Talking Pictures

For our new series on Talking Pictures, Dave and Kevin discuss your favorite movie genres (Action, Romantic Comedy, Crime Movies etc.) through the lens of race.

For each genre we'll look at....

I. What are the moving parts of that genre

II. What are the expectations we movielovers have for that genre in terms of race

III. What movies upset those expectations?

We finish each episode with a challenge.: For action movies the challenge is...

"Can you name 5 action movies where neither the hero nor villain are white?" Only two may be from countries besides the US.

Kevin and Dave return for a short, end-of-year roundup, favorite movies of the year from each, best film trends of 2015, and hopes for the year in cinema to come.

Yes, someone mentions the new Star Wars movie and some obscure German avante guarde film called The Avengers. But there's plenty more here to queue up/put on the calendar for the coming year in movie watching. We break it down on this episode of Talking Pictures.

Wherein Kevin and Dave discuss how to see maximize Award-Nominated-Best-of-List movies in the last month of the year.

Kevin, Dave, and special guest Justin Sondak discuss movies that go against their genre preferences, but they still like anyway.

In which our heroes discuss movies that they know they're supposed to like, but really, really don't.

Wherein we discuss the year 1989 in movies, the great films from that year and how several things happened that meant movie going would never be the same again.

Live from SXSW Interactive/Film, Kev and Dave give you their best tips for getting into the wild and crazy world of film festival attendance.

Dave puts forth a modest proposal for making the Oscars less of an end-of-the-year spirit and more of a year-long movie love fest. No Academy members or badies are eaten in the process.

Talking Pictures is hosted by Filmmaker David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit) and Author Kevin Smokler (@weegee). Discussion of current and past episodes happens on our Facebook Page. Join us!

In this episode, we reboot Talking Pictures with a new format, shorter length, and a discussion about whether or not it makes sense to distinguish between movies and other forms of talking pictures like television shows and web series.