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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · 5d

This week, Hanna has a fab chat with the wonderful Maxine Peake, we review I Swear and Good Boy, and we give our hot takes on Ridley Scott’s “60% of films today are shit” comments. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/40Qd...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · 12d

This week, we review The Smashing Machine, A House of Dynamite, and Him! Plus, we give our hot takes on agencies circling an AI ‘actor’, Tilly Norwood. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/6WZf...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · 26d

This week, it's an interview special! Hanna talks to Nadia Latif about THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT while @amonwarmann.bsky.social chats with Simbi 'Little Simz' Ajikawo and Jay Lycurgo about STEVE. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/026t...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 13

This week we review SPINAL TAP 2: THE END CONTINUES, ISLANDS, and FROM GROUND ZERO plus in our HOT TAKE we ask: do written reviews still matter? Listen in!
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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 10

Full Intelligencer article here: nymag.com/intelligence...

Do Media Organizations Even Want Cultural Criticism?

The grim calculations involved in publishing traditional written reviews.

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 10

For this week's hot take, we're asking... do written reviews still matter? Let us know your thoughts and we'll give you a shoutout on this week's episode, dropping on Saturday. Make sure you don't miss it by subscribing here: open.spotify.com/show/3uURcIg...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 6

This week, grab your bibles and your rosaries as a blockbuster horror franchise reaches its end in #TheConjuringLastRites, + two legendary directors make their return as we review Spike Lee’s #Highest2Lowest and Ethan Coen’s #HoneyDont. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/0WRh...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 3

She’s really working the bald with glasses look. Astonishing.

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 3

For this week's hot take, we're asking... do actors get pigeonholed by taking on franchise roles? Let us know your thoughts and we'll give you a shoutout on this week's episode, dropping on Saturday. Make sure you don't miss it by subscribing here: open.spotify.com/show/3uURcIg...

Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · Sep 1

Dwayne Johnson says he felt "pigeonholed" by the industry before signing on ‘THE SMASHING MACHINE’

"Hollywood has become about box-office. Chasing that can push you into a corner. I understood that, and I made those movies, and I liked them. Some did really well, some not so good. But I kept

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 30

This week brings reviews of The Roses and Caught Stealing, a Hanna Flint interview with screenwriter Tony McNamara, and hot takes on movie algorithms. Listen in!

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 23

Also included in this week's jampacked pod: Reviews of The Life of Chuck and Sorry, Baby, plus hot, spoilery takes on the Peacemaker Season 2 premiere. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/1AMT...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 23

In this week's exclusive interview, #TheThursdayMurderClub director Chris Columbus tells our Hanna Flint that he was fired from an earlier iteration of the Fantastic Four in the 90's for being too opinionated...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hanna Flint is bringing back the excellent Critics Support Fund initiative again for this year’s LFF! If you’re a journalist from a low-income backgrounds, this fantastic opportunity could be for you. Read the application link carefully before applying! forms.gle/P66Ck36qxDYX...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 16

This week, we see if we’re a match with Celine Song’s MATERIALISTS, get closer than ever with body horror TOGETHER, while Bob Odenkirk dusts off those knuckles for NOBODY 2.
Plus, in our HOT TAKE, we dive into Noah Hawley’s ALIEN: EARTH, with spoilers.
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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 9

And we're now on Reddit! Come and join our Fade To Black listener community and share your hot takes with us. www.reddit.com/r/fadetoblac...

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The official subreddit for the Fade To Black podcast, a weekly film culture podcast co-hosted by film critics Hanna Flint, Clarisse Loughrey, and Amon Warmann. It takes a deep dive into the latest mov...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 9

This week, we review Weapons, The Pickup, and The Kingdom. And in our hot take, we debate the impact of paparazzi set photos - are they spoiling movies? Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/5ukG...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 9

And we're now on Reddit! Come and join our Fade To Black listener community and share your hot takes with us. www.reddit.com/r/fadetoblac...

Fade To Black Podcast

The official subreddit for the Fade To Black podcast, a weekly film culture podcast co-hosted by film critics Hanna Flint, Clarisse Loughrey, and Amon Warmann. It takes a deep dive into the latest mov...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 9

This week, we review Weapons, The Pickup, and The Kingdom. And in our hot take, we debate the impact of paparazzi set photos - are they spoiling movies? Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/5ukG...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 7

For this week’s hot take, we’re asking… are paparazzi set photos spoiling movies? Let us know your thoughts for our next episode, dropping this Saturday!

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 2

This week we review THE NAKED GUN, LATE SHIFT and SAVAGES. Plus in our HOT TAKE, with The Odyssey shooting in an occupied region of Morroco, we ask: should filmmakers be filming in conflict areas? Listen in!

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 29

For this week’s hot take, we’re asking… should filmmakers stop shooting in conflict regions? Let us know your thoughts for our next episode, dropping this Saturday!

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 26

This week, we review The Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Bad Guys 2, and Bring Her Back. And in our hot take, we dive into some F4 spoilers. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/4n68...

Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 19

This week, we review cringe comedy fest FRIENDSHIP, stark period drama HARVEST, & lyrical documentary-biopic hybrid THE BALLAD OF SUZANNE CÉSAIRE

Plus, in our HOT TAKE, we talk about the current state of horror criticism

Listen in now 🎧

open.spotify.com/episode/0ClT...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 12

This week, @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social speaks to James Gunn about bringing SUPERMAN to screen, while we review the film and even get into some spoiler chat.
Plus, in our HOT TAKE, we share what movies we’d most like to see from the newly established DCU. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/2jLd...

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Fade To Black Podcast @fadetoblackpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 10

In this week’s hot take, we’re asking… what are you looking forward to most in James Gunn's DC universe? Let us know your thoughts for this Saturday's episode.

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