Fade To Black

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 racism in the Star Wars fandom, after Obi-Wan Kenobi star Moses Ingram opened up about her experiences on social media (01:07:40).

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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.

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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.

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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-13/12A ratings: Is there too much violence?

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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).

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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 critics? We dive into the biggest question of them all.

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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, BLIMEY – we break down the first trailer for Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder.

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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. 

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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 on the Fade to Black pod. We talk about why.

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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 (01:32:29), we ask whether Moon Knight can really distinguish between our waking lives and Marvel dreams.

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