Actor, writer and podcaster Angourie Rice (The Nice Guys, Mare of Easttown, Mean Girls and Finding Emily) joins host Adam Unze to kick off a brand-new mini-season of The Spark Parade! In this episode, Angourie explores her ultimate Spark: Ben Stiller’s iconic 1994 Gen-X classic, Reality Bites, starring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Janeane Garofalo. Together, Adam and Angourie break down: • Discovering Reality Bites during Melbourne lockdown and tracking films on Letterboxd • Why the film’s quarter-life crisis and early-20s career anxiety hit just as hard for Gen Z today • The brilliance of Winona Ryder, Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn’s performances • 90s cinema aesthetics, vintage tech and the cultural obsession with nostalgia
Angourie Rice on Reality Bites, Gen X Nostalgia and 20s Career Anxiety 🎬