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b"As the good old U. S. of A. celebrated yet another year around the sun,\\xa0Film Comment editors Clinton Krute and Devika Girish invited critic A.S. Hamrah to hold forth on the varied, colorful, and often bleak visions of America on the screen. They asked him to pick some movies that evoked the stars and stripes, or the spirit of \\u201976, and Scott responded with 13 picks\\u2014one for each of the original colonies.\\xa0\\n\\nEach one of Scott's choices\\u2014which include The Wolf of Wall Street, Kajillionaire, Good Time, Leave No Trace, Class Relations, and Trash Humpers\\u2014sparked a spirited conversation about the state of the nation. Devika and Clint added in some of their own picks: John Sayles\\u2019s The Brother From Another Planet, Lizzie Borden\\u2019s Born in Flames, and more. See the full list of movies in the show notes at https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/the-film-comment-podcast-happy-birthday-america-a-s-hamrah/"