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Get ready to jump more than 8,000 years into the future as Matthieu, Tom and Chris dive into one of 2021s most acclaimed blockbusters: Dune!  Join us as we marvel at the set design, cringe at a few of the jokes and discuss what worked, what didn't and why.  We will also explore Denis Villeneuve's rise as a sci-fi and blockbuster director, what his cold and meticulous style bring to blockbusters an...

In our first episode of season 3, Sol sits down with Like Dog director Randy Van Dyke and producer Kelly Faltis to discuss their recent horror movie LIke Dogs (2021) and their experience with making and distributing an indie horror film during the pandemic. Van Dyke and Faltis will take you through everything from how the pandemic, restrictions and lockdowns affected their production, and how a ve...

In our Season 2 finale of Talking Images, we look at how after 2 years of the Pandemic something good may be coming out of it after all - extra exposure for the 1963 sci-fi comedy Omicron. This "body-horror" meets satire, explores humanity in all its bodily functions, and offers an eerie and still extremely relevant and sobering assessment of the world we live in.

Claire Denis went from being the master of unspoken longing to shooting explicit sex and violence - holding next to nothing back. In this episode, we will take a closer look at her defining works, marvel over the sheer variety, explore her off-beat genre experiments and dissect why so many top actors want to work with her.

What is the first thing you think about when you hear the word "remake"? Is it an industry entirely out of ideas? Is it desperate or greedy execs trying to make a quick buck? Or is it perhaps just a non-verbal sigh? In this episode, we'll try to get away from all the negativity and look at the remakes that not only delivered but ended up being even better than the original. We may ruffle some feat...

Every year films go under the radar. Here are 10+ brand new films you may have missed, and why you should consider seeking them out. These 10 films and more will be part of the 5th ICMForum Film Festival, which will be held between the 15th of November and the 13th of December 2021. We also recorded an episode on ICMFFF2020 last year. You can listen here: Sounder: https://talking-images.sounder.fm...

In this episode Matthieu, Sol, Tom and Chris talk about their number 1 favourite film of 2020. Of course, none of them agree.

Yes, it's that time! Finally! The Talking Images team is ready to open up and talk through our top 10 favourite films of 2020 - granted, with a cliffhanger.

Is Psycho's ending actually terrible? Is Whiplash an evil movie made by evil people? Is Taxi Driver's ending even real? Join us as we clash over iconic endings, break down the formulas and share our picks of best movie endings of all time. Timestamps: 00:00: Spoiler-Free Discussion 20.36: The Spoilers Begins - Formulas / What Works & What Doesn't 57.48 - Films Saved by their Endings 1.09.29 -...

How much can you strip away? How far can you go? Robert Bresson did not just create his own cinematic language. He created his own cinematic ideology - striving to tear film away from the theatre, strip away all artifice and create something you could only experience through cinema. Over his 13 feature films, and one standalone short, his career spanned from 1934 to 1983. In this episode, we will...

Get out your spreadsheets fellow film nerds, this episode is dedicated to you!  It will for once be decided if the answers are truly written in the stars, or if the good old 10/10 system is more than enough. In our effort to discover the best rating systems and make sense of some of the universe's greatest questions we will also, of course, insult every fan of Rotten Tomatoes and At the Movie...

In this episode we sit down with independent Japanese cinema producer and distributor Adam Torel, the Head of Third Window Films, to hear about his upcoming films, his work with Shinya Tsukamoto and Sion Sono, and what it takes to get people to watch independent cinema in Japan. The answer to the latter in particular may both shock and entice you.

It is origin story time, again!  In our very first episode, the original hosts detailed exactly how they got into cinema. Now, it is time to hear from those who have joined us since then. Listen in as Matthieu, Adam (from New York), Lauren and Sol tell you exactly how they got into cinema. Be shocked, as Matthieu reveals he's a child of DVDs not VHS. Discover who actually studied film, who ed...

Get ready for a flash from the recent past! In this episode Chris, Matthieu, Sol and Tom break down and discuss their 5 favourite films of 2018 + their runner ups. What were yours?

You have heard the warnings. You have seen the tears. You have felt the terror. A spectre is haunting the halls of cinema, and its name is not Covid-19 but Netflix. In this episode, we will discuss just how damaging Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Mubi and all other streaming services are, and try to get to the bottom of the existential threat they pose. Can anything good come from them at all? Liste...

The Dollar Trilogy is iconic. It broke the rules, rewrote what we consider a western to be, and is just, well, badass! But why? What is it that make these films stand out the way they do? In this episode we try to find the answer.

In this episode, we will look at what happened when the fantastical dream that was space exploration became reality - and the future became the past. Opening with a full-on discussion of what could be called "the first modern space exploration film", Ikarie XB 1 - we will continue to explore how the subgenre developed after Jurij Gagarin became the first human to leave our planet. While it still f...

Get your battle helmets on - we're doing this. 2001 vs. Solaris. Kubrick vs. Tarkovsky. Oh, and ... all of cinematic history, well ... in space anyways, Yes, that's right - in this glorious two-part episode (did we mention that were will be a follow-up?!) we will look at ALL of space exploration history - going all the way back to A Trip to the Moon. Early films excluded, which, can almost be seen...

Why would filmmakers go through the excruciating trouble and pain of creating their films without a single cut - any mistake being detrimental - every shoot non-stop? Why put yourself through all that pain? Why put your actors through all that pain? Why put the actual person carrying a camera for 90 minutes through all that pain? Why? Can single-take films do things regular films can't? Our answer...

In this episode we will not just discuss the magical work of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, or the mediocre work of everyone else - we will look at how their careers developed in contrast to each other from their first double feature, to their last. That is to say, the 1988 double feature that in so many ways showcased what Studio Ghibli could do: My Neighbour Totoro Grave of the Fireflies And...

Strap yourself in for a Christmas and end-of-the-year episode that will be something out of the ordinary! Yes, we will talk about our favourite Christmas films: including Sol telling us all how Home Alone traumatised him for life ! And yes - we will also be a bunch of non-Americans thoroughly confused about the appeal of a Christmas Story (sorry). But above all we are interested in just how differ...

Get ready for one heck of a claustrophobic rollercoaster ride as Chris, Sol and Tom go through some of the biggest (and some of the most underrated) single location - and primary location - films of all time! Spoiler Warning: We will spoil Coherence (with a clear warning) - jump to 1:01:00 if you do not want to get the concept spoiled. We will cover: Adapted Plays: Secret Honor: 00:08:33 Street Sc...

Recording in the midst of ICMFF2020, Chris, Matthieu and Tom break down the main slate and the highlights from the festival so far.

Yes, that's right: This is the episode where we arbitrarily pick the best and worst films to have won the Oscar for Best Picture, and, well ... fight it out ... Do you want to hear us: - Shock you with which Best Picture winners we hate? - Psychoanalyse the academy voters? - Figure out if things are getting "worse" or "better"? - Pinpoint trends? If so, join in for the ultimate Oscars Podcast, spa...

John Guillermin , the director of Rapture, The Towering Inferno, King Kong, Never Let Go, Guns at Batasi and a long line of other films is best known for his bad temper , and there have been no comprehensive books on his work. This has changed: His wife Mary Guillermin has launched a large project to do John's work justice, and the book: John Guillermin: The Man, The Myth, The Movies is now out. W...