

📌 Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/everything_is_illuminated

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