Talking Pictures

Talking Pictures is back with ardent movie fan and beloved filmmaker Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead and The Running Man). He talks with host Ben Mankiewicz about living in Quentin Tarantino’s guesthouse, action movie montages, and being mesmerized by Sidney Poitier at the TCM Classic Film Festival. To Ben’s surprise, Wright christens Ben’s home studio with a perfect classic film moniker.

Films mentioned:

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Shaun of the Dead

Baby Driver

The Running Man

Hot Fuzz

The World’s End

Star Wars: Episode IV:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Watership Down

The Lord of The Rings (1978 animated film)

Popeye

Evil Dead and Evil Dead II

El Mariachi

Reservoir Dogs

Bad Taste

Rumble In The Bronx

Something About Mary

Silence of the Lambs

In the Heat of the Night

Raising Arizona

Goodfellas

Pink Panther films

Hellraiser

The Wages of Fear

Sorcerer

Lawrence of Arabia

E.T.

Umberto D.

This Is Spinal Tap

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Season three of Talking Pictures is back, with a brand new lineup of guests celebrating the movies they love, this time on video.

Host Ben Mankiewicz invites some of the most iconic figures in Hollywood for an intimate conversation at his home studio. Guests like Sally Field, Edgar Wright, and Susan Sarandon open up about the moments that made them, the movies that informed them, and share behind-the-scenes stories that haven’t been told. Of course, every episode ends with the Super 8, where they reveal the movies that make them laugh, cry, and that they can’t forget.

From TCM and HBO Max, this is Season 3 of Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast, hosted by Ben Mankiewicz.
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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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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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Get ready for your new summer obsession! We're sharing a special preview of Cleopatra, the new season of Ben Mankiewicz's other podcast, The Plot Thickens. (Yes, he has two.) Cleopatra was the most tumultuous production in Hollywood history, a disaster of epic proportions written and directed by Ben's Oscar-winning uncle, Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Mankiewicz calling the shots and with the luminous Elizabeth Taylor in the title role, Cleopatra should have been a smash. Instead, it was a shoot plagued by medical emergencies, climate disasters, nervous breakdowns, and egos as big as pyramids... not to mention Taylor's scandalous affair with co-star Richard Burton. Enjoy the first episode of Cleopatra right now, then look up The Plot Thickens for more episodes, wherever you get podcast
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