Episode
Boots Riley on I Love Boosters
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- The Film Comment Podcast
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- May 4, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 3676
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Summary
On this week’s Podcast, Boots Riley joins to discuss his new film, I Love Boosters . The director of 2018’s Sorry to Bother You and the 2023 streaming series I’m a Virgo has returned with a movie that provides a new, invigorating riff on the theme that runs through all his work: the destruction of capitalism by an organized working class. I Love Boosters , which opens in theaters later this month, is a kaleidoscopic joyride that features professional shoplifters, lurking demons, a Marxist teleportation device, and more, all anchored by a cast par excellence : Keke Palmer in the lead, with Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Demi Moore, Eiza González, Will Poulter, Don Cheadle, and LaKeith Stanfield making up a pitch-perfect ensemble. Film Comment Editor Devika Girish had a long conversation with Boots about everything from how he got into fashion when he was depressed to why it’s important for him to make movies that show that the left can win.