Talk Film Society Network

Hello, romantics! Your host Manish (@vertigay314) invites guest Diego Crespo (@thediegocrespo) onto the Bad Romance miniseries. We're moving into the Bramford for the 1968 horror masterpiece Rosemary's Baby starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes. They talk about Mia Farrow's compelling performance, gaslighting, pushy Manhattan neighbors, the inherent fear in pregnancy, and how good the wife guy k...

Julianne Moore is one of the best actresses alive. So, given she's busy out there promoting Sharper and When You Finish Saving the World, it only seemed appropriate to devote a Double Edged Double Bill to her! First, Julianne Moore gets her first Oscar nomination as part of one of the best ensembles in film history with Boogie Nights! Then, Julianne Moore desperately tries to fill some big shoes n...

Marcus and Marcelo talk the best film scores (and some original songs) of 2022. Clips are played from a phone; sorry for the low quality. Next week we talk Oscar nominees. Voting is open in this year’s Talk Film Society Awards: TalkFilmSociety.com/TFSAwards Join our Discord for more awards talk and to get updates on everything TFS: TalkFilmSoc.com/Discord

While the weather outside is frightful, the fire inside is delightfully suspenseful! In order to warm themselves up, Adam and Thomas are taking a look at the subgenre snowy suspense! That is, thrillers that take place in a snowy environment. First, Kate Beckinsale tries to make the tundra somewhat memorable in the rightfully forgotten thriller Whiteout! Then, Guy Pearce fights cannibalistic urges...

Marcelo Pico and Marcus Iriving continue their 2022 awards season series with a look at the best original and adapted screenplays of 2022! Voting is open in this year’s Talk Film Society Awards: TalkFilmSociety.com/TFSAwards Join our Discord for more awards talk and to get updates on everything TFS: TalkFilmSoc.com/Discord

Hello, romantics! Your host Manish (@vertigay314) goes into a dream within a dream within a dream within a...well you get the idea! Christopher Nolan's 2010 blockbuster Inception is known as a mind-bending sci-fi action film, but with guest Bones from @5DayRentalsPod, Manish explores the relationship elements in the film. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Marion Cotillard, the smash hit movie explore...

Since M3GAN is slicing her way through theaters, Double Edged Double Bill is dedicating an episode to movies about Killer AI! First, Stanley Kubrick introduces HAL 9000 to monolithic acclaim in 2001: A Space Odyssey! Then, getting a killer work out becomes lethally literal via ghost possessed computers in Death Spa! Together, our duo answers the crucial questions. How daunting can lauded classics...

Marcelo Pico and Marcus Iriving finish their conversation on the best lead actress performances of 2022! Voting is open in this year’s Talk Film Society Awards: TalkFilmSociety.com/TFSAwards Join our Discord for more awards talk and to get updates on everything TFS: TalkFilmSoc.com/Discord

2023 is here, but before Adam & Thomas can fully move forward they must look back one last time at the films of 2022! First, director Roland Emmerich officially kills the disaster genre he revived in the 90s with the idiocy of Moonfall! Then, Colin Farrell finds out there's more than meets the eye with his daughter's robotic sibling in After Yang! Together, our heroes answer the crucial questions....

Marcelo Pico and Marcus Iriving reach the biggest category yet in their look at this year’s awards season: best lead actress! And yes, they for sure fit all of their conversation in this one episode. No doubt about it. No need to wait another week for the second part. Nope. No way… Oh wait. Oh hey, voting is open in this year’s Talk Film Society Awards: TalkFilmSociety.com/TFSAwards Join our Disco...

It's time to escape with your best running shoes for another Double Edged Double Bill! This week, as Babylon and Pale Blue Eye are out in theaters, we're devoting the episode to historical fiction! That is, films set in historical time periods with fictionalized elements. First, 76 men plot an escape from a PoW camp in the true yet embellished story The Great Escape! Then, the powers of Tom Hanks...

Merry Christmas, romantics! Your host Manish (@vertigay314) welcomes guest Josh Bell (@signalbleed) to discuss Stanley Kubrick's polarizing holiday movie Eyes Wide Shut! The 1999 film starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman strikes the balance between baffling and intriguing, offering a take on masculinity, marriage, and the commodification of the holiday spirit.

The Spooky Boys are back with a holiday treat for your ghouls. Halloween! That's right, Monsters Never Die has returned from Jacob's honeymoon with a special episode recorded back in October. Listen to Matt and Jacob and Marcelo as they discuss all 13 entries in the wild Halloween franchise from the Meat 'n Potatoes Halloween 4 to the wild swings of Halloween Ends.

Marcelo Pico and Marcus Iriving continue their look at this year’s awards season by talking some of the best 2022 supporting actors and that race as it is in late-December. As a reminder: You can vote for the best of 2022 for the Talk Film Society Awards starting Thursday, December 29. The 10th Talk Film Society Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 5th. Subscribe to our newsletter for TFS...

Brendan Fraser is returning to the big screen with his critically acclaimed turn in The Whale. So, it only seems fair to give him the Double Edged Double Bill treatment, courtesy of Thomas and special guest Marcus Irving! First, atomic bomb bunker baby Brendan Fraser comes to the surface for the first time in 1999 to find love & supplies in Blast from the Past! Then, Brendan Fraser fights mummies...

Marcelo Pico and Marcus Iriving continue their look at this year’s awards season by talking best supporting actresses and that race as it is in mid-December. As a reminder: You can vote for the best of 2022 for the Talk Film Society Awards starting Thursday, December 29. The 10th Talk Film Society Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 5th. Subscribe to our newsletter for TFSAwards updates...

Hello, romantics! Your host Manish (@vertigay314) tackles the Bad Romance(s) in Jordan Peele's 2017 phenomenon Get Out with guest Pernell Myers (@PernellVan)! The two talk about their own experiences in dating as POC, the heartbreak at the center of the film, and how the Oscar winning movie remains relevant and layered after 5 years. Starring Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams, Get Out is a true...

As cinemas return to the world of Pandora for Avatar: The Way of Water, so does one of our great actresses: Sigourney Weaver! So, Adam, Thomas and special guest Addison Binek are devoting an entire Double Edged Double Bill to the legendary star of sci-fi, horror and various other genres of film. First, Sigourney Weaver sits behind a desk while the titular robot gains sentience in Chappie! Then, Si...

In celebration of the tenth time doing the Talk Film Society Awards, Marcelo Pico and Marcus Iriving start their series on the 2022 awards season with a discussion on the best lead actor performances of 2022. Listen! Subscribe to our newsletter for TFSAwards updates and to receive the TFSAwards ballot as soon as it’s available: TalkFilmSoc.com/Newsletter Join our Discord for more awards talk and t...

Guillermo del Toro is bringing Pinocchio to life this week on Netflix with the help of The Jim Henson Company. So, Adam and Thomas are devoting an episode to the history of Henson and its cinematic puppetry works! First, Jim Henson brings his most beloved characters to the big screen for the first time with the original 1979 classic The Muppet Movie! Then, David Bowie and his goblin minions might...

Hello, romantics! Your host Manish (@vertigay314) continues the Bad Romance miniseries with Joe Wright's 2007 WWII film Atonement! Thomas Marinari (@notthewhostommy) joins the podcast to talk about the performances from Saorise Ronan, Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, and Benedict Cumberbatch, the themes of guilt and regret, and the famous camerawork and score!

Revember is coming to an end for Double Edged Double Bill, but Thomas and returning guest Torrey Depina are here to end things on an animated note. Or rather, an anime note as the show returns to the world of Japanese animated films! First, a classic comic strip gets adapted in a rare Japanese/American co-production that will leave you sleeping on your flying bed with Little Nemo Adventures in Slu...

Revember continues on Double Edged Double Bill! As we head into Thanksgiving weekend, Adam and Thomas are treating themselves to a second helping of Cannon Films, the infamous production company that produced genre schlock of all sorts throughout the 1980s! First, ninjas, exorcisms and aerobics all smash together into the one bizarre package that is Ninja III: The Domination! Then, Christopher Ree...

Hello, romantics! Your host Manish (@vertigay314) begins his Bad Romance miniseries with guest Marcelo Pico (@MarceloJPico). Kicking off this next season is Quentin Tarantino's melancholy crime romance Jackie Brown starring Pam Grier and Robert Forster. Both an exhilarating heist thriller and a thoughtful look at aging, second chances, and understated attraction, this 1997 film is a bellwether for...

After various production problems, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has finally hit theaters and become another box office smash. So, it only seems appropriate for Double Edged Double Bill to return to the world of films with troubled productions for Revember! First, $100 million and extensive on set rewrites resulted in a flop that nearly destroyed Eddie Murphy's career with The Adventures of Pluto...