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Talking Images

Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/19d. Total Eps: 123

Talking Images is the official podcast of ICMForum.com.

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Best films of 2025: Our Top 10s

Sunday, November 1, 2026 • Duration 02:16:55

Welcome to our extremely delayed countdown of our favourite films of 2025. Let's hope it's worth the wait.

In this episode, Arthur, Sol, Tom, and Chris break down their personal top 10 lists of 2025, and something shocking happens: against all odds, we agree more than ever before ...

What's going on?!

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Interpretation: The Enemy of Art and Joy? (Are We the Problem?!)

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 • Duration 36:20

Do you turn into a human film seminar every time a movie ends? And if so, do you need help? Are you scaring away those around you? Do you even enjoy films anymore?

Could it be that interpretation is really the enemy of art and joy?

In this episode, Chris, Arthur, Ben, and Sol grapple with the ideas of Susan Sontag’s infamous essay "Against Interpretation", and someone will make the exact opposite case: that interpreting films can really make them come alive.

Oh boy, are we the armchair intellectuals ruining everything?

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Did Lois Weber Forget Everything She Learned When Making Suspense?

Sunday, March 15, 2026 • Duration 01:22:41

In the 1910s, Lois Weber was one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood. She wrote, directed, produced, and even starred in films that pushed boundaries, made huge profits, and frequently angered censors. But how well have her morality tales actually held up, and did she ever make anything remotely as good as Suspense, either before or after?

In this episode, Allison, Brett, and Chris walk through her films, from anti-abortion dramas to colossal blockbuster epics, and everything in between, to find out which films still manage to speak to us.

Spoiler: While Brett maintains that Suspense is her only truly impressive work, the film he hates the most is actually Chris' favourite.

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Screw Cinemas: Is Watching Movies From Home Better Than Going to the Theatre?

Monday, December 1, 2025 • Duration 01:06:04

While everyone is decrying the death of movie theatres, Lauren could not care less. For her, watching films at home is an entirely superior experience; too many movies have been spoiled by seeing them with others on the big screen. Can the case be made that the home experience is simply cozier, quieter, and, well, better ... or will the panel attempt to tear her apart?

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The Early Masterpieces of Chantal Akerman

Saturday, November 1, 2025 • Duration 01:36:11

Has any director achieved more than Chantal Akerman while still in their 20s? The only comparison point is really Orson Welles. This is the woman who made Jeanne Dielman, voted the greatest film of all-time by Sight & Sound, when she was 24, and the masterpieces kept coming.

In this episode, Matt and Chris dive into what makes Chantal Akerman's early masterpieces so special, from their daring and changing form, redefining what cinema could be, to their deeply personal, human, and touching connections.

We will also explore why these films put so many people off, even pissing them off, and the controversy around Jeanne Dielman in particular - but more importantly, we will discuss each of the 4 major feature films Akerman made in the 70s - timestamps included:

Je tu il elle / I, You, He, She (1974) - 00:17:12
Jeanne Dielman (1975)- 00:32:45
News From Home (1976) - 00:52:07
Les rendez-vous d'Anna / The Meetings of Anna (1978) - 01:05:01

We also made the decision to include the more often overlooked 5th major film she made immediately after her 4 early masterpieces:

Toute une nuit / A Whole Night (1982) - 01:16:40

A worthy inclusion in this set? Let us know, but we felt we had to talk about it!

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Biopics Bore Us: Is This the Laziest Genre?

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 • Duration 44:31

Are biopics mostly just lazy summaries of Wikipedia articles? A production mill of comfort food aimed to cash in on the icons of your youth/past? Or: Are they great insights into intriguing people of the past and present?

Join us as our hosts share their disdain for conventional biographies, before being told - by IMDb - just how many biopics they actually love.

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The 6 Best Obscure Films of All Time?

Monday, September 1, 2025 • Duration 01:42:41

For 13 years, the ICMForum has hosted a poll of obscure favourites. In that time, only 6 films have won.

In this episode, we discuss we discuss each winner in detail, and talk about why you NEED to seek them out.

Oh, and the 14th edition is going on right now. You can submit your vote up until the 30th of September.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:10:19 - Letter Never Sent

00:26:53 - Sundays and Cybele

00:49.09 - Muddy River

01:03:48 - Carriage to Vienna

01:15:37 - Rapture

01:32:42 - Birth Certificate

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The Brilliance of Buster Keaton: The Films, the Gags, and the Death-Defying Stunts

Friday, August 1, 2025 • Duration 01:10:55

Buster Keaton was so dedicated to his craft that he broke his neck and still finished the take. Then showed up the next day.

In this episode, we trace his rise from Fatty Arbuckle's sidekick to his own master, ending the journey while Keaton was still at the top of the world, with his last solo-directorial effort in the silent era: The General.

We'll chat through his best shorts, with particular focus on One Week and The High Sign, get into his first attempt at a feature film with Three Ages, and then cover his two arguably best films, Sherlock Jr. and The General.

Along the way, we'll pause to just awe at the incredibly creative, hilarious, and often death-defying gags and stunts, and talk about why he remains icon to this day.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:10:22 - Fatty Archbuckle's Sidekick

00:17:47 - One Week

00:30:02 - The High Sign

00:35:02 - Three Ages

00:45:40 - Sherlock Jr

00:54:13 - The General

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Best Films of 2024: Our Top 10s

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 • Duration 02:46:32

How many films will we be able to agree on this time? Listen in as Arthur, Chris, Sol, and Tom reveal their top 10 films of 2024.

Spoiler: As usual, even our number 1s are not safe from criticism, though we did have a few surprising overlaps and agreements.

And while we may not see eye to eye on everything, we do seem to all have one thing in common: the belief that 2024 was a pretty amazing year for cinema.

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Top 50 Films of the 2020s (So Far)

Sunday, June 1, 2025 • Duration 01:32:35

The ICMForum community has voted on the best films of the 2020s (so far). Join us as we present and react to their (our) choices, with a surprising number of disagreements!

In this episode, we go through the top 50. Feel free to explore the complete list of ICMForum's Top 250 of the 2020s.

You can also see the list on IMDb and iCheckMovies.

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