New pod alert! Feat. @amonwarmann.bsky.social talking to Dafne Keen and Corin Hardy about WHISTLE (and a potential X23 movie), reviews of MY FATHER'S SHADOW and 100 NIGHTS OF HERO, plus hot takes on BBFC content warnings. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/4qaM...

New pod alert! This week, we’ve got reviews of Is This Thing On?, Nouvelle Vague, and Shelter, plus hot takes on the MCU’s Wonder Man. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/7aIM...

This week, @amonwarmann.bsky.social talks to Nicholas Pinnock about HEAVYWEIGHT, with a "fan" question from the film's writer-director Christopher Anthony! Plus we review NO OTHER CHOICE and THE HISTORY OF SOUND, and share our hot takes on the Oscar nominations. open.spotify.com/episode/18CJ...

This week, Hanna speaks to Motaz Malhees about his role in The Voice of Hind Rajab. We review Rental Family and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Plus, in our HOT TAKE, we discuss how soon is too soon for cinema to tackle real-life tragedies in narrative fiction? Listen now 🎧

We're back with reviews of HAMNET, SONG SUNG BLUE, and GIANT - plus, in our HOT TAKE, we share our most anticipated films of the year. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/37G0...

Okie dokie! This week, @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social speaks to FALLOUT star Aaron Moten about season 2! Plus we review Joachim Trier’s SENTIMENTAL VALUE and Josh Safdie’s MARTY SUPREME, and give our hot takes on James Cameron's AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH. Listen now! open.spotify.com/episode/7zcm...

It's a KNIVES OUT special! @amonwarmann.bsky.social chats to Kerry Washington, Cailee Spaeny, & Rian Johnson about WAKE UP DEAD MAN, and we review the film! Plus, in our HOT TAKE, ask: should directors who want a theatrical release stop making deals with streamers? open.spotify.com/episode/6yzy...

New pod alert! This week, @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social talks Jay Kelly with writer-director Noah Baumbach, and we review Eternity and Dreamers plus give our hot takes on the Netflix/WB news. Listen in and subscribe! open.spotify.com/episode/3oJF...

New pod alert! Featuring reviews of Zootropolis 2, Blue Moon, and Pillion, plus hot takes on Hollywood’s new class of leading ladies. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/6zpd...

New pod alert! Featuring reviews of Die My Love and Predator: Badlands, Hanna Flint chatting to Lynne Ramsay, plus hot takes on Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/2CyC...

This week, @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social talks to Yorgos Lanthimos and Will Tracy about BUGONIA. We review the film and PALESTINE 36. Plus, in our HOT TAKE, we ask: Is there too much stigma around method acting? Listen and subscribe! open.spotify.com/episode/5dCQ...

This week, 🎶 "baby we were born to..." 🎶review Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, and The Mastermind! Plus, we've got hot takes on Disney saying NO to Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh's The Hunt for Ben Solo. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/7Avz...

This week Hanna talks to Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst and Derek Cianfrance about ROOFMAN, we review GOOD FORTUNE and AFTER THE HUNT, and talk Chloé Zhao and ideal film budgets in HOT TAKE. Listen here 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/5wQo...

This week, Hanna has a fab chat with the wonderful Maxine Peake, we review I Swear and Good Boy, and we give our hot takes on Ridley Scott’s “60% of films today are shit” comments. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/40Qd...

This week, we review The Smashing Machine, A House of Dynamite, and Him! Plus, we give our hot takes on agencies circling an AI ‘actor’, Tilly Norwood. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/6WZf...

This week, it's an interview special! Hanna talks to Nadia Latif about THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT while @amonwarmann.bsky.social chats with Simbi 'Little Simz' Ajikawo and Jay Lycurgo about STEVE. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/026t...

This week we review SPINAL TAP 2: THE END CONTINUES, ISLANDS, and FROM GROUND ZERO plus in our HOT TAKE we ask: do written reviews still matter? Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/3phX...

For this week's hot take, we're asking... do written reviews still matter? Let us know your thoughts and we'll give you a shoutout on this week's episode, dropping on Saturday. Make sure you don't miss it by subscribing here: open.spotify.com/show/3uURcIg...

This week, grab your bibles and your rosaries as a blockbuster horror franchise reaches its end in #TheConjuringLastRites, + two legendary directors make their return as we review Spike Lee’s #Highest2Lowest and Ethan Coen’s #HoneyDont. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/0WRh...

For this week's hot take, we're asking... do actors get pigeonholed by taking on franchise roles? Let us know your thoughts and we'll give you a shoutout on this week's episode, dropping on Saturday. Make sure you don't miss it by subscribing here: open.spotify.com/show/3uURcIg...

This week brings reviews of The Roses and Caught Stealing, a Hanna Flint interview with screenwriter Tony McNamara, and hot takes on movie algorithms. Listen in!

In this week's exclusive interview, #TheThursdayMurderClub director Chris Columbus tells our Hanna Flint that he was fired from an earlier iteration of the Fantastic Four in the 90's for being too opinionated...

Hanna Flint is bringing back the excellent Critics Support Fund initiative again for this year’s LFF! If you’re a journalist from a low-income backgrounds, this fantastic opportunity could be for you. Read the application link carefully before applying! forms.gle/P66Ck36qxDYX...

This week, we see if we’re a match with Celine Song’s MATERIALISTS, get closer than ever with body horror TOGETHER, while Bob Odenkirk dusts off those knuckles for NOBODY 2. Plus, in our HOT TAKE, we dive into Noah Hawley’s ALIEN: EARTH, with spoilers. open.spotify.com/episode/1y9k...

And we're now on Reddit! Come and join our Fade To Black listener community and share your hot takes with us. www.reddit.com/r/fadetoblac...

This week, we review Weapons, The Pickup, and The Kingdom. And in our hot take, we debate the impact of paparazzi set photos - are they spoiling movies? Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/5ukG...

This week, we review Weapons, The Pickup, and The Kingdom. And in our hot take, we debate the impact of paparazzi set photos - are they spoiling movies? Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/5ukG...

For this week’s hot take, we’re asking… are paparazzi set photos spoiling movies? Let us know your thoughts for our next episode, dropping this Saturday!

This week we review THE NAKED GUN, LATE SHIFT and SAVAGES. Plus in our HOT TAKE, with The Odyssey shooting in an occupied region of Morroco, we ask: should filmmakers be filming in conflict areas? Listen in!

For this week’s hot take, we’re asking… should filmmakers stop shooting in conflict regions? Let us know your thoughts for our next episode, dropping this Saturday!

This week, we review The Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Bad Guys 2, and Bring Her Back. And in our hot take, we dive into some F4 spoilers. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/4n68...

This week, we review cringe comedy fest FRIENDSHIP, stark period drama HARVEST, & lyrical documentary-biopic hybrid THE BALLAD OF SUZANNE CÉSAIRE Plus, in our HOT TAKE, we talk about the current state of horror criticism Listen in now 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0ClT...

This week, @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social speaks to James Gunn about bringing SUPERMAN to screen, while we review the film and even get into some spoiler chat. Plus, in our HOT TAKE, we share what movies we’d most like to see from the newly established DCU. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/2jLd...

In this week’s hot take, we’re asking… what are you looking forward to most in James Gunn's DC universe? Let us know your thoughts for this Saturday's episode.

This week's pod has @amonwarmann.bsky.social talking Jurassic World Rebirth with director Gareth Edwards, reviews of The Shrouds and Hot Milk, and hot takes on the Jurassic franchise. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/0r6j...

In this week’s hot take, we’re asking… can Jurassic World Rebirth save the franchise? Let us know your thoughts for our next episode, dropping this Saturday!

In this week’s hot take, we’re asking… is Rachel Brosnahan right? Let us know your thoughts.

This week, @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social chats ECHO VALLEY with director Michael Pearce and star Domhnall Gleeson + reviews of LOLLIPOP & TORNADO, while we ask: are live-action remakes killing cinema? Listen in 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2QQl...

In this week’s hot take, we’re asking… are live action remakes killing cinema? Let us know your thoughts.

We're checking in at the Continental for this week's pod, as @amonwarmann.bsky.social chats Ballerina with Ian McShane and the team give their hot takes on the John Wick franchise. All that plus reviews of Dangerous Animals and Falling Into Place. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/6atm...

In this week’s hot take, we’re asking… is the John Wick franchise still worth the investment? Lock, load, and fire your thoughts our way for a shoutout. The Baba Yaga demands it.

This week, Hanna sits down with Tim Key, Tom Basden and James Griffith to talk about THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND. We review the comedy alongside THE SALT PATH, plus, in our HOT TAKE, we deliver our spoiler-filled verdicts on season 2 of THE LAST OF US. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/3PD9...

This week's pod features @amonwarmann.bsky.social chatting to THE Angela Bassett, reviews of The Phoenician Scheme and Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, and hot takes on whether Tom Cruise really is the last movie star. Choose to accept! open.spotify.com/episode/40sm...

This week, @amonwarmann.bsky.social chats to Babak Anvari and Matthew Rhys about their horror-thriller HALLOW ROAD, while we review the film + MAGIC FARM + give our spoiler takes on ANDOR SEASON 2. Listen in 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1i6y...

We're talking The Wedding Banquet and The Assessment this week! Plus @amonwarmann.bsky.social has a chat with some Thunderbolts* / New Avengers Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, and Hannah John-Kamen, and we give our hot takes on visual albums as cinema. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/6YoO...

This week’s pod has @amonwarmann.bsky.social chatting Another Simple Favour with Paul Feig, a review of Thunderbolts*, and hot takes on whether the new Harry Potter show should be boycotted. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/3PUu...

This week, @amonwarmann.bsky.social sits down with Ryan Coogler to talk Sinners! We also review that film, + The Penguin Lessons. And in our hot take, with Warfare out this week we’re asking: can stories set against the backdrop of war ever be neutral? Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/31UI...

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New pod alert! This week, we’re reviewing The Amateur, The Return, and Drop. Plus, with Viola Davis running the world in G20, we discuss our favourite onscreen Presidents. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/0pzm...

New Fade to Black pod day is now... Saturday!! And this week, we're talking Death of a Unicorn, Last Swim, Restless, and how best to cast biopics. Adjust your pod calendars, and listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/2l7E...