Talking Pictures

Welcome back to the 3rd season of Talking Pictures! Two years may have passed, but Dave and Evan are back and better than ever, incorrectly guessing celebrity birthday ages (10:37), answering fake submitted mailbag questions (15:01), and recapping the high-highs and low-lows of the 2026 movie slate thus far (36:34). We hope you enjoy the show!

Welcome back to episode five of Talking Pictures! Tonight’s show saw Dave and Evan take another respite from Letterboxd’s lauded list of films and talk the complete works of one of the preeminent filmmakers of our generation, Jonathan Glazer.

We went chronologically, first basking in 2000’s “Sexy Beast” (30:11), then experiencing 2004’s “Birth” (43:32), later shedding our layers for 2013’s “Under the Skin” (58:30), and finally residing in 2023’s “The Zone of Interest” (01:03:13).

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It's been a minute ya'll! We took a small hiatus, but we're back! This episode is from a wee bit back. It was recorded in April, and we decided to check out some of the hottest movies out at the time. Check out the episode links below, and enjoy the episode with special guest, Jamey Bathea!

Birthdays: (09:08)

News To Youse: (16:07)

Civil War: (24:13)

Love Lies Bleeding: (45:06)

Monkey Man: (58:38)

Road House: (01:12:33)

Dune 2: (01:17:34)

On tonight’s episode, we warmly welcome Corwynne Peterson to the show! A fellow acting schoolmate of Dave’s and a hugely talented one at that, Corwynne is the perfect guest to talk about our four movies tonight.

First, after some breaking news and birthday wishes (10:29), we checked in to a Californian Airbnb to check on our favorite snail not named Turbo and check out the Jenny Slate vehicle “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (22:21), no. 220 on Letterboxd’s Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films List.

Then, we crossed the Pacific to muse about two classics of Asian cinema: Wong Kar-wai’s vividly drenched-in-red and atmospheric romance “In the Mood for Love” (36:17) and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 2018 wayward soulscape “Shoplifters” (53:35), numbered 54 and 143, respectively.

Last and certainly not least, Evan, Dave, and Corwynne spoke on Corwynne’s selection for the night, the Great Depression-era father-daughter caper “Paper Moon” (01:08:20), the Ryan and Tatum O’Neal masterpiece coming in at 104 on the List.

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Welcome back to the pod! On tonight’s episode, the second of Season 2, Dave and Evan were joined by fellow thespian and cinephile, Chris Castagna! After some birthday wishes and news dishes (04:34), they first tackled the sweaty and sweltering “Do the Right Thing,” Spike Lee’s landmark 1989 film and No. 55 on Letterboxd’s Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films list (18:05). They then jettisoned to post-war Italy for the melancholic yet magical “Bicycle Thieves,” listed at No. 125 (43:39). Thirdly, they traveled BACK to New York City for the satirically timeless Scorsese-De Niro collab “The King of Comedy,” currently No. 207 (01:05), before Lastly, dontcha know, Chris selected “Fargo” for our final viewing pleasures, reveling in discussion on the 1996 Coen masterpiece and No. 238 film on our list (01:20). Hope you enjoy the show!

On tonight’s episode, the first of Season Two, Dave and Evan were joined by the very talented and creative Sarah Morrison-Cleary! After birthday wishes and breaking news (13:50), the three of them first tackled “High and Low” (20:57), the Akira Kurosawa kidnapping caper from 1963 and No. 6 movie on Letterboxd’s Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films list. Next, they reveled in Charles Laughton’s performance in Billy Wilder’s and 1957’s thrilling courtroom procedural Witness for the Prosecution (33:14), listed at No. 97, before musing on the highly imaginative and interpretative “Cure” (46:02), Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s meditation on crime and psychology from 1997, ranked No. 201. Lastly, Sarah had the honor of choosing one of her favorite films, the No. 164 film “The Night of the Hunter” (01:01:26), for the final movie of the night, which sparked far too much discussion on the use of prosthesis in cinema in 1955.

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Welcome to Talking Pictures, Season 2!! Thanks for listening so far!

Last year was a blast for movies hitting theaters and streamers. This year were switching gears and tackling the Letter Box'd Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films! We're also introducing something new to the podcast format... Special Guests! We're bringing on some of our favorite Movie Fans / Artists to help review and talk about the films on the list. Each episode, Evan, Dave, and our Special Guest, will choose a movie off the list. The final film is up to you! Follow us on instagram @talking_pictures_podcast, to vote on the final film!

Don't worry, we'll still be hitting the "News To Dave", "Birthdays", and Evans "Rec or Dreck" each episode, plus some new surprises along the way!

Follow us on Instagram page at @talking_pictures_podcast where we will post written reviews as well as video snippets of each and every episode. Email us whatever you want @[email protected].

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On this episode, after some born days and Headlines to Mr. Piccinetti (4:37), Dave and Evan spotlit three movies. First, they were traumatized alongside Charles Melton’s character by Netflix’s and Todd Haynes’ campy drama “May December” (15:00). Next, they partially opened their arms for David Fincher and his return to the director’s chair and Netflix with “The Killer” (28:16). Lastly, after Evan touched on a slew of films to include the bathwater-indulging “Saltburn,” the shortcomings of Ridley’s Scott’s “Napoleon,” the delightful otherworldliness that was Nicholas Cage’s “Dream Scenario,” and the most woefully mis-titled movie of the year in “Best. Christmas. Ever!” (42:57), they re-entered the multiverse for the final time in 2023 for what could be the MCU’s dying breath in “The Marvels” (01:06:20). Hope you enjoy the show!

Welcome back to the show! This week, after getting into the day’s births and the latest cinematic news, Dave and Evan talked three recent Netflix projects before getting into Martin Scorsese’s latest crime epic. First, they discussed the Emily Blunt- and Chris Evans-led opioid melodrama “Pain Hustlers” (15:49). Then, they discussed the gender politics put on screen in the erotic thriller (that was anything but) “Fair Play” (29:30), followed by both a spoiler-free and a spoiler-y discussion of Mike Flanagan’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” (43:00). Lastly, Marty, Leo, and Bobby are back for another collaboration, this time for the big screen adaptation of David Grann’s harrowing book “Killers of the Flower Moon” (43:47). Hope you enjoy listening!

On tonight’s episode, after some birthday wishes (05:43) and “breaking” news (11:04), Dave and Evan talked about John Carney’s latest music-centric film, Apple TV+’s “Flora and Son” starring Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (15:18). Then, they stuck to song and traveled back to 1984 to witness the A24-remastered, once-in-a-lifetime concert film “Stop Making Sense,” Jonathan Demme’s chronicling of an evening or three of Talking Heads on stage (28:37). Lastly, before briefly touching on “No One Will Save You,” “Reptile,” “Love At First Sight,” “Totally Killer, and the recent cinematically short works of Wes Anderson in an uncharacteristically positive segment of “Rec or Dreck” (40:19), Evan and Dave checked out visionary director Gareth Edwards’ latest sci-fi foray in “The Creator” starring John David Washington (01:06:29). Enjoy the show!