12 episodes
Talking Pictures TCM and Max
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From TCM and MAX, this is Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast, hosted by Ben Mankiewicz.
We all remember the first movie to really scare us, or the movie a parent loved and watched repeatedly. We know which movies changed us, inspiring a move or a new career path. Mankiewicz, the Turner Classic Movies host, collects these moviegoing memories from Hollywood’s most interesting writers, actors, and directors in Talking Pictures. Listen in as movie-lovers swap stories, jokes, surprising moments, and endless movie recommendations; then watch some of those very same films on the streaming service MAX. For the cinephile or the casual movie lover, this is a conversation about all the life that happens because of watching movies.
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Bonus Episode: Mario Cantone
In a special bonus episode of Talking Pictures recorded live at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival in Hollywood, host Ben Mankiewicz interviews actor, comedian, and classic movie lover, Mario Cantone. They discuss Mario’s life before acting, his role in HBO’s “Sex and the City” and the Max series “And Just Like That…,” and Ben challenges Mario to the Super 8 movie questionnaire.
Films Mentioned:
Sex and the City
And Just Like That…
Hello Dolly
Blazing Saddles
Lady Sings the Blues
The Lady Gambles
Slap Shot
Chinatown
Network
Quiz Show
All About Eve
Guys and Dolls
My Cousin Vinny
The Thorn Birds
New York, New York
Looking For Mr. Goodbar
Pollyanna
Bambi
West Side Story (1961)
Cleopatra
The Wizard of Oz
A Star is Born (1954)
The Godfather
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Bill Hader
Director, actor, Saturday Night Live veteran, and cinephile Bill Hader joins host Ben Mankiewicz to talk about his heroes (Stanley Kubrick, Joel and Ethan Coen), about writing and directing his HBO show Barry, and if you’re hoping for a few of his expert impressions, you won’t be disappointed. Hader also ventures into his movie-watching past by answering our Super 8 questionnaire.
Films Mentioned:
Top Gun (1986)
Superbad
Trainwreck*
Inside Out
Barry*
The Shining
2001: A Space Odyssey*
Dr. Strangelove*
A Clockwork Orange*
The Natural
Oliver!
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Paths of Glory
Mars Attacks!
Evil Dead
Rashomon*
Seven Samurai*
Ikiru*
It’s A Wonderful Life
Bad News Bears
Shawshank Redemption
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Barton Fink
A Serious Man*
Inside Llewyn Davis
Intolerable Cruelty
Hail, Caesar!
Burn After Reading
Trouble in Paradise
The Apartment
Five Graves to Cairo
Double Indemnity
One, Two, Three
Sunset Boulevard
Kes
To Kill A Mockingbird
From Here to Eternity
Von Ryan’s Express
Dreams (1990)
The Last Detail
The Great Muppet Caper
Midnight Run
The Black Hole (1979)
*Available on Max as of 3/19 (Availability of titles subject to change)
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Patty Jenkins
Host Ben Mankiewicz visits with director Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman, Monster) and her mother (!!) to talk superheroes, female serial killers, and gets her take on being a female director in Hollywood. Patty surprises Ben with stories about her friendship with singer Steve Perry and she talks about that rumored Star Wars script. Plus, an impressive Super 8 for your movie list.
Films Mentioned:
Wonder Woman*
Wonder Woman 1984*
Monster
Midnight Cowboy
The Devil's Advocate
Superman (1978)*
Reds
What Have I Done To Deserve This?
I Know Where I’m Going
A Matter of Life and Death
Moulin Rouge
The Red Balloon*
Charade
Bridge Over the River Kwai
The Best Years of Our Lives
Doctor Zhivago
*Available on Max as of 3/12 (Availability of titles subject to change)
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Errol Morris
Legendary documentarian and filmmaker Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War, The Pigeon Tunnel) and host Ben Mankiewicz have a charged conversation about interviewing, serial killers, grave robbing and, yes, movies. Morris gives the longest, most original (and most surprising!) answer to our Super 8 question about movie props. Plus, he reveals the movie that changed his life.
Films Mentioned:
The Fog of War
The Thin Blue Line
American Dharma
The Unknown Known
Psycho
The Pigeon Tunnel
Gates of Heaven
Vernon, Florida
Conan the Barbarian
Creature From The Black Lagoon
This Island Earth
Tarnished Angels
Imitation of Life
Les Enfants du Paradis
Au Hasard Balthazar
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Damien Chazelle
Director Damien Chazelle ( La La Land, First Man) describes his childhood as a budding filmmaker inspired by Walt Disney, his path to getting his first film made (Whiplash), and how the pandemic impacted casting for his recent epic Babylon. Chazelle surprises – and delights – host Ben Mankiewicz as they discuss his parents’ favorite films and which movies always make him cry.
Films Mentioned:
La La Land
Whiplash
Jurassic Park
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Annie Hall
Speed
Volcano
Lethal Weapon
Taken
The Last Exorcism Part 2
10 Cloverfield Lane
Ouija
Paranormal Activity*
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg*
West Side Story
Singin’ in the Rain*
The Sound of Music
An American in Paris
First Man
Babylon
Peter Pan
Full Metal Jacket*
Paths of Glory
City Lights*
Make Way For Tomorrow
Black and Tan
St. Louis Blues
The Emperor Jones*
Vertigo
La Grande Vadrouille
The Red Circle
The 400 Blows*
The 13th Warrior
*Available on Max as of 2/27 (Availability of titles subject to change)
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Alexander Payne
Director Alexander Payne (Election, Sideways, About Schmidt) talks about the inspiration for his new film The Holdovers, what it’s like working with actors Paul Giamatti and George Clooney, and addresses the rumors of an Election sequel. He also shares the movie forever associated with one of his more awkward teenage dates. Plus, terrific answers to the Super 8!
Films Mentioned:
Election*
Sideways
About Schmidt
Nebraska
The Holdovers
Paper Moon*
Citizen Ruth
Seconds
Something's Gotta Give
The Descendants
The Passion of Martin
Inspector Gadget
Citizen Kane*
Downsizing
Meet The Parents
Jurassic Park 3
Pokemon Detective Pikachu
Modern Times*
Viridiana
Seven Samurai*
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Annie Hall
Manhattan
Taxi Driver
A Special Day
City Lights*
Bicycle Thieves*
Ikiru
Red Beard*
Dersu Uzala
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Unknown Known
Cinema Paradiso
Gone With the Wind*
Doctor Zhivago
Casablanca*
The Garden of the Finzi Contini
The Two of Us
The Wolf of Wall Street
Out of the Past
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
*Available on Max as of 2/20 (Availability of titles subject to change)
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