Welcome to another edition of Over/Under Movies, the podcast in which we choose one overrated film and one underrated film — similar in tone, genre, style, or however we may see fit — and we discuss them.

On this episode, my co-host Oktay Ege Kozak is joined by fellow Playlist writer Andrew Crump (I am absent for this one, real life sometimes gets in the way) to discuss two musicals with the throughline of a bittersweet romance.

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If you kept up with reviews during “La La Land”’s theatrical run at the tail end of 2016, you probably ran into at least a few mentions of “The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg,” Jacques Demy‘s colorful 1964 romantic musical masterpiece. If you also keep up with The Criterion Collection, you know that “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” just hit home video via a pristine Criterion Blu-ray release this month.

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The 15 Best Palme d'Or Winners From The Cannes Film Festival

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