Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture.

In this episode, Carl and Tony discuss a fascinating recent article by Ellen E. Jones calling for 'white cinema' to become a recognised term, citing filmmakers like Wes Anderson and Sofia Coppola. They examine the argument.

Plus! With copyright on major comic-book figures like Superman & Batman set to expire in the not too distant future, they consider a 2030s where we might have a franchise landscape filled with superhero Never Say Never Again's.

And finally, following a recent list of 75 of the most iconic TV moments in history, they question why the list had to be so expressly American, and what else you could throw into that canon...

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