Talking Pictures

Bonus Episode: Eli Roth May 07, 2025

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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Paul Scheer Feb 04, 2025

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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Pamela Adlon Jan 28, 2025

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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Charles Barkley Jan 21, 2025

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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Paul Feig Jan 14, 2025

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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Henry Winkler Jan 07, 2025

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)

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Jane Lynch Dec 17, 2024

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)

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Jason Reitman Dec 10, 2024

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)

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Carol Burnett Dec 03, 2024

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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Margot Robbie Nov 26, 2024

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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Bridget Everett Nov 19, 2024

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)

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Bill Murray Nov 12, 2024

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)

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Coming Soon: Season 2 Talking Pictures Oct 30, 2024

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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Bonus Episode: Mario Cantone Apr 26, 2024

In a special bonus episode of Talking Pictures recorded live at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival in Hollywood, host Ben Mankiewicz interviews actor, comedian, and classic movie lover, Mario Cantone. They discuss Mario’s life before acting, his role in HBO’s “Sex and the City” and the Max series “And Just Like That…,” and Ben challenges Mario to the Super 8 movie questionnaire.

Films Mentioned:

Sex and the City
And Just Like That…
Hello Dolly
Blazing Saddles
Lady Sings the Blues
The Lady Gambles
Slap Shot
Chinatown
Network
Quiz Show
All About Eve
Guys and Dolls
My Cousin Vinny
The Thorn Birds
New York, New York
Looking For Mr. Goodbar
Pollyanna
Bambi
West Side Story (1961)
Cleopatra
The Wizard of Oz
A Star is Born (1954)
The Godfather

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Bill Hader Mar 19, 2024

Director, actor, Saturday Night Live veteran, and cinephile Bill Hader joins host Ben Mankiewicz to talk about his heroes (Stanley Kubrick, Joel and Ethan Coen), about writing and directing his HBO show Barry, and if you’re hoping for a few of his expert impressions, you won’t be disappointed. Hader also ventures into his movie-watching past by answering our Super 8 questionnaire.

Films Mentioned:

Top Gun (1986)
Superbad
Trainwreck*
Inside Out
Barry*
The Shining
2001: A Space Odyssey*
Dr. Strangelove*
A Clockwork Orange*
The Natural
Oliver!
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Paths of Glory
Mars Attacks!
Evil Dead
Rashomon*
Seven Samurai*
Ikiru*
It’s A Wonderful Life
Bad News Bears
Shawshank Redemption
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Barton Fink
A Serious Man*
Inside Llewyn Davis
Intolerable Cruelty
Hail, Caesar!
Burn After Reading
Trouble in Paradise
The Apartment
Five Graves to Cairo
Double Indemnity
One, Two, Three
Sunset Boulevard
Kes
To Kill A Mockingbird
From Here to Eternity
Von Ryan’s Express
Dreams (1990)
The Last Detail
The Great Muppet Caper
Midnight Run
The Black Hole (1979)

*Available on Max as of 3/19 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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Patty Jenkins Mar 12, 2024

Host Ben Mankiewicz visits with director Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman, Monster) and her mother (!!) to talk superheroes, female serial killers, and gets her take on being a female director in Hollywood. Patty surprises Ben with stories about her friendship with singer Steve Perry and she talks about that rumored Star Wars script. Plus, an impressive Super 8 for your movie list.

Films Mentioned:

Wonder Woman*
Wonder Woman 1984*
Monster
Midnight Cowboy
The Devil's Advocate
Superman (1978)*
Reds
What Have I Done To Deserve This?
I Know Where I’m Going
A Matter of Life and Death
Moulin Rouge
The Red Balloon*
Charade
Bridge Over the River Kwai
The Best Years of Our Lives
Doctor Zhivago

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

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Errol Morris Mar 05, 2024

Legendary documentarian and filmmaker Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War, The Pigeon Tunnel) and host Ben Mankiewicz have a charged conversation about interviewing, serial killers, grave robbing and, yes, movies. Morris gives the longest, most original (and most surprising!) answer to our Super 8 question about movie props. Plus, he reveals the movie that changed his life.

Films Mentioned:

The Fog of War
The Thin Blue Line
American Dharma
The Unknown Known
Psycho
The Pigeon Tunnel
Gates of Heaven
Vernon, Florida
Conan the Barbarian
Creature From The Black Lagoon
This Island Earth
Tarnished Angels
Imitation of Life
Les Enfants du Paradis
Au Hasard Balthazar

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Damien Chazelle Feb 27, 2024

Director Damien Chazelle ( La La Land, First Man) describes his childhood as a budding filmmaker inspired by Walt Disney, his path to getting his first film made (Whiplash), and how the pandemic impacted casting for his recent epic Babylon. Chazelle surprises – and delights – host Ben Mankiewicz as they discuss his parents’ favorite films and which movies always make him cry.

Films Mentioned:

La La Land
Whiplash
Jurassic Park
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Annie Hall
Speed
Volcano
Lethal Weapon
Taken
The Last Exorcism Part 2
10 Cloverfield Lane
Ouija
Paranormal Activity*
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg*
West Side Story
Singin’ in the Rain*
The Sound of Music
An American in Paris
First Man
Babylon
Peter Pan
Full Metal Jacket*
Paths of Glory
City Lights*
Make Way For Tomorrow
Black and Tan
St. Louis Blues
The Emperor Jones*
Vertigo
La Grande Vadrouille
The Red Circle
The 400 Blows*
The 13th Warrior

*Available on Max as of 2/27 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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Alexander Payne Feb 20, 2024

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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Mel Brooks Feb 13, 2024

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)

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Cord Jefferson Feb 06, 2024

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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Emerald Fennell Jan 30, 2024

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)

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Steven Soderbergh Jan 23, 2024

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)

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Nancy Meyers Jan 16, 2024

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)

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Coming Soon: Talking Pictures Dec 19, 2023

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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