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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 Hollywo...

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...

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 ra...

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. If you’d lik...

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. If you’d like to join the...

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-13/1...

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). If you’d like to join the conversation o...

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 cri...

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, BLIME...

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.  If you’d like to join the conversati...

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 o...

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 (01:32:2...

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 m...

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 b...

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 yo...

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)...

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 cerem...

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 Befor...

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 Deat...

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 release...

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’ (01:2...

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...

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 ta...

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...

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 Ta...