This week, Amon chats to SING SING star Clarence Maclin (09:58) and we review the critically acclaimed prison drama (25:53). Then we hit the road with British indie BLACK DOG (36:12), and in our HOT TAKE (51:22), we look at the habit of cancelling series after one season.

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Hi listeners! The main podcast is back on September 1st! But to tide you over, we have an interview special with the great Naomi Ackie. She joins us primarily to talk about BLINK TWICE in which she stars as Frida, a cocktail waitress who tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) invites to his private island. But vaction bliss soon evaporates as Frida begins to question her reality.

It's an impressive directorial debut from Zoë Kravitz, and Ackie is on career-best form in the lead role. We hope you enjoy this conversation (and the movie) as much as we did!

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This week, Amon chats to directors Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia about their new documentary, FEDERER: TWELVE FINAL DAYS (12:12). Then we get our emotions in check with Pixar’s INSIDE OUT 2 (26:27), join Nicolas Cage in the apocalypse in action horror ARCADIAN (41:27), and witness a meeting of minds in FREUD’S LAST SESSION (55:42). 

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:09:36), we discuss this year’s summer box office as well as the fact that BLADE has lost yet another director in Yann Demange. We speculate as to what the problem is - why can’t they figure this out? 

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This week… Amon chats to THE Howard Shore (11:17) about his score for CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, and then the team reviews David Cronenberg’s latest film (34:00). It’s a Gen Z bloodbath in Halina Reijn’s murder-mystery slasher flick BODIES BODIES BODIES (50:16), and when you wish upon a live-action remake, you get Robert Zemeckis’ PINOCCHIO (01:04:38). And, in our HOT TAKE (01:28:03), we pick apart the racist backlash to Prime Video’s new series THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER.

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This week, Clarisse chats to Alexandra Anger and Monica Pavez, the team behind all those uncanny prosthetics in David Cronenberg’s new body horror, CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (08:44). We review George Miller’s THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING (32:39) dreams of love between a woman and a magical Djinn. Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain bring death and white privilege to the Moroccan desert in John Michael McDonagh’s THE FORGIVEN (51:13).

… plus, in our HOT take (1:06:49), we delve into the first two episodes of Prime Video’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER. Sure, it can take the Ring to Mordor, but does it know the way?

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This week, Amon has a chat with Sharlto Copley about BEAST (16:05), and then the team talk about Idris Elba going mano a mano with a lion in Baltasar Kormákur’s latest (36:18). We see how many of the requirements we check off on MR MALCOLM’S LIST (50:40), as we review Emma Holly Jones’s Regency comedy. And Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas turn the lens on themselves in filmmaking satire OFFICIAL COMPETITION (01:06:04).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:17:07), with The Sandman, House of the Dragon, and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power all either released or on the verge of release, we discuss what show is best equipped to fill the void of Game of Thrones, or if pursuing that goal is folly.

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This week, Hanna chats to the debut filmmaker behind British period romp MR MALCOLM’S List Emma Holly Jones (9:36). We check out Netflix’s latest Brit social thriller I CAME BY (42:38) starring George McKay and Kelly McDonald. Esther is back in the horror prequel ORPHAN: FIRST KILL (58:53) and plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:15:19), we discuss the arrival of She-Hulk - the latest Disney+ series

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This week… Jordan Peele is back and you’ll never look up at the sky the same way again with his latest horror, NOPE (6:30); Romain Duris builds a monument for future generations and future Instagram users in EIFFEL (25:22); and Ari Folman’s reimagines the story of Anne Frank’s imaginary friend Kitty in WHERE IS ANNE FRANK (38:31).

Plus, in our “HOT TAKE” (50:23), we ask: should critics be more empathetic towards how hard it is to make a film?

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This week… we make a special announcement about our first live podcast next month! Then Amon chats to Dan Trachtenberg about his latest directorial effort, PREY (12:20), and the pod team review the new Disney+ (grumble) thriller (32:07); then it’s all aboard David Leitch’s BULLET TRAIN (46:48) – next stop, murder and mayhem in this all-star action vehicle; and a 15-year friendship carries a Palestinian refugee’s dreams of seeing her homeland again in documentary FADIA’S TREE (01:06:42).

Plus, in our “HOT TAKE” (01:16:56), we try our best to figure out what the hell is going on at Warner Bros. right now.

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This week, Ron Howard takes a deep-dive into the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue in THIRTEEN LIVES (12:37); Panah Panahi takes us on the trip of a lifetime to Iran’s border in his debut HIT THE ROAD (29:26); And documentarian Sara Dosa captures a romance between two daring volcanologists in FIRE OF LOVE (45:12).

Plus, in our ‘HOT TAKE’ (01:00:10), we talk about the dire state of the VFX industry and how studios, most especially Marvel, continue to exploit artists. What’s the real cost of a good time at the movies?

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This week…Ryan Gosling is back and feeling the kenergy in Netflix’s THE GRAY MAN (08:20); we go WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (33:22) - whatever a crawdad is – in Olivia Newman’s adaptation of an all-time bestseller; and filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud revisits the dramatic events of April 15, 2019, in NOTRE-DAME ON FIRE (49:59).

… and in our ‘Hot Take’ (01:08:50), we ask the question: is Marvel’s Phase Four doing its heroines dirty? Or has the MCU finally gotten female superheroes right?

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This week…Taika Waititi returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER (4:40), Austen meets Fleabag in Netflix’s PERSUASION (28:21), robots are a man’s best friend in BRIAN AND CHARLES (41:50), and ITHAKA turns the spotlight back on Julian Assange (49:53).

… and in our ‘Hot Take’ (1:01:21), we find out if THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER is truly worthy in our spoilerific section.

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This week…Facebook’s favourite meme fodder, the Minions, are back in Minions: The Rise of Gru (07:53), Justin Kurzel delivers an uncompromising vision of a true Australian tragedy in Nitram (17:39); and we ask the question: does Ed Perkins’s documentary The Princess have anything new to say about Diana? (30:46)

… and in our ‘Hot Take’ (40:51), we venture into the Upside Down for our full, spoilerific take on Stranger Things Season 4.

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This week, Hanna speaks to Viggo Mortensen & Vicky Krieps about their western THE DEAD DON’T HURT (18:12), while we squad up for BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE (36:19). Then Amon has a chat with Ishana Night Shyamalan about her feature debut, THE WATCHED (51:08), after which the pod team reviews the film (01:03:30) as well as French period drama ROSALIE (01:20:03). 

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:39:00), Lupita Nyong’o called movie press junkets a "torture technique." Is she right? We unpack that statement from an actor, PR, and journalist vantage point. 

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This week…watch out for The Grabber! Ethan Hawke is back on Sinister form in The Black Phone and Hanna chats with writer-director Scott Derrickson all about it (14:02) before the pod team dissects the film (32:37). Elvis has entered the building in Baz Luhrmann’s extravagant biopic (50:27), and in our ‘Hot Take’, we breakdown the Obi-Wan Kenobi finale (01:15:10). 

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This week: Amon spoke to Good Luck To You Leo Grande stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack (07:54), and the pod team discuss the sex positive film (28:58); we go to infinity and beyond with Pixar’s Lightyear (42:00); get experimented on by Chris Hemsworth in Netflix’s Spiderhead (56:44), and seek Pleasure with Ninja Thyberg’s startling debut (01:09:39).

… and in our ‘Hot Take, we discuss Hollywood’s open letter urging Hollywood to reconsider how guns are depicted on screen (01:26:47).

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This week: were they so preoccupied with whether or not they could make Jurassic World Dominion, that they didn’t stop to think if they should? Clarisse talks to a new addition to the dino squad, DeWanda Wise (06:58), and we debate the latest sequel in the franchise (29:04). It’s a dark comedy made for the woefully insecure in Andrew Gaynord’s feature debut All My Friends Hate Me (45:13), and Adam Sandler takes to the court in Netflix sports drama Hustle (01:00:43). Plus – Udo Kier plays a hairdresser rediscovering his sparkle in indie drama Swan Song (01:20:03) and in our ‘Hot take’ (01:28:59), we take on the fandom queen herself, Ms Marvel, as the first episode of her new Disney+ show drops. 

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This week: ahhhhhhhhhhh! It’s Alex Garland’s surrealist horror MEN (04:50), director Rob Savage takes us on a wild ride in horror DASHCAM (25:25), Vicky Krieps takes a journey into the world of patriarchal filmmaking in Mia Hansen-Løve’s BERGMAN ISLAND (39:25), and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is given a modern-day, LGBTQ+ spin in romcom FIRE ISLAND (58:02) Plus, in our HOT take, we tackle racism in the Star Wars fandom, after Obi-Wan Kenobi star Moses Ingram opened up about her experiences on social media (01:07:40).

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This week: is Maverick’s ego still writing cheques his body can’t cash? We review the new Top Gun movie (07:23), Bob’s Burgers heads to the big screen in The Bob’s Burgers Movie (39:29), and we say hello there to Obi-Wan Kenobi in the new Star Wars series (54:44). Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (01:25:30), we give our verdict on the new Mission: Impossible and Thor: Love and Thunder trailers.

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This week… Amon sits down with star RJ Cyler to break down Emergency (13:37), while the pod team discuss the satirical thriller (36:53), Terence Davies’s portrait of a poet Benediction (55:05), and Disney+’s reboot of Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (01:11:24).

Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (01:28:56), we try to figure out why everyone’s getting so heated over sex scenes in cinema.

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This week… Amon caught up with writer-director duo the Daniels to chat about Everything Everywhere All At Once (06:30), and the pod team discuss the Michelle Yeoh multiverse movie (28:04). Then we enter the Vortex with Gasper Noe’s latest (50:43), and take a look at Michael Winterbottom’s new documentary effort Eleven Days In May (01:04:01).

Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (01:17:02), we talk about PG-13/12A ratings: Is there too much violence?

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This week… we Scooby-Doo this shit and go in on Marvel’s big and small screen offerings! Amon talks to Benedict Wong about Wong and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (08:01) before we review the superhero sequel (21:38). Then we talk about that Moon Knight finale (53:31) and finish off with our spoilerific hot takes on Doctor Strange 2 (01:22:33).

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This week… we get our pinkies up for Downton Abbey: A New Era (10:20) as the popular franchise returns to screens for yet another victory lap; we get down to some Casablanca Beats (23:23), for Nabil Ayouch’s musical drama; and thanks to a new Netflix documentary, we try to solve The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (34:06).

Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (45:27), what’s the point of critics? We dive into the biggest question of them all.

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This week… Clarisse talks to Tom Prior, star, co-writer, and co-producer of Cold War-era romance Firebird (06:38). Then the pod team tackle The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (27:21), Audrey Diwan’s unflinching look at abortion in 1960’s France in Happening (50:57), and Laura Wandel’s claustrophobic, schooltime drama Playground (01:06:25).

Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:20:50), THOR, BLIMEY – we break down the first trailer for Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder.

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This week, we get the bug spray out for arachnid horror STING (10:00), put on a mixtape for high school rom-com BONUS TRACK (32:00) and tackle sci-fi romance THE BEAST starring Lea Seydoux (50:00).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:10:00), we discuss what makes the best Shakespeare adaptation after my interview with director Jude Christian ahead of her staging of The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare's Globe theatre.

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This week… the pod team ride to Valhǫll in Robert Eggers’ historical epic The Northman (10:03), swoon over Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock in The Lost City (33:43), and get thees to a nunnery for Paul Verhoeven’s steamy Benedetta (52:48). 

Plus, in this week’s 'Hot Take' (01:07:52), we try to unpack exactly what DC’s cinematic future will bring us. 

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This week… Clarisse geeks out over 10th-century chamber burials and Viking bowl cuts with The Northman director, Robert Eggers (16:49), plus we chat about Amazon’s new spy thriller All the Old Knives (31:57) and the train-based meet cute in Compartment No. 6 (45:58).

Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:01:05), you may have noticed that we’re not covering Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore on the Fade to Black pod. We talk about why.

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This week… Clarisse talks to director Pierre Perifel about making mischief with the new DreamWorks animated film The Bad Guys (13:19). Then the pod team tackle Marvel’s new vampire antihero, Morbius (39:29), sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (55:50), Judd Apatow’s pandemic comedy The Bubble (01:04:58), and Harry Wootliff’s relationship drama True Things (01:17:59).

Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:32:29), we ask whether Moon Knight can really distinguish between our waking lives and Marvel dreams.

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This week… Amon speaks to Peacemaker creator, showrunner, and writer James Gunn (12:03) and the pod team review The Suicide Squad’s spin-off show (26:00). We also talk Michael Bay’s new action heist extravaganza Ambulance (41:10), and figure out which one of us is truly The Worst Person in the World (01:07:27).

Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:23:20), we discuss the performances that ultimately missed out on Oscar recognition but were wholly deserving of it.

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This week… get your armbands out because we are diving into deep water with Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas (07:34); Disney+ serves up some meaty rom-com troubles in Fresh starring Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones (be warned: this chat is a bit spoilery) (31:12); Craig Roberts returns to the director’s chair with irreverent biopic The Phantom of the Open (47:51); and crack open your Google Maps because we take a trip to Paris, 13th District (01:01:53).

Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:18:15), we break down the brand new trailer for Disney+ Marvel series Ms.Marvel!

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This week… the pod team discuss Pixar’s new animation Turning Red (13:29), a double dose of Ryan Reynolds in time travel adventure The Adam Project (35:20), and Sean Baker’s seventh film Red Rocket (47:19). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:03:47), with Disney, plus Warner Bros and Universal’s parent companies, all donating to politicians backing the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill in Florida, we ask: can you separate the art from the corporation?

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This week… Claire Rushbrook (7:34) speaks to Hanna about finding love in a lonely place with Adeel Ahktar in Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava (20:06); Amy Poehler’s documentary Lucy & Desi (40:36) gives us the real story behind two of comedy’s greatest icons and Amon speaks to Matt Reeves (57:52) about The Batman before we dive into our spoiler-free (1:12:55) and spoiler-filled HOT TAKES (1:37:00) about the latest outing for the Caped Crusader.

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This week… Clarisse speaks with Cyrano writer Erica Schmidt about adapting her stage show for the screen (08:57), and the pod team discuss the latest iteration of the literary classic (27:09); Jim Broadbent gets caught up in an art heist in The Duke (50:58); And we take a look inside a Swiss care home with La Mif (01:07:00). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:19:28), we weigh in on the Oscars ceremony after a new criteria limits the number of televised awards.

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This week, Channing Tatum is a doggone American hero in his directorial debut, Dog (07:40). We find out what happens when a smart speaker is the only witness to a violent crime in Steven Soderbergh’s Kimi (15:52). A new documentary hopes to answer the question: who was The Real Charlie Chaplin? (29:43). And Andrea Riseborough catches a case of creepy horror child in Stacey Gregg’s debut Here Before (44:34). Plus, in this week’s ‘Hot Take’ (52:55), we breakdown the biggest trailers of this year’s Super Bowl.

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This week, Hanna has a chat with Flee director Jonas Poher Rasmussen (10:44) about his animated journey down memory lane for one former refugee from Afghanistan, and then the team discusses the Oscar-nominated film (23:22). Owen Wilson accidentally pops the question to Jennifer Lopez in Marry Me (34:02), Kenneth Branagh returns with colonial pizzazz as Hercule Poirot in the grimly anticipated Death on the Nile (50:14), and Tom Holland is searching for his brother and lost treasure in video game adaptation Uncharted (01:09:14). Also, ‘Hot Take’ returns this week (01:35:18) with our Boba Fett finale conclusions and 2022 Oscar nomination musings.

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This week, we saddle in for some Glen Powell shenanigans in Richard Linklater's HIT MAN (07:30), practically combust with Zarrar Kahn's IN FLAMES (22:46), and rev our engines for George Miller's FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (35:59).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:01:17), we debate the extreme conditions of filmmaking: should actors be protected more?

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In episode 48 of the Fade to Black podcast, the pod team look into The Eyes of Tammy Faye (10:43), tackle the ludicrousness of Moonfall (24:29); declare Jackass Forever (33:00), and revisit Joanna Hogg’s world of toxic relationships and film school dreams in The Souvenir: Part II  (47:48).

Plus, we introduce a new feature called “Be Kind Rewind” (1:02:06), where we revisit some of the releases from the past year as they hit home entertainment - and ask ourselves whether the gift of hindsight has maybe changed how we feel about them. Our first pick is Edgar Wright’s retro-nightmare Last Night in Soho, and Amon spoke to one of its stars, Michael Ajao.

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In episode 47 of the Fade to Black podcast, Hanna speaks to Sing 2 director Garth Jennings (12:12) and the pod team grab their mics to discuss the animated sequel (25:18); we chat Penélope Cruz, Pedro Almodóvar, and Parallel Mothers (39:53); and Clarisse speaks with Amulet director Romola Garai (55:03) before the team discuss her spooky debut (01:09:59). 

Plus, in this week’s ‘Hot Take’ (01:21:43), we ask: how much should the personal views of Hollywood types impact their careers?

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In episode 46 of the Fade to Black podcast, Amon has a brief chat with Denzel Washington, Dana Canedy, and Michael B. Jordan about A Journal For Jordan (16:29).

Then the pod team get their freak on with Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley (23:05), grieving parents come together after a school shooting in Mass (40:50), Kenneth Branagh takes us back to his Troubles’ youth in Belfast (49:44), and a mother and daughter connect through teen diaries in Memory Box (01:04:15).

Plus, in this week’s ‘Hot Take’ (01:15:37), in the wake of Matt Reeves’ The Batman being confirmed to be nearly three hours long, we talk about movie run times: is there a perfect length?

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In episode 45 of the Fade to Black podcast, critics Hanna Flint, Amon Warmann and Clarisse Loughrey talk the ever-bloody and metatextual Scream (08:16), the bovine tête-à-tête that is Andrea Arnold’s new documentary Cow (26:00), and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s latest, Memoria (37:50).

Plus in this week’s ‘Hot Take’ (57:40), we ask whether it’s time for critics and audiences to reevaluate how we talk about the cinematic experience.

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In episode 44 of the Fade to Black podcast, critics Hanna Flint, Amon Warmann and Clarisse Loughrey talk Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza (9:45), espionage romp The 355 (26:47), one-shot wonder Boiling Point (38:51), and the cat-tastic The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (53:41).

Plus in this week’s Hot Take (1:10:20), we come together for our round-up of the year, sharing some of our favourite memories and movies.

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In episode 42 of the Fade to Black podcast, critics Hanna Flint, Amon Warmann and Clarisse Loughrey talk Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut, The Lost Daughter (04:57), it's double the Mahershala Ali, double the existential crisis in sci-fi drama Swan Song (15:51), and Spider-Man, Spider-Man, is doing crossovers like no one can in Spider-Man: No Way Home (29:42). 

Plus in this week’s Hot Take (52:58) we dive straight into those Spider-Man: No Way Home spoilers we’ve been dying to talk about, but have not been able to under threat of death by way of Mickey Mouse.

Also, we have our own post-jingle scene so stick around until the end!

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This week… Clarisse chats with Lamb star Noomi Rapace (07:26), and the pod team discuss the surreal Icelandic drama about a lamb-human hybrid (22:49), Steven Spielberg delivers a fresh take on a classic musical with West Side Story (35:14), and Aaron Sorkin goes behind the scenes on a beloved, American sitcom with Being the Ricardos (01:03:44).

Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:18:28), we debate the casting of actors in roles outside their race and culture.

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This week… Hanna chats with Encounter director Michael Pearce (08:11) and the pod team discuss the film (24:14), which stars Riz Ahmed as an army vet on the run with his sons in fear of an alien parasitic invasion. Joaquin Phoenix is the antithesis of Joker in C’mon C’mon (35:38), and we’ve got two Christmas movies for you: Aml Ameen writes, directs and stars in Boxing Day (47:02), while Keira Knightley takes the lead in Silent Night (01:07:37).

Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:22:45), we discuss the always controversial “Best Of” movies list: a great way to champion the year’s creme de la creme or do they just reinforce the biases of the outlets who publish them?

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This week… Amon talks to  Reggie Yates, Reda Elazouar, Elliot Edusah, and Jordan Peters about mega-90s throwback Pirates (07:41); Halle Berry leaps into the ring in order to make her directorial debut Bruised (21:09); the year of Lin-Manuel Miranda takes its victory lap with Disney’s Encanto (35:02); and it’s a dynastic struggle like no other in House of Gucci (49:53). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take we welcome Miss Kate Bishop to the MCU and dive into the first two episodes of Disney+’s Hawkeye (01:06:32).

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This week, we make some imaginary friends with John Krasinski’s IF (10:39), get dirty with Luna Carmoon’s debut HOARD (23:54), and go feral with Amanda Nell Eu’s debut TIGER STRIPES (39:59).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (55:40), we break down the X-MEN ‘97 finale.

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This week… we’re barking up Jane Campion’s tree with The Power of the Dog (04:32); serving up some opinions about Will Smith in King Richard (18:21); looking at the childlike wonder of Celine Sciamma’s Petite Maman (32:12); and there’s something strange in the neighbourhood so we’re calling Ghostbusters: Afterlife (40:30).

PLUS, in this week’s Hot Take we ask if dead actors should be brought back to life on screen (54:16).

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This week… it’s a theatre kid takeover with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s adaptation of the Jonathan Larson musical Tick, Tick… Boom! (6:25), Odessa Young and Josh O’Connor star in period drama Mothering Sunday (21:18), and Dénes Nagy takes us to the occupied Soviet Union in WWII, and the depth of hell, in his narrative feature debut Natural Light (34:22).

Plus in this week’s Hot Take (46:25), we break down the Marvel reveals that occurred on DisneyPlus Day including Moon Knight, She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel.

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This week… Kristen Stewart takes on the monarchy with Spencer (08:30), Oscar Isaac does his best poker face in The Card Counter (26:44), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson finds another excuse to be in the jungle in heist comedy Red Notice (39:45), and Chloé Zhao enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the all-star Eternals (51:32).

Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:11:32), we talk about mega pop stars becoming actors: is this nothing more than stunt casting, or is there some merit in it?

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This week… Ruth Negga chats with Hanna about new black and white Netflix film Passing (06:39) and then the pod team discuss Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut (22:58), Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho (31:04), Guillermo del Toro produced horror Antlers (44:46), and Netflix prequel Army of Thieves (55:35).

Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:11:26), we offer some recommendations for your Halloween viewing!

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