Talking Pictures Evan and Dave

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!



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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!