Talking Pictures

We are back with another Spooktober episode. This time Arijit and I are joined by Ekata as well as The Queen is Dead podcast's Dhruv, Cris, and Amartya. We discuss three classic (Suspiria, Kuroneko, Texas Chainsaw Massacre) that we more or less love and three current year (The Shrouds, Sinners, Weapons) horror films. The conversation spanned for way too long, but it was fun having it neverthel...

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Hello people, here's the latest episode of our pod on our favourite films from 2024 (I know its late but blame the distribution system in India for that). We are joined by Ekata, and we have two lovely submissions from @mrnarci and @ThisIsLLN on Twitter(X) 05:10 - Black Dog (Arijit) 12:00 - A Real Pain (Ekata) 21:00 - Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (Tuhin) 31:40 - The Girl with the Needle (Ar...

Hello! We are back after so long (cause life happens) with the 2nd part of our Auteur Archive episode on Martin Scorsese. Arijit and Tuhin are joined by Akashdeep and Dhruv to discuss Marty's mob movies - Goodfellas - 02:45 Casino - 41:50 The Departed - 1:08:10 (Segue on Writing Over Adapting - 1:16:10) The Irishman - 1:27:40 Thanks to Rihen from Twitter who sent in their thoughts on The Irishman...

Hi everyone, We are back with the 12th episode of Talking Pictures, and we have another episode of Auteur Archive, in which we discuss the one and only Martin Scorsese, one of cinema's greatest artists. We love his movies, his film appreciation, and his film archival work, so we talk about all of that. We discuss his early movies—Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The King of Comedy, and Raging Bull—along...

Hi everyone, Welcome to Episode 11 of the podcast, where Arijit and I are joined by Ekata, Dhruv, and Dipanjan; who's appearing for the first time. This is the first time we are discussing horror movies on the podcast. I am not that big on horror but the others are and we together discussed our first trysts with horror films, scariest and memorable horror movie experiences, including those on the...

Disclaimer - We had audio issues while recording this episode. Since we had guests, of course, we couldn't possibly re-record this. We have tried to correct the issues as much as possible, but they still remain. Apologies for the audio quality in advance. Welcome to another episode of Talking Pictures. This week we are joined by three guests - Soumya - who has been here on our 2023 favourites epis...

Hello hello to everyone who's listening in. We are back after an unintended break of 7 months due to a lack of time to record together. In this episode, we discuss the most anticipated movies from the recently concluded Cannes and Venice Film Festivals, and like always, we deviate and segue into other topics like how Corporate Greed affects cinema, Film Schools and their pros and cons, and geek ab...

We are back with the second part of our 2023 Roundup where Arijit, Tuhin, Soumyajit and Dhruv discuss some of our favourite films from the last year. Tighten your seatbelts for a lot of off-topic Claire Denis discussion, and a debate on the ethics of telling indigenous stories. Apologies in advance for the small disturbance/glitches you might encounter.

Hi, hello, everyone - our lives had us occupied but we could finally assemble to record another episode. Dhruv and Soumya join us for this episode where we each discuss a favourite film from the past year. This is the first episode of a few of these (we hope to record and upload those soon) because 2023 was a great year for films and we loved many movies (we haven't even seen all the movies we...

We are back after a delay to discuss BARBENHEIMER - the phenomenon and the films, with two friends - Oppenheimer-rewatch record setter Shaswata and Dhruv from The Queen is Dead podcast. Talking Pictures Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_talking.pictures_/ Arijit's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_tentinquarantino_ Arijit's Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/fazr Tuhin's BlueSky - https://bsky...

On this episode of Talking Pictures, we talk about one of our favourite genre of movies - the film-noir! We discuss our love for noir films and the perpetual relevance and pull of noirs due to their ambiguous characters and intriguing features. We recommend/talk about some of our favourites - Arijit's films - Sunset Boulevard (dir. Billy Wilder), Se7en (dir. David Fincher), and The Wild Goose...

We present a new recurring series called Auteur Hour where we will talk about some of our favourite filmmakers and their films. The series begins with the one and the only, Wes Anderson, who recently turned 54 and has two films due to release this year. We talk about what draws us to his films and his style, his aesthetic, our favourite films of his as well as what we thought of Asteroid City from...

We discuss the newly announced lineup of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. We talk about the importance of the Cannes Film Festival to us as film-lovers, and the films we are most looking forward to from this year, including new films by Martin Scorsese, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Wes Anderson, Jonathan Glazer and many more. What is your most anticipated movie(s) from the line up? Let us know! Please share t...

On the second episode of our podcast, we discuss some of our favourite films from 2022 - Tár (Todd Field), Decision to Leave (Park Chan-wook) and two films from the "Eat-the-Rich" subgenre - The Menu (Mark Mylod) and Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Ostlund). We talk about what we liked about the film and their relevance. What are your favourite film(s) from 2022, and why? Tuhin's Favourit...

Hello everyone! Welcome to Talking Pictures, our new podcast where we talk about moving (and talking) pictures. In our very first episode, Arijit and Tuhin talk about how the idea for the podcast came by, and about films that pay tribute to the love for movies and filmmaking, with a special focus on Damien Chazelle's new film, Babylon.