Fade To Black

By Hanna Flint and Clarisse LoughreyTV & Film Film Reviews

Fade To Black episodes

October 31, 2021 Episode 35: Passing, Last Night in Soho, Antlers, Army of Thieves, with Ruth Negga
This week… Ruth Negga chats with Hanna about new black and white Netflix film Passing (06:39) and then the pod team discuss Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut (22:58), Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho (31:04), Guillermo del Toro produced horror Antlers (44:46), and Netflix prequel Army of Thieves (55:35).
Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:11:26), we offer some recommendations for your Halloween viewing!
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1 hr 23 min
October 24, 2021 Episode 34: The French Dispatch, Dune, Dear Evan Hansen, The Harder They Fall, with Léa Seydoux
This week… Léa Seydoux chats with Clarisse about Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch (09:23), and the pod team discuss the journalistic cinematic endeavour (23:39); Timothée Chalamet pops up again in Denis Villeneuve’s blockbuster adaptation of Dune (37:39); The Age of Musicals continues with Dear Evan Hansen but is the Broadway adaptation golden? (01:02:32); And finally, the Old West is back and it’s Black in Jeymes Samuel’s The Harder They Fall (01:21:22).
Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:37:38), we dissect The Batman trailer!
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1 hr 49 min
October 17, 2021 Episode 33: The Last Duel, Halloween Kills, Ron’s Gone Wrong, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, with Jim Cummings, Sarah Smith, and Peter Baynham
In episode 33 of the Fade to Black podcast, the gauntlet has been thrown down for a trial by combat in The Last Duel (31:43), Ridley Scott’s French historical drama starring Adam Driver, Matt Damon, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck. The killing continues in Halloween Kills (47:03), and Ron’s Gone Wrong (59:12) in Disney’s latest animation about one boy and his robot.
The bromantic superhero movie Venom returns to face a new symbiotic threat in Let There be Carnage (01:19:58), and for this week’s ‘Hot Take’ (01:36:01) we dissect that Venom: Let There Be Carnage end credit scene so be prepared for spoilers!
Clarisse also speaks with The Beta Test’s star and filmmaker Jim Cummings (11:24), and Ron’s Gone Wrong co-director and co-writers Sarah Smith & Peter Baynham (59:33).
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1 hr 52 min
October 10, 2021 Episode 32: No Sudden Move, John and the Hole, Muppets Haunted Mansion
In episode 32 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move (5:02), eerie American drama John and the Hole (15:04), and Disney+ Halloween special, Muppets Haunted Mansion (26:49). Plus a little chit chat on The Addams Family 2 and the What If…? season finale.
Plus, for this week’s HOT TAKE, is anyone still looking forward to Fantastic Beasts? Does anyone want this?
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1 hr 4 min
October 03, 2021 Episode 31: No Time To Die, The Guilty, Bingo Hell, My Name is Pauli, with Julie Cohen and Betsy West
In episode 31 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review documentary My Name Is Pauli, a look back at the empowering life of non-binary civil rights activist, lawyer and priest Pauli Murray (16:54); Gigi Saul Guerrero takes us to Bingo Hell in the latest “Welcome to the Blumhouse” film series (28:22); Jake Gyllenhaal is hanging on the telephone in The Guilty (44:03); and after an 18 month delay, Daniel Craig’s final outing as Bond, James Bond is finally here in No Time To Die (01:04:13).
My Name Is Pauli Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West talk to Hanna about making the documentary (07:23), plus we share our ‘Hot Takes’ on the future of the 007 franchise (01:23:10). The takes are hot and full of SPOILERS!
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1 hr 42 min
September 26, 2021 Episode 30: The Green Knight, The Many Saints of Newark, The Starling, The Man Who Sold His Skin, with Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen
In episode 30 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review Arthurian adaptation The Green Knight (26:20), Netflix drama The Starling (45:02), Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Man Who Sold His Skin (56:43), and Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark (01:11:37).
Clarisse also speaks to directors Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen (12:43), the team behind The Alpinist, a new climbing documentary that is truly not for the faint-hearted.
And, in our ‘Hot Take’ (01:30:15), we ask: do you have to be familiar with a film’s source material to truly *get it*?
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1 hr 49 min
September 19, 2021 Episode 29: Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Gunpowder Milkshake, Rose Plays Julie, Prisoners of the Ghostland
In episode 29 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review documentary-turned-West End show adaptation Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (09:19); Karen Gillan plays an assassin with mummy issues in Gunpowder Milkshake (26:20); Ann Skelly plays a trainee vet with, er, mummy issues in dark thriller Rose Plays Julie (38:51); and Nicolas Cage is on a mission in Sion Sono’s Prisoners of the Ghostland (51:17).
Plus in this week’s 'Hot Take' (01:08:29), we discuss the uber demands Christopher Nolan has for his next World War 2 movie which Universal has acquiesced to.
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1 hr 23 min
September 12, 2021 Episode 28: Respect, Herself, Copshop, Copilot
In episode 28 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review Aretha Franklin biopic Respect (9:07), Dublin-based drama Herself (23:37), Gerard Butler actioner Copshop (31:27), and 9/11 relationship drama Copilot (41:15).
Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (53:18), with Malignant not being screened for critics, we ask – what difference do critics actually make?
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1 hr 8 min
September 05, 2021 Episode 27: Shang-Chi, Annette, Misha and the Wolves, Wildfire
In episode 27 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review Marvel’s first Asian led superhero blockbuster Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (07:53), Leos Carax’s original (and super weird) musical Annette (30:12), literary docudrama Misha and the Wolves (46:46), and Irish drama Wildfire (57:55).
Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (01:15:47), we decide once and for all – what’s the best adaptation of Cinderella out there?
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1 hr 32 min
August 29, 2021 Episode 26: Our Ladies, The Nest, Souad, Candyman
In episode 26 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review Scottish teen drama Our Ladies (08:13), Jude Law and Carrie Coon two-hander The Nest (21:47), Ayten Amin’s second feature Souad (34:33), and try desperately not to say that name five times while talking about Mandycan (46:01). Or Candyman. It’s definitely one of the two.
Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (1:02:36), we talk about the record-breaking trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home, which teases multiverse shenanigans with Doctor Strange, Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock, and more.
If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us with the hashtag #FadeToBlackPod
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1 hr 12 min

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Fade To Black is a weekly film culture podcast co-hosted by film critics Hanna Flint (@hannaflint) and Clarisse Loughrey (@clarisselou). It takes a deep dive into the latest movie news, hot cinema takes and reviews the best new releases all in one place.