Talking Pictures en ©2026 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. or its subsidiaries and affiliates. From Turner Classic Movies and HBO Max, Talking Pictures is a podcast about movies, memories, and all the life that happens in between. Join host Ben Mankiewicz as he sits down with some of Hollywood’s most influential actors and filmmakers to discuss the movies that inspired them, touched them, and made them laugh. They swap stories, jokes, surprising moments, and endless movie recommendations then watch some of those very same films on the streaming service HBO Max. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/79d2baa2-9ea4-11ee-a704-6b950d336aa8/image/97b4dc2c0bd31debb11a1e100f24aebc.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Talking Pictures episodic TCM and HBO Max From Turner Classic Movies and HBO Max, Talking Pictures is a podcast about movies, memories, and all the life that happens in between. Join host Ben Mankiewicz as he sits down with some of Hollywood’s most influential actors and filmmakers to discuss the movies that inspired them, touched them, and made them laugh. They swap stories, jokes, surprising moments, and endless movie recommendations then watch some of those very same films on the streaming service HBO Max. From Turner Classic Movies and HBO Max, Talking Pictures is a podcast about movies, memories, and all the life that happens in between. Join host Ben Mankiewicz as he sits down with some of Hollywood’s most influential actors and filmmakers to discuss the movies that inspired them, touched them, and made them laugh. They swap stories, jokes, surprising moments, and endless movie recommendations then watch some of those very same films on the streaming service HBO Max.

]]> TCM and HBO Max emily.servodidio@wbd.com Joachim Trier Oscar-nominated writer/director Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) talks with Host Ben Mankiewicz about how being raised in a filmmaking family shaped his worldview and his career. Ben and Joachim bond over E.T., Hitchcock's villains, and the enduring humor of Step Brothers. At the end you get a rare peek at a couple of Ben’s prized movie posters. Films Mentioned: Sentimental Value The Passion of Joan of Arc (aka La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) The Worst Person in the World Oslo, August 31st Tarzan the Ape Man Mon Oncle E.T. The Hunt (aka The Chasers) The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix The Champ, 1979 and The Champ, 1931 F1 Annie Hall Salò Solaris Notorious Amarcord Flashdance Fame Flight of the Eagle The Emigrants The New Land Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Sting Slap Shot Step Brothers One Battle After Another Kes Harry and Tonto Where Eagles Dare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max Oscar-nominated writer/director Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) talks with Host Ben Mankiewicz about how being raised in a filmmaking family shaped his worldview and his career. Ben and Joachim bond over E.T., Hitchcock's villains, and the enduring humor of Step Brothers. At the end you get a rare peek at a couple of Ben’s prized movie posters. Films Mentioned: Sentimental Value The Passion of Joan of Arc (aka La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) The Worst Person in the World Oslo, August 31st Tarzan the Ape Man Mon Oncle E.T. The Hunt (aka The Chasers) The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix The Champ, 1979 and The Champ, 1931 F1 Annie Hall Salò Solaris Notorious Amarcord Flashdance Fame Flight of the Eagle The Emigrants The New Land Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Sting Slap Shot Step Brothers One Battle After Another Kes Harry and Tonto Where Eagles Dare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Oscar-nominated writer/director Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) talks with Host Ben Mankiewicz about how being raised in a filmmaking family shaped his worldview and his career. Ben and Joachim bond over E.T., Hitchcock's villains, and the enduring humor of Step Brothers. At the end you get a rare peek at a couple of Ben’s prized movie posters.


Films Mentioned:

  • Sentimental Value
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc (aka La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)
  • The Worst Person in the World
  • Oslo, August 31st
  • Tarzan the Ape Man
  • Mon Oncle
  • E.T.
  • The Hunt (aka The Chasers)
  • The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix
  • The Champ, 1979 and The Champ, 1931
  • F1
  • Annie Hall
  • Salò
  • Solaris
  • Notorious
  • Amarcord
  • Flashdance
  • Fame
  • Flight of the Eagle
  • The Emigrants
  • The New Land
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • The Sting
  • Slap Shot
  • Step Brothers
  • One Battle After Another
  • Kes
  • Harry and Tonto
  • Where Eagles Dare

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]]> 3311 Chloé Zhao Oscar-nominated writer/director Chloé Zhao (Hamnet) reveals why she has dance parties on set and what happened when a Los Angeles high school teacher took her under his wing. This two-time Academy Award winner, whose latest film is up for eight Oscars, also reveals where she stores her Oscars. Films Mentioned: Hamnet Nomadland Terminator 2 True Lies Ghost Sister Act Basic Instinct Happy Together The Matrix The Mummy Ghost In The Shell The Rider Red River Jeremiah Johnson My Darling Clementine Unforgiven Avatar Titanic Aliens Alien Star Wars Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Land of Silence and Darkness Into the Abyss Lord of the Rings Harry Potter The Tree of Life Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Casablanca Interstellar The Searchers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max Oscar-nominated writer/director Chloé Zhao (Hamnet) reveals why she has dance parties on set and what happened when a Los Angeles high school teacher took her under his wing. This two-time Academy Award winner, whose latest film is up for eight Oscars, also reveals where she stores her Oscars. Films Mentioned: Hamnet Nomadland Terminator 2 True Lies Ghost Sister Act Basic Instinct Happy Together The Matrix The Mummy Ghost In The Shell The Rider Red River Jeremiah Johnson My Darling Clementine Unforgiven Avatar Titanic Aliens Alien Star Wars Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Land of Silence and Darkness Into the Abyss Lord of the Rings Harry Potter The Tree of Life Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Casablanca Interstellar The Searchers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Oscar-nominated writer/director Chloé Zhao (Hamnet) reveals why she has dance parties on set and what happened when a Los Angeles high school teacher took her under his wing. This two-time Academy Award winner, whose latest film is up for eight Oscars, also reveals where she stores her Oscars.


Films Mentioned:

  • Hamnet
  • Nomadland
  • Terminator 2
  • True Lies
  • Ghost
  • Sister Act
  • Basic Instinct
  • Happy Together
  • The Matrix
  • The Mummy
  • Ghost In The Shell
  • The Rider
  • Red River
  • Jeremiah Johnson
  • My Darling Clementine
  • Unforgiven
  • Avatar
  • Titanic
  • Aliens
  • Alien
  • Star Wars
  • Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
  • Land of Silence and Darkness
  • Into the Abyss
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Harry Potter
  • The Tree of Life
  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
  • Casablanca
  • Interstellar
  • The Searchers

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]]> 3731 Bonus Episode: Eli Roth In this bonus episode of Talking Pictures recorded live at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, host Ben Mankiewicz chats with director and actor Eli Roth. They discuss Roth’s close relationship with David Lynch and his role as The Bear Jew in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds.” Known for his horror films, we discover that scary movies made a young Eli Roth projectile vomit! The Super 8 reveals Roth’s broad film knowledge and his family admiration for Mel Brooks movies. Films Mentioned: Cabin Fever Hostel Hostel 2 The Green Inferno Thanksgiving Inglourious Basterds Death Proof Pulp Fiction True Romance The Idol* Ben-Hur Eraserhead* Superman: The Movie (1978)* The French Connection The Royal Tenenbaums The Conversation Knock Knock The Godfather The Godfather Part II Night Moves Scarecrow Quiz Show The Paper The Music of Chance Dr. Strangelove Rabbits The Scary of Sixty-First Jimmy and Stiggs It Follows* The Ring Clown E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Alien Private Parts House of 1000 Corpses Saw Nosferatu (2024) All Hallows' Eve Terrifier The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Scream VI Sleepaway Camp Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope Outland Dracula (1979) Kingdom of the Spiders Raiders of the Lost Ark Evil Dead A Nightmare on Elm Street The Devil's Rejects American Werewolf in London Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom The Wizard of Oz* Wild at Heart Joe (1070) The Breakfast Club Re-Animator Porky's Zapped Fast Times at Ridgemont High My Chauffeur 2001: A Space Odyssey* Blue Velvet* Pink Flamingos Hamburger: The Motion Picture One-Eyed Jacks House of Wax (1953) A Night at the Opera A Day at the Races Young Frankenstein The Producers (1967) Blazing Saddles High Anxiety American Psycho The Sixth Sense Friends with Benefits One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest America's Sweethearts The Exorcist The Shining Suspiria (1977) *Available on Max as of 5/7 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 07 May 2025 14:00:00 -0000 bonus TCM and HBO Max In this bonus episode of Talking Pictures recorded live at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, host Ben Mankiewicz chats with director and actor Eli Roth. They discuss Roth’s close relationship with David Lynch and his role as The Bear Jew in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds.” Known for his horror films, we discover that scary movies made a young Eli Roth projectile vomit! The Super 8 reveals Roth’s broad film knowledge and his family admiration for Mel Brooks movies. Films Mentioned: Cabin Fever Hostel Hostel 2 The Green Inferno Thanksgiving Inglourious Basterds Death Proof Pulp Fiction True Romance The Idol* Ben-Hur Eraserhead* Superman: The Movie (1978)* The French Connection The Royal Tenenbaums The Conversation Knock Knock The Godfather The Godfather Part II Night Moves Scarecrow Quiz Show The Paper The Music of Chance Dr. Strangelove Rabbits The Scary of Sixty-First Jimmy and Stiggs It Follows* The Ring Clown E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Alien Private Parts House of 1000 Corpses Saw Nosferatu (2024) All Hallows' Eve Terrifier The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Scream VI Sleepaway Camp Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope Outland Dracula (1979) Kingdom of the Spiders Raiders of the Lost Ark Evil Dead A Nightmare on Elm Street The Devil's Rejects American Werewolf in London Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom The Wizard of Oz* Wild at Heart Joe (1070) The Breakfast Club Re-Animator Porky's Zapped Fast Times at Ridgemont High My Chauffeur 2001: A Space Odyssey* Blue Velvet* Pink Flamingos Hamburger: The Motion Picture One-Eyed Jacks House of Wax (1953) A Night at the Opera A Day at the Races Young Frankenstein The Producers (1967) Blazing Saddles High Anxiety American Psycho The Sixth Sense Friends with Benefits One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest America's Sweethearts The Exorcist The Shining Suspiria (1977) *Available on Max as of 5/7 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices In this bonus episode of Talking Pictures recorded live at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, host Ben Mankiewicz chats with director and actor Eli Roth. They discuss Roth’s close relationship with David Lynch and his role as The Bear Jew in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds.” Known for his horror films, we discover that scary movies made a young Eli Roth projectile vomit! The Super 8 reveals Roth’s broad film knowledge and his family admiration for Mel Brooks movies.

Films Mentioned:

  • Cabin Fever
  • Hostel
  • Hostel 2
  • The Green Inferno
  • Thanksgiving
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Death Proof
  • Pulp Fiction
  • True Romance
  • The Idol*
  • Ben-Hur
  • Eraserhead*
  • Superman: The Movie (1978)*
  • The French Connection
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • The Conversation
  • Knock Knock
  • The Godfather
  • The Godfather Part II
  • Night Moves
  • Scarecrow
  • Quiz Show
  • The Paper
  • The Music of Chance
  • Dr. Strangelove
  • Rabbits
  • The Scary of Sixty-First
  • Jimmy and Stiggs
  • It Follows*
  • The Ring
  • Clown
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Alien
  • Private Parts
  • House of 1000 Corpses
  • Saw
  • Nosferatu (2024)
  • All Hallows' Eve
  • Terrifier
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
  • Scream VI
  • Sleepaway Camp
  • Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
  • Outland
  • Dracula (1979)
  • Kingdom of the Spiders
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Evil Dead
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • The Devil's Rejects
  • American Werewolf in London
  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
  • The Wizard of Oz*
  • Wild at Heart
  • Joe (1070)
  • The Breakfast Club
  • Re-Animator
  • Porky's
  • Zapped
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • My Chauffeur
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey*
  • Blue Velvet*
  • Pink Flamingos
  • Hamburger: The Motion Picture
  • One-Eyed Jacks
  • House of Wax (1953)
  • A Night at the Opera
  • A Day at the Races
  • Young Frankenstein
  • The Producers (1967)
  • Blazing Saddles
  • High Anxiety
  • American Psycho
  • The Sixth Sense
  • Friends with Benefits
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • America's Sweethearts
  • The Exorcist
  • The Shining
  • Suspiria (1977)

*Available on Max as of 5/7 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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]]> 3927 Paul Scheer One of the godfathers of movie podcasts, Paul Scheer launched How Did This Get Made? fifteen years ago. His love of movies started as a kid on Long Island working at a Blockbuster Video. Through his talent for improv comedy, he ended up writing, directing and performing in some of the funniest shows ever put on TV. Paul details his rollercoaster career, his extremely awkward celebrity encounters, and how movies were often an escape from his difficult childhood. In the Super 8, Paul tells Ben how he once lined up at 6:00 AM... just to watch a trailer. Films Mentioned : Ordinary People The Milagro Beanfield War Dollars Heaven Can Wait Shampoo The Elephant Man The Avengers Iron Man 3 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Meet Joe Black The Cable Guy* Galaxy Quest Twilight Psycho 4: A New Beginning Ghost Phantasm Flowers in the Attic Young Frankenstein Blazing Saddles Happy Gilmore Back to the Future Groundhog Day Planes, Trains and Automobiles Grosse Pointe Blank Midnight Run Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. *Available on Max as of 2/04 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max One of the godfathers of movie podcasts, Paul Scheer launched How Did This Get Made? fifteen years ago. His love of movies started as a kid on Long Island working at a Blockbuster Video. Through his talent for improv comedy, he ended up writing, directing and performing in some of the funniest shows ever put on TV. Paul details his rollercoaster career, his extremely awkward celebrity encounters, and how movies were often an escape from his difficult childhood. In the Super 8, Paul tells Ben how he once lined up at 6:00 AM... just to watch a trailer. Films Mentioned : Ordinary People The Milagro Beanfield War Dollars Heaven Can Wait Shampoo The Elephant Man The Avengers Iron Man 3 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Meet Joe Black The Cable Guy* Galaxy Quest Twilight Psycho 4: A New Beginning Ghost Phantasm Flowers in the Attic Young Frankenstein Blazing Saddles Happy Gilmore Back to the Future Groundhog Day Planes, Trains and Automobiles Grosse Pointe Blank Midnight Run Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. *Available on Max as of 2/04 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices One of the godfathers of movie podcasts, Paul Scheer launched How Did This Get Made? fifteen years ago. His love of movies started as a kid on Long Island working at a Blockbuster Video. Through his talent for improv comedy, he ended up writing, directing and performing in some of the funniest shows ever put on TV. Paul details his rollercoaster career, his extremely awkward celebrity encounters, and how movies were often an escape from his difficult childhood. In the Super 8, Paul tells Ben how he once lined up at 6:00 AM... just to watch a trailer.

Films Mentioned :

  • Ordinary People
  • The Milagro Beanfield War
  • Dollars
  • Heaven Can Wait
  • Shampoo
  • The Elephant Man
  • The Avengers
  • Iron Man 3
  • Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
  • Meet Joe Black
  • The Cable Guy*
  • Galaxy Quest
  • Twilight
  • Psycho 4: A New Beginning
  • Ghost
  • Phantasm
  • Flowers in the Attic
  • Young Frankenstein
  • Blazing Saddles
  • Happy Gilmore
  • Back to the Future
  • Groundhog Day
  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles
  • Grosse Pointe Blank
  • Midnight Run
  • Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.
  • *Available on Max as of 2/04 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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]]> 3493 Pamela Adlon Pamela Adlon landed her first movie role when she was sixteen, and then twenty years later, she won an Emmy... for playing a teenage boy. Her thirteen seasons as Bobby Hill on King of the Hill made her a world-famous voice actor, but she's equally renowned for creating and starring in Better Things. Pam is also a director – her first feature, Babes, came out last year – and she sits down with Ben Mankiewicz to discuss her deep love of movies, which includes everything from musicals to the films of John Cassavetes. Films Mentioned: Grease 2 Babes Biosphere Creep The Animatrix Anora Deadwood* Porky's Love Streams Fame Bugsy Malone The Wiz One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest The Shining To Kill a Mockingbird The Guns of Navarone Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Mamma Mia!* My Old Ass Schindler's List The Notebook Terms of Endearment Coming Home The Birdcage* Merrie Melodies - Rabbit Hood *Available on Max as of 1/28 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max Pamela Adlon landed her first movie role when she was sixteen, and then twenty years later, she won an Emmy... for playing a teenage boy. Her thirteen seasons as Bobby Hill on King of the Hill made her a world-famous voice actor, but she's equally renowned for creating and starring in Better Things. Pam is also a director – her first feature, Babes, came out last year – and she sits down with Ben Mankiewicz to discuss her deep love of movies, which includes everything from musicals to the films of John Cassavetes. Films Mentioned: Grease 2 Babes Biosphere Creep The Animatrix Anora Deadwood* Porky's Love Streams Fame Bugsy Malone The Wiz One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest The Shining To Kill a Mockingbird The Guns of Navarone Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Mamma Mia!* My Old Ass Schindler's List The Notebook Terms of Endearment Coming Home The Birdcage* Merrie Melodies - Rabbit Hood *Available on Max as of 1/28 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Pamela Adlon landed her first movie role when she was sixteen, and then twenty years later, she won an Emmy... for playing a teenage boy. Her thirteen seasons as Bobby Hill on King of the Hill made her a world-famous voice actor, but she's equally renowned for creating and starring in Better Things. Pam is also a director – her first feature, Babes, came out last year – and she sits down with Ben Mankiewicz to discuss her deep love of movies, which includes everything from musicals to the films of John Cassavetes.

Films Mentioned:

  • Grease 2
  • Babes
  • Biosphere
  • Creep
  • The Animatrix
  • Anora
  • Deadwood*
  • Porky's
  • Love Streams
  • Fame
  • Bugsy Malone
  • The Wiz
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Shining
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • The Guns of Navarone
  • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
  • Mamma Mia!*
  • My Old Ass
  • Schindler's List
  • The Notebook
  • Terms of Endearment
  • Coming Home
  • The Birdcage*
  • Merrie Melodies - Rabbit Hood

*Available on Max as of 1/28 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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]]> 3412 Charles Barkley NBA legend Charles Barkley became addicted to movies as a rookie, when he'd sneak into theaters to escape the limelight for a couple of hours. By the time he changed careers from baller to broadcaster, he was a bonafide film buff, with strong opinions on all kinds of movies. In this hilarious episode, Sir Charles talks to Ben Mankiewicz about the similarities between a film crew and a basketball team, the secret to hosting Saturday Night Live, and the courtroom classic that never fails to make him laugh. Films Mentioned: Space Jam Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi A Quiet Place All the Way* The Beekeeper Jaws Arsenic and Old Lace It Happened One Night Gladiator Any Given Sunday Die Hard Live Free or Die Hard My Cousin Vinny A Bronx Tale Pulp Fiction Malcolm X The Karate Kid Stripes Taps Taxi Driver Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope Guess Who's Coming to Dinner The Ten Commandments Ben-Hur In the Heat of the Night Brian's Song Field of Dreams The Sixth Sense Dirty Harry Rawhide *Available on Max as of 01/21 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max NBA legend Charles Barkley became addicted to movies as a rookie, when he'd sneak into theaters to escape the limelight for a couple of hours. By the time he changed careers from baller to broadcaster, he was a bonafide film buff, with strong opinions on all kinds of movies. In this hilarious episode, Sir Charles talks to Ben Mankiewicz about the similarities between a film crew and a basketball team, the secret to hosting Saturday Night Live, and the courtroom classic that never fails to make him laugh. Films Mentioned: Space Jam Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi A Quiet Place All the Way* The Beekeeper Jaws Arsenic and Old Lace It Happened One Night Gladiator Any Given Sunday Die Hard Live Free or Die Hard My Cousin Vinny A Bronx Tale Pulp Fiction Malcolm X The Karate Kid Stripes Taps Taxi Driver Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope Guess Who's Coming to Dinner The Ten Commandments Ben-Hur In the Heat of the Night Brian's Song Field of Dreams The Sixth Sense Dirty Harry Rawhide *Available on Max as of 01/21 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices NBA legend Charles Barkley became addicted to movies as a rookie, when he'd sneak into theaters to escape the limelight for a couple of hours. By the time he changed careers from baller to broadcaster, he was a bonafide film buff, with strong opinions on all kinds of movies. In this hilarious episode, Sir Charles talks to Ben Mankiewicz about the similarities between a film crew and a basketball team, the secret to hosting Saturday Night Live, and the courtroom classic that never fails to make him laugh.

Films Mentioned:

  • Space Jam
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
  • A Quiet Place
  • All the Way*
  • The Beekeeper
  • Jaws
  • Arsenic and Old Lace
  • It Happened One Night
  • Gladiator
  • Any Given Sunday
  • Die Hard
  • Live Free or Die Hard
  • My Cousin Vinny
  • A Bronx Tale
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Malcolm X
  • The Karate Kid
  • Stripes
  • Taps
  • Taxi Driver
  • Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  • The Ten Commandments
  • Ben-Hur
  • In the Heat of the Night
  • Brian's Song
  • Field of Dreams
  • The Sixth Sense
  • Dirty Harry
  • Rawhide

*Available on Max as of 01/21 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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]]> 3665 Paul Feig From Bridesmaids to Spy to The Heat, Paul Feig has become Hollywood's go-to guy for raunchy, big-budget comedies about women. But his directing career only took off after his acting career crashed and burned. This week, Paul tells Ben Mankiewicz how getting fired from a beloved sitcom forced him out of his comfort zone and into a new role behind the camera. And during the Super 8, Paul reveals how his mother's taste in movies led to his love of double-breasted suits. Films Mentioned: Bridesmaids The Heat Spy A Simple Favor Animal House Life Sold Separately Honey, I Shrunk the Kids The Blues Brothers Thelma & Louise Animal Crackers What's Up, Doc? Jackpot! Ghostbusters The Purge It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Raiders of the Lost Ark An American Werewolf in London Polite Society Napoleon Dynamite Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope His Girl Friday Cabaret It's a Wonderful Life Poltergeist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max From Bridesmaids to Spy to The Heat, Paul Feig has become Hollywood's go-to guy for raunchy, big-budget comedies about women. But his directing career only took off after his acting career crashed and burned. This week, Paul tells Ben Mankiewicz how getting fired from a beloved sitcom forced him out of his comfort zone and into a new role behind the camera. And during the Super 8, Paul reveals how his mother's taste in movies led to his love of double-breasted suits. Films Mentioned: Bridesmaids The Heat Spy A Simple Favor Animal House Life Sold Separately Honey, I Shrunk the Kids The Blues Brothers Thelma & Louise Animal Crackers What's Up, Doc? Jackpot! Ghostbusters The Purge It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Raiders of the Lost Ark An American Werewolf in London Polite Society Napoleon Dynamite Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope His Girl Friday Cabaret It's a Wonderful Life Poltergeist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices From Bridesmaids to Spy to The Heat, Paul Feig has become Hollywood's go-to guy for raunchy, big-budget comedies about women. But his directing career only took off after his acting career crashed and burned. This week, Paul tells Ben Mankiewicz how getting fired from a beloved sitcom forced him out of his comfort zone and into a new role behind the camera. And during the Super 8, Paul reveals how his mother's taste in movies led to his love of double-breasted suits.


Films Mentioned:

  • Bridesmaids
  • The Heat
  • Spy
  • A Simple Favor
  • Animal House
  • Life Sold Separately
  • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
  • The Blues Brothers
  • Thelma & Louise
  • Animal Crackers
  • What's Up, Doc?
  • Jackpot!
  • Ghostbusters
  • The Purge
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • Polite Society
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
  • His Girl Friday
  • Cabaret
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Poltergeist

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]]> 3396 Henry Winkler Host Ben Mankiewicz begins the new year by talking to the nicest man in Hollywood, actor Henry Winkler. Winkler admits it was almost impossible to find work after his 10-year run as the Fonz on Happy Days. He reminisces about his friendships with Sylvester Stallone and Ron Howard and shares his struggles with dyslexia. And we get the inspiring story of how he got the second role of a lifetime on HBO’s Barry. Winkler is an enthusiastic movie watcher, so his Super 8 is full of gems.  Films Mentioned:  The Waterboy  Little Nicky  Barry*  The Lords of Flatbush  Rocky  Heroes  The One and Only  Night Shift  Scream*  Rebel Without a Cause*  City of God  The Alamo  Nobody  Casablanca*  Love Actually  Notting Hill  Four Weddings and a Funeral*  Les Compères  The Out-of-Towners *Available on Max as of 1/7 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 07 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max Host Ben Mankiewicz begins the new year by talking to the nicest man in Hollywood, actor Henry Winkler. Winkler admits it was almost impossible to find work after his 10-year run as the Fonz on Happy Days. He reminisces about his friendships with Sylvester Stallone and Ron Howard and shares his struggles with dyslexia. And we get the inspiring story of how he got the second role of a lifetime on HBO’s Barry. Winkler is an enthusiastic movie watcher, so his Super 8 is full of gems.  Films Mentioned:  The Waterboy  Little Nicky  Barry*  The Lords of Flatbush  Rocky  Heroes  The One and Only  Night Shift  Scream*  Rebel Without a Cause*  City of God  The Alamo  Nobody  Casablanca*  Love Actually  Notting Hill  Four Weddings and a Funeral*  Les Compères  The Out-of-Towners *Available on Max as of 1/7 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Host Ben Mankiewicz begins the new year by talking to the nicest man in Hollywood, actor Henry Winkler. Winkler admits it was almost impossible to find work after his 10-year run as the Fonz on Happy Days. He reminisces about his friendships with Sylvester Stallone and Ron Howard and shares his struggles with dyslexia. And we get the inspiring story of how he got the second role of a lifetime on HBO’s Barry. Winkler is an enthusiastic movie watcher, so his Super 8 is full of gems. 

Films Mentioned: 

  • The Waterboy 
  • Little Nicky 
  • Barry* 
  • The Lords of Flatbush 
  • Rocky 
  • Heroes 
  • The One and Only 
  • Night Shift 
  • Scream* 
  • Rebel Without a Cause* 
  • City of God 
  • The Alamo 
  • Nobody 
  • Casablanca* 
  • Love Actually 
  • Notting Hill 
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral* 
  • Les Compères 
  • The Out-of-Towners

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]]> 3622 Jane Lynch Emmy-winner Jane Lynch is known for bringing her razor-sharp comic edge to movies like Best in Show and TV shows like Glee. But her biggest break came in a famous commercial for… Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes! She talks to host Ben Mankiewicz about breaking down a scene with Harrison Ford, the difference between masculine and feminine improv, and the film that made her sob all the way home from the theater. Films Mentioned: Best in Show The 40-Year Old Virgin Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Ninotchka Camille Anna Christie The Wizard of Oz* Gone with the Wind* Sophie's Choice The Devil Wears Prada* Hang 'Em High Three Days of the Condor Husbands and Wives Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Sting The Fugitive A Mighty Wind For Your Consideration Mascots Legally Blonde American Pie The White Lotus* Waiting for Guffman This Is Spinal Tap Private Benjamin Funny Girl The Bridge on the River Kwai The Big Sleep White Christmas Terms of Endearment *Available on Max as of 12/17 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 17 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max Emmy-winner Jane Lynch is known for bringing her razor-sharp comic edge to movies like Best in Show and TV shows like Glee. But her biggest break came in a famous commercial for… Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes! She talks to host Ben Mankiewicz about breaking down a scene with Harrison Ford, the difference between masculine and feminine improv, and the film that made her sob all the way home from the theater. Films Mentioned: Best in Show The 40-Year Old Virgin Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Ninotchka Camille Anna Christie The Wizard of Oz* Gone with the Wind* Sophie's Choice The Devil Wears Prada* Hang 'Em High Three Days of the Condor Husbands and Wives Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Sting The Fugitive A Mighty Wind For Your Consideration Mascots Legally Blonde American Pie The White Lotus* Waiting for Guffman This Is Spinal Tap Private Benjamin Funny Girl The Bridge on the River Kwai The Big Sleep White Christmas Terms of Endearment *Available on Max as of 12/17 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Emmy-winner Jane Lynch is known for bringing her razor-sharp comic edge to movies like Best in Show and TV shows like Glee. But her biggest break came in a famous commercial for… Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes! She talks to host Ben Mankiewicz about breaking down a scene with Harrison Ford, the difference between masculine and feminine improv, and the film that made her sob all the way home from the theater.

Films Mentioned:

  • Best in Show
  • The 40-Year Old Virgin
  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
  • Ninotchka
  • Camille
  • Anna Christie
  • The Wizard of Oz*
  • Gone with the Wind*
  • Sophie's Choice
  • The Devil Wears Prada*
  • Hang 'Em High
  • Three Days of the Condor
  • Husbands and Wives
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • The Sting
  • The Fugitive
  • A Mighty Wind
  • For Your Consideration
  • Mascots
  • Legally Blonde
  • American Pie
  • The White Lotus*
  • Waiting for Guffman
  • This Is Spinal Tap
  • Private Benjamin
  • Funny Girl
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • The Big Sleep
  • White Christmas
  • Terms of Endearment


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]]> 3250 Jason Reitman This week, writer/director Jason Reitman (Saturday Night, Juno, Up in the Air) joins host Ben Mankiewicz to talk about growing up on a movie set, his brief stint writing for Saturday Night Live, and the joys of directing George Clooney. Reitman also reveals what his father, the late director Ivan Reitman, taught him about storytelling and making movies. During the Super 8, Jason surprises Ben with the movie props in his enviable collection.  Films Mentioned: Meatballs Stripes Ghostbusters Dave Thank You For Smoking Juno Inglourious Basterds Animal House Up in the Air* Saturday Night The Front Runner Ghostbusters: Afterlife The Fabelmans Westworld Jurassic Park* Twins E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Back to the Future Jaws The Godfather Election Dr. Strangelove Harold and Maude Shampoo Carnal Knowledge The Graduate Taxi Driver The Conversation Run Lola Run The Blair Witch Project Sexy Beast American Psycho Wet Hot American Summer Pulp Fiction Dazed and Confused Slacker* Bad News Bears Boyhood A Scanner Darkly Before Sunrise Before Sunset Field of Dreams Stand by Me Breaking Away Little Miss Sunshine 24 Hour Party People Casablanca* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Magnolia Boogie Nights Pee-wee's Big Adventure Singin' in the Rain* *Available on Max as of 12/10 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 10 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max This week, writer/director Jason Reitman (Saturday Night, Juno, Up in the Air) joins host Ben Mankiewicz to talk about growing up on a movie set, his brief stint writing for Saturday Night Live, and the joys of directing George Clooney. Reitman also reveals what his father, the late director Ivan Reitman, taught him about storytelling and making movies. During the Super 8, Jason surprises Ben with the movie props in his enviable collection.  Films Mentioned: Meatballs Stripes Ghostbusters Dave Thank You For Smoking Juno Inglourious Basterds Animal House Up in the Air* Saturday Night The Front Runner Ghostbusters: Afterlife The Fabelmans Westworld Jurassic Park* Twins E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Back to the Future Jaws The Godfather Election Dr. Strangelove Harold and Maude Shampoo Carnal Knowledge The Graduate Taxi Driver The Conversation Run Lola Run The Blair Witch Project Sexy Beast American Psycho Wet Hot American Summer Pulp Fiction Dazed and Confused Slacker* Bad News Bears Boyhood A Scanner Darkly Before Sunrise Before Sunset Field of Dreams Stand by Me Breaking Away Little Miss Sunshine 24 Hour Party People Casablanca* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Magnolia Boogie Nights Pee-wee's Big Adventure Singin' in the Rain* *Available on Max as of 12/10 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices This week, writer/director Jason Reitman (Saturday Night, Juno, Up in the Air) joins host Ben Mankiewicz to talk about growing up on a movie set, his brief stint writing for Saturday Night Live, and the joys of directing George Clooney. Reitman also reveals what his father, the late director Ivan Reitman, taught him about storytelling and making movies. During the Super 8, Jason surprises Ben with the movie props in his enviable collection. 

Films Mentioned:

  • Meatballs
  • Stripes
  • Ghostbusters
  • Dave
  • Thank You For Smoking
  • Juno
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Animal House
  • Up in the Air*
  • Saturday Night
  • The Front Runner
  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife
  • The Fabelmans
  • Westworld
  • Jurassic Park*
  • Twins
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Back to the Future
  • Jaws
  • The Godfather
  • Election
  • Dr. Strangelove
  • Harold and Maude
  • Shampoo
  • Carnal Knowledge
  • The Graduate
  • Taxi Driver
  • The Conversation
  • Run Lola Run
  • The Blair Witch Project
  • Sexy Beast
  • American Psycho
  • Wet Hot American Summer
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Dazed and Confused
  • Slacker*
  • Bad News Bears
  • Boyhood
  • A Scanner Darkly
  • Before Sunrise
  • Before Sunset
  • Field of Dreams
  • Stand by Me
  • Breaking Away
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • 24 Hour Party People
  • Casablanca*
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • Magnolia
  • Boogie Nights
  • Pee-wee's Big Adventure
  • Singin' in the Rain*


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]]> 3701 Carol Burnett Carol Burnett’s life has always spun around the movies. She tells Ben Mankiewicz about her childhood spent in Hollywood movie theaters, the famous actor who helped her break into showbiz, and the movie parodies in her groundbreaking television variety show. In fact, at 91, Carol Burnett remembers more about movies than Ben! We cap it all off with a delightful Super 8 complete with seasonal gems. Plus, Carol and Ben discuss their Wordle stats…listen to find out who’s winning.                       Films Mentioned: The Carol Burnett Show  New Faces  The Pajama Game  Babes in Arms  All About Eve  Gone with the Wind*   The Fighting Guardsman  Inferno (1953)  Strangers on a Train  On Moonlight Bay*  Citizen Kane  The Dolly Sisters  The Godfather  It's a Wonderful Life  Capricorn One  Ragtime Cowboy Joe  Singin' in the Rain*   From Here to Eternity  Terms of Endearment  Some Like It Hot  Duel  *Available on Max as of 12/3 (Availability of titles subject to change)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max Carol Burnett’s life has always spun around the movies. She tells Ben Mankiewicz about her childhood spent in Hollywood movie theaters, the famous actor who helped her break into showbiz, and the movie parodies in her groundbreaking television variety show. In fact, at 91, Carol Burnett remembers more about movies than Ben! We cap it all off with a delightful Super 8 complete with seasonal gems. Plus, Carol and Ben discuss their Wordle stats…listen to find out who’s winning.                       Films Mentioned: The Carol Burnett Show  New Faces  The Pajama Game  Babes in Arms  All About Eve  Gone with the Wind*   The Fighting Guardsman  Inferno (1953)  Strangers on a Train  On Moonlight Bay*  Citizen Kane  The Dolly Sisters  The Godfather  It's a Wonderful Life  Capricorn One  Ragtime Cowboy Joe  Singin' in the Rain*   From Here to Eternity  Terms of Endearment  Some Like It Hot  Duel  *Available on Max as of 12/3 (Availability of titles subject to change)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Carol Burnett’s life has always spun around the movies. She tells Ben Mankiewicz about her childhood spent in Hollywood movie theaters, the famous actor who helped her break into showbiz, and the movie parodies in her groundbreaking television variety show. In fact, at 91, Carol Burnett remembers more about movies than Ben! We cap it all off with a delightful Super 8 complete with seasonal gems. Plus, Carol and Ben discuss their Wordle stats…listen to find out who’s winning.                      

Films Mentioned:

  • The Carol Burnett Show 
  • New Faces 
  • The Pajama Game 
  • Babes in Arms 
  • All About Eve 
  • Gone with the Wind*  
  • The Fighting Guardsman 
  • Inferno (1953) 
  • Strangers on a Train 
  • On Moonlight Bay* 
  • Citizen Kane 
  • The Dolly Sisters 
  • The Godfather 
  • It's a Wonderful Life 
  • Capricorn One 
  • Ragtime Cowboy Joe 
  • Singin' in the Rain*  
  • From Here to Eternity 
  • Terms of Endearment 
  • Some Like It Hot 
  • Duel 


*Available on Max as of 12/3 (Availability of titles subject to change) 

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]]> 3464 Margot Robbie The fearless Margot Robbie goes in-depth with Ben Mankiewicz about how her early days as an Australian soap star prepared her to go toe-to-toe with Leonardo DiCaprio. Now, after producing the blockbuster Barbie and working with the likes of Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, is her next move behind the camera as a director? Plus, our exclusive Super 8 questionnaire, which she was very excited to answer.                Films Mentioned  Barbie *  I, Tonya *  Bombshell  The Wolf of Wall Street  Asteroid City  Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood  Titanic  The Legend of Tarzan*  Mary Queen of Scots  Terminal  Eye of the Devil  Babylon  Whiplash  La La Land  Wings  Singin' in the Rain*  Cabaret  True Romance  The Fifth Element  Bandits*   The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*  Pulp Fiction  Rambo  Bring It On  High Society  Babette's Feast*  The Blues Brothers  The Dirty Dozen  Withnail and I*   Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar  Seven Samurai*   Young Frankenstein  The Producers  Robin Hood: Men in Tights   *Available on Max as of 11/26 (Availability of titles subject to change)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max The fearless Margot Robbie goes in-depth with Ben Mankiewicz about how her early days as an Australian soap star prepared her to go toe-to-toe with Leonardo DiCaprio. Now, after producing the blockbuster Barbie and working with the likes of Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, is her next move behind the camera as a director? Plus, our exclusive Super 8 questionnaire, which she was very excited to answer.                Films Mentioned  Barbie *  I, Tonya *  Bombshell  The Wolf of Wall Street  Asteroid City  Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood  Titanic  The Legend of Tarzan*  Mary Queen of Scots  Terminal  Eye of the Devil  Babylon  Whiplash  La La Land  Wings  Singin' in the Rain*  Cabaret  True Romance  The Fifth Element  Bandits*   The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*  Pulp Fiction  Rambo  Bring It On  High Society  Babette's Feast*  The Blues Brothers  The Dirty Dozen  Withnail and I*   Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar  Seven Samurai*   Young Frankenstein  The Producers  Robin Hood: Men in Tights   *Available on Max as of 11/26 (Availability of titles subject to change)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices The fearless Margot Robbie goes in-depth with Ben Mankiewicz about how her early days as an Australian soap star prepared her to go toe-to-toe with Leonardo DiCaprio. Now, after producing the blockbuster Barbie and working with the likes of Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, is her next move behind the camera as a director? Plus, our exclusive Super 8 questionnaire, which she was very excited to answer.               

Films Mentioned 

  • Barbie * 
  • I, Tonya * 
  • Bombshell 
  • The Wolf of Wall Street 
  • Asteroid City 
  • Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 
  • Titanic 
  • The Legend of Tarzan* 
  • Mary Queen of Scots 
  • Terminal 
  • Eye of the Devil 
  • Babylon 
  • Whiplash 
  • La La Land 
  • Wings 
  • Singin' in the Rain* 
  • Cabaret 
  • True Romance 
  • The Fifth Element 
  • Bandits*  
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* 
  • Pulp Fiction 
  • Rambo 
  • Bring It On 
  • High Society 
  • Babette's Feast* 
  • The Blues Brothers 
  • The Dirty Dozen 
  • Withnail and I*  
  • Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar 
  • Seven Samurai*  
  • Young Frankenstein 
  • The Producers 
  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights 

 *Available on Max as of 11/26 (Availability of titles subject to change) 

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]]> 3691 Bridget Everett Comedian, actor, and cabaret performer Bridget Everett and new fan Ben Mankiewicz chat about her Peabody Award-winning HBO show Somebody Somewhere as well as her outrageously fun cabaret act. Everett and Ben talk dogs, famous great uncles, and walk through the highs and lows of Everett’s endlessly promising career. Everett’s Super 8 questionnaire is a staff favorite, full of stories, inspiration, and a touching story about Turner Classic Movies.  Films Mentioned  Somebody Somewhere *  Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder  All About Eve  A Letter to Three Wives  Sex and the City*  The Sound of Music  The Wizard of Oz *  Mommie Dearest  Magic Mike XXL  Rudy  Let the Good Times Roll  Dancer in the Dark  Young Frankenstein   *Available on Max as of 11/19 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max Comedian, actor, and cabaret performer Bridget Everett and new fan Ben Mankiewicz chat about her Peabody Award-winning HBO show Somebody Somewhere as well as her outrageously fun cabaret act. Everett and Ben talk dogs, famous great uncles, and walk through the highs and lows of Everett’s endlessly promising career. Everett’s Super 8 questionnaire is a staff favorite, full of stories, inspiration, and a touching story about Turner Classic Movies.  Films Mentioned  Somebody Somewhere *  Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder  All About Eve  A Letter to Three Wives  Sex and the City*  The Sound of Music  The Wizard of Oz *  Mommie Dearest  Magic Mike XXL  Rudy  Let the Good Times Roll  Dancer in the Dark  Young Frankenstein   *Available on Max as of 11/19 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Comedian, actor, and cabaret performer Bridget Everett and new fan Ben Mankiewicz chat about her Peabody Award-winning HBO show Somebody Somewhere as well as her outrageously fun cabaret act. Everett and Ben talk dogs, famous great uncles, and walk through the highs and lows of Everett’s endlessly promising career. Everett’s Super 8 questionnaire is a staff favorite, full of stories, inspiration, and a touching story about Turner Classic Movies. 

Films Mentioned 

  • Somebody Somewhere * 
  • Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder 
  • All About Eve 
  • A Letter to Three Wives 
  • Sex and the City* 
  • The Sound of Music 
  • The Wizard of Oz * 
  • Mommie Dearest 
  • Magic Mike XXL 
  • Rudy 
  • Let the Good Times Roll 
  • Dancer in the Dark 

Young Frankenstein 

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]]> 3340 Bill Murray Season two of Talking Pictures is here! Bill Murray doesn’t do a lot of podcasts, but he was game to talk movies with host Ben Mankiewicz. They dive into his comedies (Stripes, Caddyshack, Groundhog Day) and discuss the directors Murray works with repeatedly (Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch). Murray remembers growing up a “bad boy” in a house with eight siblings and how success impacted his mom. Finally, our Super 8 returns and you don’t want to miss the prop Bill Murray says he would steal for his personal collection.                                                                           Films Mentioned:  Meatballs  Ghostbusters   Stripes  Caddyshack  Groundhog Day  Broken Flowers  Lost in Translation  Rushmore  Red River  Frankenstein  Dracula  The Fugitive  Going My Way  Bells of Saint Mary's  Yankee Doodle Dandy  The Sound of Music  The Razor's Edge  Mad Dog and Glory  Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer  Olive Kitteridge *  Moonrise Kingdom  The Royal Tenenbaums  The Grand Budapest Hotel  Coffee and Cigarettes *  The Limits of Control  The Dead Don’t Die  Bottle Rocket  Asteroid City  Barry Lyndon  Gallipoli  Ninotchka  Old Yeller  The Man with Two Brains  Nothing but Trouble                                        *Available on Max as of 11/12 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max Season two of Talking Pictures is here! Bill Murray doesn’t do a lot of podcasts, but he was game to talk movies with host Ben Mankiewicz. They dive into his comedies (Stripes, Caddyshack, Groundhog Day) and discuss the directors Murray works with repeatedly (Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch). Murray remembers growing up a “bad boy” in a house with eight siblings and how success impacted his mom. Finally, our Super 8 returns and you don’t want to miss the prop Bill Murray says he would steal for his personal collection.                                                                           Films Mentioned:  Meatballs  Ghostbusters   Stripes  Caddyshack  Groundhog Day  Broken Flowers  Lost in Translation  Rushmore  Red River  Frankenstein  Dracula  The Fugitive  Going My Way  Bells of Saint Mary's  Yankee Doodle Dandy  The Sound of Music  The Razor's Edge  Mad Dog and Glory  Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer  Olive Kitteridge *  Moonrise Kingdom  The Royal Tenenbaums  The Grand Budapest Hotel  Coffee and Cigarettes *  The Limits of Control  The Dead Don’t Die  Bottle Rocket  Asteroid City  Barry Lyndon  Gallipoli  Ninotchka  Old Yeller  The Man with Two Brains  Nothing but Trouble                                        *Available on Max as of 11/12 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Season two of Talking Pictures is here! Bill Murray doesn’t do a lot of podcasts, but he was game to talk movies with host Ben Mankiewicz. They dive into his comedies (Stripes, Caddyshack, Groundhog Day) and discuss the directors Murray works with repeatedly (Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch). Murray remembers growing up a “bad boy” in a house with eight siblings and how success impacted his mom. Finally, our Super 8 returns and you don’t want to miss the prop Bill Murray says he would steal for his personal collection.                                                                          

Films Mentioned: 

  • Meatballs 
  • Ghostbusters  
  • Stripes 
  • Caddyshack 
  • Groundhog Day 
  • Broken Flowers 
  • Lost in Translation 
  • Rushmore 
  • Red River 
  • Frankenstein 
  • Dracula 
  • The Fugitive 
  • Going My Way 
  • Bells of Saint Mary's 
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy 
  • The Sound of Music 
  • The Razor's Edge 
  • Mad Dog and Glory 
  • Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 
  • Olive Kitteridge * 
  • Moonrise Kingdom 
  • The Royal Tenenbaums 
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel 
  • Coffee and Cigarettes * 
  • The Limits of Control 
  • The Dead Don’t Die 
  • Bottle Rocket 
  • Asteroid City 
  • Barry Lyndon 
  • Gallipoli 
  • Ninotchka 
  • Old Yeller 
  • The Man with Two Brains 
  • Nothing but Trouble                                       

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]]> 3782 Coming Soon: Season 2 Talking Pictures Talking Pictures is back for its second season, filled with new guests and new stories about how movies shape us, change us – and make us laugh. This season, host Ben Mankiewicz sits down with some of the funniest stars in Hollywood, folks like Bill Murray, Margot Robbie, Carol Burnett, Henry Winkler and many more. Comedy legends open up about their toughest struggles, their wildest moments, and the twists of fate that made them famous. Each episode culminates with the Super 8, where they reveal their most cherished movie memories and film favorites. From TCM and MAX, this is Season 2 of Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast, hosted by Ben Mankiewicz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 30 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0000 trailer TCM and HBO Max Talking Pictures is back for its second season, filled with new guests and new stories about how movies shape us, change us – and make us laugh. This season, host Ben Mankiewicz sits down with some of the funniest stars in Hollywood, folks like Bill Murray, Margot Robbie, Carol Burnett, Henry Winkler and many more. Comedy legends open up about their toughest struggles, their wildest moments, and the twists of fate that made them famous. Each episode culminates with the Super 8, where they reveal their most cherished movie memories and film favorites. From TCM and MAX, this is Season 2 of Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast, hosted by Ben Mankiewicz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Talking Pictures is back for its second season, filled with new guests and new stories about how movies shape us, change us – and make us laugh. This season, host Ben Mankiewicz sits down with some of the funniest stars in Hollywood, folks like Bill Murray, Margot Robbie, Carol Burnett, Henry Winkler and many more. Comedy legends open up about their toughest struggles, their wildest moments, and the twists of fate that made them famous. Each episode culminates with the Super 8, where they reveal their most cherished movie memories and film favorites.


From TCM and MAX, this is Season 2 of Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast, hosted by Ben Mankiewicz.

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]]> 150 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:00:00 -0000 bonus TCM and HBO Max 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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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]]> 3763 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 19 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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)

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]]> 3516 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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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]]> 3684 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 05 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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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]]> 3272 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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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]]> 3394 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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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]]> 3616 Mel Brooks Host Ben Mankiewicz hangs out with his friend, 97-year-old legend Mel Brooks (The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein) in this often hilarious and sometimes poignant episode. Mel reminisces about Gene Wilder, David Lynch, his wife Anne Bancroft, and best friend Carl Reiner. He also recounts a tremendously funny dinner with Alfred Hitchcock. Mel Brooks has spent a lifetime watching and making movies so you don’t want to miss his answers to our Super 8 questionnaire.   Films Mentioned: Blazing Saddles* Young Frankenstein The Producers High Anxiety Psycho Vertigo The Elephant Man  Eraserhead* Frankenstein (1931)  Casablanca* Swing Time Top Hat Broadway Melody of 1940  Ninotchka The Gods Must Be Crazy  It Happened One Night  Spaceballs* Random Harvest  Alexander’s Ragtime Band  *Available on Max as of 2/13 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max Host Ben Mankiewicz hangs out with his friend, 97-year-old legend Mel Brooks (The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein) in this often hilarious and sometimes poignant episode. Mel reminisces about Gene Wilder, David Lynch, his wife Anne Bancroft, and best friend Carl Reiner. He also recounts a tremendously funny dinner with Alfred Hitchcock. Mel Brooks has spent a lifetime watching and making movies so you don’t want to miss his answers to our Super 8 questionnaire.   Films Mentioned: Blazing Saddles* Young Frankenstein The Producers High Anxiety Psycho Vertigo The Elephant Man  Eraserhead* Frankenstein (1931)  Casablanca* Swing Time Top Hat Broadway Melody of 1940  Ninotchka The Gods Must Be Crazy  It Happened One Night  Spaceballs* Random Harvest  Alexander’s Ragtime Band  *Available on Max as of 2/13 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Host Ben Mankiewicz hangs out with his friend, 97-year-old legend Mel Brooks (The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein) in this often hilarious and sometimes poignant episode. Mel reminisces about Gene Wilder, David Lynch, his wife Anne Bancroft, and best friend Carl Reiner. He also recounts a tremendously funny dinner with Alfred Hitchcock. Mel Brooks has spent a lifetime watching and making movies so you don’t want to miss his answers to our Super 8 questionnaire.  


Films Mentioned:

  • Blazing Saddles*
  • Young Frankenstein
  • The Producers
  • High Anxiety
  • Psycho
  • Vertigo
  • The Elephant Man 
  • Eraserhead*
  • Frankenstein (1931) 
  • Casablanca*
  • Swing Time
  • Top Hat
  • Broadway Melody of 1940 
  • Ninotchka
  • The Gods Must Be Crazy 
  • It Happened One Night 
  • Spaceballs*
  • Random Harvest 
  • Alexander’s Ragtime Band 

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]]> 2253 Cord Jefferson Writer director Cord Jefferson (American Fiction) and host Ben Mankiewicz talk life transitions, bravery, and family for this in-depth conversation. Jefferson charts his path from journalist to TV writer to first-time film director of 2023’s celebrated American Fiction. He shares the movies important to him and gives his take on the ending of Shawshank Redemption. FILMS MENTIONED: American Fiction Saltburn  Promising Young Woman  Sex, Lies, and Videotape Master of None The Good Place Succession* Watchmen* The People vs. Larry Flynt Do The Right Thing Jacob’s Ladder Clueless  Cruel Intentions Dangerous Liaisons Punch-Drunk Love Shawshank Redemption Paths of Glory The Killing Eyes Wide Shut Full Metal Jacket* Pulp Fiction* Young Frankenstein Blazing Saddles* Philadelphia *Available on Max as of 2/6 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max Writer director Cord Jefferson (American Fiction) and host Ben Mankiewicz talk life transitions, bravery, and family for this in-depth conversation. Jefferson charts his path from journalist to TV writer to first-time film director of 2023’s celebrated American Fiction. He shares the movies important to him and gives his take on the ending of Shawshank Redemption. FILMS MENTIONED: American Fiction Saltburn  Promising Young Woman  Sex, Lies, and Videotape Master of None The Good Place Succession* Watchmen* The People vs. Larry Flynt Do The Right Thing Jacob’s Ladder Clueless  Cruel Intentions Dangerous Liaisons Punch-Drunk Love Shawshank Redemption Paths of Glory The Killing Eyes Wide Shut Full Metal Jacket* Pulp Fiction* Young Frankenstein Blazing Saddles* Philadelphia *Available on Max as of 2/6 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Writer director Cord Jefferson (American Fiction) and host Ben Mankiewicz talk life transitions, bravery, and family for this in-depth conversation. Jefferson charts his path from journalist to TV writer to first-time film director of 2023’s celebrated American Fiction. He shares the movies important to him and gives his take on the ending of Shawshank Redemption.


FILMS MENTIONED:

  • American Fiction
  • Saltburn 
  • Promising Young Woman 
  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape
  • Master of None
  • The Good Place
  • Succession*
  • Watchmen*
  • The People vs. Larry Flynt
  • Do The Right Thing
  • Jacob’s Ladder
  • Clueless 
  • Cruel Intentions
  • Dangerous Liaisons
  • Punch-Drunk Love
  • Shawshank Redemption
  • Paths of Glory
  • The Killing
  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • Full Metal Jacket*
  • Pulp Fiction*
  • Young Frankenstein
  • Blazing Saddles*
  • Philadelphia

*Available on Max as of 2/6 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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]]> 3658 Emerald Fennell Writer-director Emerald Fennell has made two of the most talked about movies in recent years: Saltburn and Promising Young Woman. Fennell tells host Ben Mankiewicz why she makes uncomfortable films, why she prefers directing over acting, and shares a formative experience watching Jurassic Park. She also challenges Ben on his knee-jerk aversion to costume dramas. You don’t want to miss that! FILMS MENTIONED: Barbie* Promising Young Woman  Saltburn Casablanca*
The Favourite Smokey and the Bandit  Star Wars The Death of Stalin  Dangerous Liaisons  Napoleon Jurassic Park Midnight Run Out of Sight Bridge of Spies Ben-Hur A Walk To Remember  Cape Fear (1991) Cape Fear (1962) Natural Born Killers* To Die For
Killing of a Sacred Deer  Beau is Afraid  Melancholia The Shining Mrs. Miniver Goodbye, Mr. Chips Random Harvest Brief Encounter*  *Available on Max as of 1/30 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max Writer-director Emerald Fennell has made two of the most talked about movies in recent years: Saltburn and Promising Young Woman. Fennell tells host Ben Mankiewicz why she makes uncomfortable films, why she prefers directing over acting, and shares a formative experience watching Jurassic Park. She also challenges Ben on his knee-jerk aversion to costume dramas. You don’t want to miss that! FILMS MENTIONED: Barbie* Promising Young Woman  Saltburn Casablanca*
The Favourite Smokey and the Bandit  Star Wars The Death of Stalin  Dangerous Liaisons  Napoleon Jurassic Park Midnight Run Out of Sight Bridge of Spies Ben-Hur A Walk To Remember  Cape Fear (1991) Cape Fear (1962) Natural Born Killers* To Die For
Killing of a Sacred Deer  Beau is Afraid  Melancholia The Shining Mrs. Miniver Goodbye, Mr. Chips Random Harvest Brief Encounter*  *Available on Max as of 1/30 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Writer-director Emerald Fennell has made two of the most talked about movies in recent years: Saltburn and Promising Young Woman. Fennell tells host Ben Mankiewicz why she makes uncomfortable films, why she prefers directing over acting, and shares a formative experience watching Jurassic Park. She also challenges Ben on his knee-jerk aversion to costume dramas. You don’t want to miss that!

FILMS MENTIONED:

  • Barbie*
  • Promising Young Woman 
  • Saltburn
  • Casablanca*
The Favourite
  • Smokey and the Bandit 
  • Star Wars
  • The Death of Stalin 
  • Dangerous Liaisons 
  • Napoleon
  • Jurassic Park
  • Midnight Run
  • Out of Sight
  • Bridge of Spies
  • Ben-Hur
  • A Walk To Remember 
  • Cape Fear (1991)
  • Cape Fear (1962)
  • Natural Born Killers*
  • To Die For
Killing of a Sacred Deer 
  • Beau is Afraid 
  • Melancholia
  • The Shining
  • Mrs. Miniver
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • Random Harvest
  • Brief Encounter* 

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]]> 3122 Steven Soderbergh This episode of Talking Pictures is special for host Ben Mankiewicz, whose favorite film of all time is Out of Sight, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Ben sits down with Soderbergh (Ocean’s 11, Full Circle, Erin Brockovich) to talk ‘70s films, George Clooney, and how one maintains a 35-year career as a film director. Soderbergh also offers a little relationship advice and answers the Super 8, during which he reveals how many movies he watched in high school. Trust us, it’s a lot. FILMS MENTIONED:  Sex, Lies, and Videotape Ocean's Eleven Ocean’s Twelve  Ocean’s Thirteen Magic Mike Magic Mike’s Last Dance* Out of Sight Schizopolis* Gray’s Anatomy* The Last Detail Seconds The Parallax View Wanda* Carnal Knowledge The Landlord Being There Mad Max Witches of Eastwick Kafka King of the Hill The Underneath Erin Brockovich Michael Clayton Contagion Yankee Doodle Dandy Casablanca* Mildred Pierce* Four Daughters Angels with Dirty Faces The Knick* Jaws Planet of the Apes Three Days of the Condor EO Au Hasard Balthazar Hiroshima, Mon Amour Happy as Lazaro The Maltese Falcon Stormy Weather The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Behind the Candelabra* *Available on Max as of 1/23 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max This episode of Talking Pictures is special for host Ben Mankiewicz, whose favorite film of all time is Out of Sight, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Ben sits down with Soderbergh (Ocean’s 11, Full Circle, Erin Brockovich) to talk ‘70s films, George Clooney, and how one maintains a 35-year career as a film director. Soderbergh also offers a little relationship advice and answers the Super 8, during which he reveals how many movies he watched in high school. Trust us, it’s a lot. FILMS MENTIONED:  Sex, Lies, and Videotape Ocean's Eleven Ocean’s Twelve  Ocean’s Thirteen Magic Mike Magic Mike’s Last Dance* Out of Sight Schizopolis* Gray’s Anatomy* The Last Detail Seconds The Parallax View Wanda* Carnal Knowledge The Landlord Being There Mad Max Witches of Eastwick Kafka King of the Hill The Underneath Erin Brockovich Michael Clayton Contagion Yankee Doodle Dandy Casablanca* Mildred Pierce* Four Daughters Angels with Dirty Faces The Knick* Jaws Planet of the Apes Three Days of the Condor EO Au Hasard Balthazar Hiroshima, Mon Amour Happy as Lazaro The Maltese Falcon Stormy Weather The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Behind the Candelabra* *Available on Max as of 1/23 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices This episode of Talking Pictures is special for host Ben Mankiewicz, whose favorite film of all time is Out of Sight, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Ben sits down with Soderbergh (Ocean’s 11, Full Circle, Erin Brockovich) to talk ‘70s films, George Clooney, and how one maintains a 35-year career as a film director. Soderbergh also offers a little relationship advice and answers the Super 8, during which he reveals how many movies he watched in high school. Trust us, it’s a lot.


FILMS MENTIONED: 

  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape
  • Ocean's Eleven
  • Ocean’s Twelve 
  • Ocean’s Thirteen
  • Magic Mike
  • Magic Mike’s Last Dance*
  • Out of Sight
  • Schizopolis*
  • Gray’s Anatomy*
  • The Last Detail
  • Seconds
  • The Parallax View
  • Wanda*
  • Carnal Knowledge
  • The Landlord
  • Being There
  • Mad Max
  • Witches of Eastwick
  • Kafka
  • King of the Hill
  • The Underneath
  • Erin Brockovich
  • Michael Clayton
  • Contagion
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • Casablanca*
  • Mildred Pierce*
  • Four Daughters
  • Angels with Dirty Faces
  • The Knick*
  • Jaws
  • Planet of the Apes
  • Three Days of the Condor
  • EO
  • Au Hasard Balthazar
  • Hiroshima, Mon Amour
  • Happy as Lazaro
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Stormy Weather
  • The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
  • Behind the Candelabra*

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]]> 3658 Nancy Meyers Our first guest on Talking Pictures is writer director Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give, It’s Complicated, The Holiday). Recorded at her home, host Ben Mankiewicz talks with Meyers about casting Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, getting script advice from Sunset Boulevard director Billy Wilder, and they discuss what it’s like to become famous for her interiors. Spoiler: it’s frustrating! Nancy Meyers also answers our Super 8 questionnaire and reveals which film had her running from the theater in absolute terror. FILMS MENTIONED: Something’s Gotta Give It’s Complicated The Holiday Sunset Boulevard His Girl Friday Harry and Walter Go To New York Terms of Endearment About Schmidt Reds The Magnificent Seven The Good, the Bad and the Ugly* The Misfits The Graduate It’s a Wonderful Life North by Northwest Private Benjamin Baby Boom Double Indemnity Stalag 17 Ace in the Hole Some Like it Hot* Sabrina The Apartment Lost Weekend The Philadelphia Story Bringing Up Baby Trouble in Paradise The Intern* The Exorcist* Love in the Afternoon* Rear Window Day For Night A Man and a Woman  Paddington 2 The Worst Person in the World Modern Times* Planes, Trains and Automobiles The Great Escape *Available on Max as of 1/16 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:00:00 -0000 full TCM and HBO Max Our first guest on Talking Pictures is writer director Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give, It’s Complicated, The Holiday). Recorded at her home, host Ben Mankiewicz talks with Meyers about casting Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, getting script advice from Sunset Boulevard director Billy Wilder, and they discuss what it’s like to become famous for her interiors. Spoiler: it’s frustrating! Nancy Meyers also answers our Super 8 questionnaire and reveals which film had her running from the theater in absolute terror. FILMS MENTIONED: Something’s Gotta Give It’s Complicated The Holiday Sunset Boulevard His Girl Friday Harry and Walter Go To New York Terms of Endearment About Schmidt Reds The Magnificent Seven The Good, the Bad and the Ugly* The Misfits The Graduate It’s a Wonderful Life North by Northwest Private Benjamin Baby Boom Double Indemnity Stalag 17 Ace in the Hole Some Like it Hot* Sabrina The Apartment Lost Weekend The Philadelphia Story Bringing Up Baby Trouble in Paradise The Intern* The Exorcist* Love in the Afternoon* Rear Window Day For Night A Man and a Woman  Paddington 2 The Worst Person in the World Modern Times* Planes, Trains and Automobiles The Great Escape *Available on Max as of 1/16 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Our first guest on Talking Pictures is writer director Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give, It’s Complicated, The Holiday). Recorded at her home, host Ben Mankiewicz talks with Meyers about casting Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, getting script advice from Sunset Boulevard director Billy Wilder, and they discuss what it’s like to become famous for her interiors. Spoiler: it’s frustrating! Nancy Meyers also answers our Super 8 questionnaire and reveals which film had her running from the theater in absolute terror.


FILMS MENTIONED:

  • Something’s Gotta Give
  • It’s Complicated
  • The Holiday
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • His Girl Friday
  • Harry and Walter Go To New York
  • Terms of Endearment
  • About Schmidt
  • Reds
  • The Magnificent Seven
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*
  • The Misfits
  • The Graduate
  • It’s a Wonderful Life
  • North by Northwest
  • Private Benjamin
  • Baby Boom
  • Double Indemnity
  • Stalag 17
  • Ace in the Hole
  • Some Like it Hot*
  • Sabrina
  • The Apartment
  • Lost Weekend
  • The Philadelphia Story
  • Bringing Up Baby
  • Trouble in Paradise
  • The Intern*
  • The Exorcist*
  • Love in the Afternoon*
  • Rear Window
  • Day For Night
  • A Man and a Woman 
  • Paddington 2
  • The Worst Person in the World
  • Modern Times*
  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles
  • The Great Escape


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]]> 3028 Coming Soon: Talking Pictures 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.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:30:00 -0000 trailer TCM and HBO Max 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.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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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