Fade To Black

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 talk about the cinematic experience.

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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 memories and movies.

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In episode 43 of the Fade to Black podcast, critics Hanna Flint, Amon Warmann and Clarisse Loughrey talk Matthew Vaughn’s WWI-set prequel The King’s Man (08:41), satire Don’t Look Up (19:26), Julia Ducornau’s latest horror Titane (32:24), Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth (47:42), and rebooted franchises with The Matrix Resurrections (01:06:28).

Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:28:16), we dive right into The Matrix Resurrections spoilers and chat about those big, big reveals. Is it a self-aware take on franchises and nostalgia, or just more of the same?

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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 Take (52:58) we dive straight into those Spider-Man: No Way Home spoilers we’ve been dying to talk about, but have not been able to under threat of death by way of Mickey Mouse.

Also, we have our own post-jingle scene so stick around until the end!

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This week… Clarisse chats with Lamb star Noomi Rapace (07:26), and the pod team discuss the surreal Icelandic drama about a lamb-human hybrid (22:49), Steven Spielberg delivers a fresh take on a classic musical with West Side Story (35:14), and Aaron Sorkin goes behind the scenes on a beloved, American sitcom with Being the Ricardos (01:03:44).

Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:18:28), we debate the casting of actors in roles outside their race and culture.

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This week… Hanna chats with Encounter director Michael Pearce (08:11) and the pod team discuss the film (24:14), which stars Riz Ahmed as an army vet on the run with his sons in fear of an alien parasitic invasion. Joaquin Phoenix is the antithesis of Joker in C’mon C’mon (35:38), and we’ve got two Christmas movies for you: Aml Ameen writes, directs and stars in Boxing Day (47:02), while Keira Knightley takes the lead in Silent Night (01:07:37).

Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:22:45), we discuss the always controversial “Best Of” movies list: a great way to champion the year’s creme de la creme or do they just reinforce the biases of the outlets who publish them?

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This week… Amon talks to  Reggie Yates, Reda Elazouar, Elliot Edusah, and Jordan Peters about mega-90s throwback Pirates (07:41); Halle Berry leaps into the ring in order to make her directorial debut Bruised (21:09); the year of Lin-Manuel Miranda takes its victory lap with Disney’s Encanto (35:02); and it’s a dynastic struggle like no other in House of Gucci (49:53). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take we welcome Miss Kate Bishop to the MCU and dive into the first two episodes of Disney+’s Hawkeye (01:06:32).

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This week… we’re barking up Jane Campion’s tree with The Power of the Dog (04:32); serving up some opinions about Will Smith in King Richard (18:21); looking at the childlike wonder of Celine Sciamma’s Petite Maman (32:12); and there’s something strange in the neighbourhood so we’re calling Ghostbusters: Afterlife (40:30).

PLUS, in this week’s Hot Take we ask if dead actors should be brought back to life on screen (54:16).

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This week… it’s a theatre kid takeover with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s adaptation of the Jonathan Larson musical Tick, Tick… Boom! (6:25), Odessa Young and Josh O’Connor star in period drama Mothering Sunday (21:18), and Dénes Nagy takes us to the occupied Soviet Union in WWII, and the depth of hell, in his narrative feature debut Natural Light (34:22).

Plus in this week’s Hot Take (46:25), we break down the Marvel reveals that occurred on DisneyPlus Day including Moon Knight, She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel.

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This week… Kristen Stewart takes on the monarchy with Spencer (08:30), Oscar Isaac does his best poker face in The Card Counter (26:44), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson finds another excuse to be in the jungle in heist comedy Red Notice (39:45), and Chloé Zhao enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the all-star Eternals (51:32).

Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:11:32), we talk about mega pop stars becoming actors: is this nothing more than stunt casting, or is there some merit in it?

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