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Ian and David reunite to discuss a funny, heartfelt movie about family. No, there's not another Fast & Furious movie out; the guys dig into the latest dramedy from Chicago filmmaker Michael Glover Smith, whose latest, Relative, hits Chicago this week with a series of special screenings and Q&A's.

The film centers on a couple of Rogers Park soon-to-be-empty-nesters who throw a college graduation party for their youngest son. As far-flung siblings descend upon the house, the emotional baggage piles up higher than their overnight cases. In classic Smith form, Relative opens up the 24-Hour Relationships Movie and messes around under the hood, exploring how family bonds (and rifts) inform the romantic relationships in their various stages.

Ian and David pirouette through a minefield of spoilers to give viewers a sense of Relative without ruining the experience, looking at the subtle tweaks in archetypes that make the characters memorable and their predicaments...well, relatable.

Show Links:

• Watch the Relative trailer: https://youtu.be/Ou5te4HCkOA

• Get tickets and showtimes for the special Relative screenings happening in Chicagoland throughout the week!

  • Relative premieres tonight at the Gene Siskel Film Center, and David will host a producers Q&A with Smith following the Wednesday (6/15) screening.

  • Next Friday (6/17), Relative expands to the Chicago suburbs! Catch the 7:30pm CST screening at the Hollywood Boulevard Cinema in Woodridge, and stick around for a Q&A with Smith and star Emily Lape, moderated by Ian!

• Explore the films of Michael Glover Smith via his website, White City Cinema!

• Listen to Ian and David discuss Smith's previous film, Rendezvous in Chicago.

• Listen to Ian and David's interview with the cast and crew of Rendezvous in Chicago.

• Listen to Ian and David's interview with Smith and Mercury in Retrograde star Najarra Townsend.