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Talking Pictures
by David Dylan Thomas, Kevin Smokler
Filmmaker David Dylan Thomas and author Kevin Smokler discuss box office, overlooked gems, and whatever strikes their fancy about movies today.
Episodes
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Talking Pictures: Genre Busters: Race Season 1 Wrapup
We talk about what we learned discussing race and movie genres and peak into what's coming up next!
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Genre Busters Ep. 5 Intermission: Race & Sci-Fi Movies
We conclude Season 1 of our series "Genre Busters" on race and film genres with a look at your submissions on our two questions 1. Name a science fiction movie where the main character is a person of color and 2. Name a sciente fiction movie where the cast is muli-ethnic just because not...
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Genre Busters Ep. 5: Race & Sci Fi Movies
We end our Genre Busters series on race and movie genres looking at Science Fiction and cinematic visions of the future. Here on earth, the future, neigh the present, is multi-racial and multi-colored. Why doesn't it appear that way onscreen? This week's challenge: A two parter. Name a science...
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Genre Busters Episode 4 Intermission. Race and Crime Movies
We look at the results of the question we posed to the Talking Pictures Community: "Can you name the persuer (i.e. cop/FBI Agent etc.) in a crime movie who is played by a non-white actor?" "Crime Movies" = movie where the criminal is the main character. See "American Gangster," "New Jack City" etc.
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Genre Busters Episode No. 4: Race and Crime Movies.
We look at race and crime movies and issue the next listener challenge. Can you think of 3 crime movies where the persuer, the cop, the "good guy" isn't white? And you can only use one Denzel Washington, Will Smith or Wesley Snipes movie.
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Genre Busters: Race and the Period Movie (Intermission)
Two-Part Listener Challenge! We asked you to either name a movie set in the historical past where the main character isn't white or to recast your favorite period movie with non-white actors. Here are your answers...
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Genre Busters:
In this ep. Dave and Kevin discuss movies set in the historical past and what race means in your favorite movies with flowing dresses and best costume Oscar nominations.
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Genre Busters: Race and the Romcom (Intermission)
Can you name a romantic comedy where the leads aren't white but live in a racially diverse world? Answers to our listener challenge in this episode!
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Talking Pictures Gender Busters Intermission (Action Movie & Race Challenge)
We asked you to name 5 action movies where neither the hero nor villain are white. We got some great answers from the Talking Pictures Community.
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Talking Pictures Genre Busters Ep. 2 (Romantic Comedy)
Wherein Dave and Kevin look at Hitch, Clueless, Top Five, My Best Friend's Wedding and other romantic comedies where everyone doesnt' need to be the same color. This episode's challenge: "Can you name three romantic comedies where the lead character is not white but every other supporting…
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Genre Busters (Race)
For our new series on Talking Pictures, Dave and Kevin discuss your favorite movie genres (Action, Romantic Comedy, Crime Movies etc.) through the lens of race. For each genre we'll look at.... I. What are the moving parts of that genre II. What are the expectations we movielovers have for that...
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Talking Pictures: Best Movies 2015, Movie Hopes for 2016
Kevin and Dave return for a short, end-of-year roundup, favorite movies of the year from each, best film trends of 2015, and hopes for the year in cinema to come.
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Movies we're looking forward to in 2015
Yes, someone mentions the new Star Wars movie and some obscure German avante guarde film called The Avengers. But there's plenty more here to queue up/put on the calendar for the coming year in movie watching. We break it down on this episode of Talking Pictures.
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December/Holiday/Year End Movie Viewing Strategies
Wherein Kevin and Dave discuss how to see maximize Award-Nominated-Best-of-List movies in the last month of the year.
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I Know I Shouldn't Like This, But...
Kevin, Dave, and special guest Justin Sondak discuss movies that go against their genre preferences, but they still like anyway.
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I Know I Should Like This, But...
In which our heroes discuss movies that they know they're supposed to like, but really, really don't.
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1989. The number. Another Summer.
Wherein we discuss the year 1989 in movies, the great films from that year and how several things happened that meant movie going would never be the same again.
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Film Festival Tips
Live from SXSW Interactive/Film, Kev and Dave give you their best tips for getting into the wild and crazy world of film festival attendance.
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Our Modest Oscar Proposal
Dave puts forth a modest proposal for making the Oscars less of an end-of-the-year spirit and more of a year-long movie love fest. No Academy members or badies are eaten in the process. Talking Pictures is hosted by Filmmaker David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit) and Author Kevin Smokler (@weegee)....
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Talking Talking Pictures
In this episode, we reboot Talking Pictures with a new format, shorter length, and a discussion about whether or not it makes sense to distinguish between movies and other forms of talking pictures like television shows and web series.
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Other Voices
In which we mourn the passing of a great actor and look at the world of films that aren't told from the default point of view. 0:50 - R.I.P. Philip Seymour Hoffman 8:40 - Box Office: Wolf of Wall Street = One long beer commercial. Also, Frozen and the high returns on Bechdel Test-friendly cinema....
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The State of Film Writing Today
Who's doing the good writing about film these days and how do you find it? 2:42 - Box Office: Lee Daniels gets in on Tyler Perry's marketing tactics. 24:30 - Feature Segment: What kind of writing about film is exciting us these days? What do we look for in good film writing? 40:25 - Overlooked...
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So Bad It's Good...Or Maybe It's Just Good
Movies you think you'd hate, but won't. Live from Chicago with special guest Justin Sondak. 3:30 - Box Office: Does release date really matter anymore? 17:50 - Feature Segment: "Better than you thought." Movies that surprised us, from action to romcom to whatever the hell Spiceworld was. 40:30 -...
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Looking ahead: 2013 in Movies
The year to come, cinematically speaking... 2:17 - Box Office: The depressing barren month known as January. 17:58 - Feature Segment: Movies we're looking forward to in 2013. 40:47 - Overlooked Gems: Kevin on the greatest Cold War/Age of Information cusp movie ever. Dave on possibly the most...
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Year in Review
Yeah. We went with the obvious topic. 1:19 - Box Office: The success of Skyfall. Crazy early Oscar favorites. 21:38 - Feature Segment: The year in Joss Whedon, disintermediation, and new responsibilities for filmmakers. 53:05 - Overlooked Gems: Dave picks the Oscar-nominated tort flick that's not...
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What Are Film Festivals For?
How do film festivals evolve (or not) to meet the needs of the modern filmgoer? 1:05 - Box Office: There's just nothing going on, is there? 17:36 - Feature Segment: The disconnect between film festivals and modern viewing habits. 41:39 - Overlooked Gems: Kevin loves birds and Dave loves Shane...
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Nora Ephron and the Perils of Eulogy
What is the most appropriate way to look at an artist's career when they pass away? Is it disingenuous to ignore their less artistically successful work? 2:19 - Box Office: Kevin has a shocking confession. 25:36 - Feature Segment: A tweet about Nora Ephron starts a conversation about how to talk...
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Talking Pictures: Location, Location, Location
In this special episode recorded in Chicago, special guest Justin Sondak helps us discuss the role location plays in modern cinema. 1:05 - Box Office: Prometheus and the role of mystery in marketing. 16:52 - Feature Segment: Three kinds of location in film. Would Raising Arizona work in Florida?...
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Talking Pictures: Discovering the Back Catalog
Kev and Dave try to figure out how future generations will find out about movies that came out before, you know, right now. 1:47 - Box Office: We mix some metaphors and talk Hunger Games. 30:20 - Feature Segment: How we discovered older films and how future generations might. 57:40 - Overlooked...
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Talking Pictures: Solving the Content Conundrum
Kev and Dave single-handedly solve the problems of film funding, film distribution, SOPA, and PIPA. You're welcome. 0:16 - We steal a bit from the Filmspotting podcast. 4:11 - Box Office: Just how well does Star Wars hold up? 18:41 - Feature Segment: We talk about the problem of what it means to...
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Talking Pictures: Directors' Trademarks
Those little quirks that tie a director's work together and what they say about the artist. 5:20 - Box Office: The Twilight Generation vs. The Muppets Generation. 21:29 - Feature Segment: Director's trademarks, from Tarantino to Brooks. 49:11 - Overlooked Gems: You'd better sit down. Kev picked a...
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Talking Pictures: So, You Wanna Start Watching Web Series?
Our special guest Jason Govern takes us through the wild, wooly world of web series. Also, Kevin gets eaten by bears. 2:15 - Box Office: (For 10/7/11) - The Circle of Disney 14:35 - Feature Segment - What the hell are web series and how are us old fogeys supposed to keep track? 29:25 - Kevin gets...
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Talking Pictures: When Comedies Liked to Score
1:08 - Dave complains about the weather on two coasts. 2:40 - Box Office: What if all romantic comedies were cast with apes? 19:30 - Feature Segment: What happened to cinematic artistry in comedies? 34:52 - Once again we attempt to psychoanalyze Kevin's deep-seated hatred of Judd Apatow. 48:00 -...
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Talking Pictures: When All Else Fails
0:50 - We very slowly get around to introducing our special guest, Justin Sondak. Plus, marsupial trivia. 3:08 - Box Office: No alarms and no surprises. 13:32 - Feature Segment: When all else fails, actors that can save your movie. 34:33 - Overlooked Gems: An Ebert favorite, a headbanger with a...
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Talking Pictures: Transmedia
0:29 - Box Office: The plague of "blockbuster lite" movies. (Also, Kevin's sound suddenly gets worse for no reason.) 10:19 - Feature Segment: What is transmedia and why should Kevin care? (Also, Kevin's sound suddenly gets better for no reason.) 35:34 - Overlooked Gems: You can't make Christina...
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Talking Pictures: The Oscars
0:17 - Dave and Kev talk about their Oscar plans. 5:30 - Box Office. In which we try to explain the success of Justin Bieber and Black Swan. 27:51 - Feature Segment: What having 10 Best Picture nominees tells us about the history and future of the Oscars. 41:51 - Overlooked Gems: A current best...
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Talking Pictures: The Year in Review
1:19 - Box Office: How Alice in Wonderland will usher in an era of fanfic. 23:50 - Feature Segment: Where all the black movies at? 34:50 - Dave's two-year-old makes a guest appearance. 42:43 - Overlooked Gems: The dark side of Ben Stiller, and Paris without the clichés.
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Talking Pictures: Stoppable
0:35 - Bad Movie Title Puns, Inc. 3:38 - Box Office: Harry Potter masks Tangled's success. 18:51 - Feature Segment: How do we find out what's in theaters in the age of the DVR? 41:28 - Overlooked Gems: Dave picks a movie you probably can't see and Kevin picks a title you probably can't define.
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Talking Pictures: Yet Another Social Network Podcast
In which Kevin and Dave discuss the pros and cons of Aaron Sorkin. 0:50 - A discussion of film festivals that has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the podcast. 16:10 - Box Office: Dave commits film geek heresy. 38:00 - Feature Segment: Is there anything left to say about The Social...
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Talking Pictures: Contempt Prior to Investigation
In which Kevin and Dave confess which movies they just don't like for no reason whatsoever. 0:25 - And now, apropos of nothing, the Great American Songbook 2:15 - Box Office: A protracted discussion of the Robert Rodriguez milieu. 18:30 - Feature Segment: What types of movies do you just not…
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Talking Pictures: Cruel Summer
00:16 - Kevin didn't like Inception! I know, right? 04:15 - Box Office: Kevin is mystified by The Other Guys. 19:41 - Feature Segment: Worst. Summer. Ever. Or was it? 30:50 - Overlooked Gems: What's an eight-letter-word for "competition doc" and the Citizen Kane of movies you haven't seen.
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Talking Pictures: Too Many Movies
The problem isn't that there aren't any good movies; it's that there are too many. 00:25 - Box Office: Inception is awesome. Let me say that again. Inception is awesome. 18:57 - The Great Sort: How do we find movies that we love in such a great sea? 25:25 - Dave goes off on a rant about what…
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Talking Pictures: The "Beige" Edition
This summer ain't looking great for movies. We say stay at home or take up jetskiiing. 2:00 Weekly Box Office. Shrek triumphs (modestly), Sex and the City 2 hangs on despite itself. Prince of Persia matters who to what now? 23:45. "Beige" movies and actors i.e. you don't care enough to hate or...
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Talking Pictures: The Return
After many (maybe two) years, Talking Pictures is back with a look at Summer Movies. 02:00. - Box Office Wrap-Up: Not even a fair fight. 15:00 - Summer Movies, what did we ever do to them? 25:50 - Overlooked gems, Sam Rockwell and Robert Duvall FTW.
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Filmmaker David Dylan Thomas and author Kevin Smokler discuss box office, overlooked gems, and whatever strikes their fancy about movies today.
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