Fade To Black
190 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsFade To Black is a weekly film culture podcast co-hosted by film critics Hanna Flint (@hannaflint), Clarisse Loughrey (@clarisselou) and Amon Warmann (@amonwarmann). It takes a deep dive into the latest movie news, hot cinema takes and reviews the best new releases all in one place.
It also gives listeners a chance to hear from some of the brightest stars of cinema through exclusive interviews with major talent. The podcast champions inclusivity by covering a broad spectrum of film and culture topics so that listeners can discover a diverse range of movies to seek out.
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Episodes
Episode 119: Barbie, Oppenheimer, They Cloned Tyrone with Ludwig Göransson
July 23, 2023 08:06 - 2 hours - 94.8 MBThe time of BARBENHEIMER is finally upon us. Amon chats to Ludwig Göransson about scoring the end of the world in OPPENHEIMER (8:03), while we review the film (33:50) before a visit to Greta Gerwig’s dream house as we chat BARBIE (1:12:23). Plus, things get freaky with THEY CLONED TYRONE (1:41:17). Plus in our hot take, we lay out what you need to know about the SAG-AFTRA strike (1:56:28). This podcast was recorded during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the write...
Episode 118: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Elemental, Shabu, with Peter Sohn and Hayley Atwell
July 09, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 213 MBThis week, Clarisse sits down with ELEMENTAL director Peter Sohn to talk about that personal Pixar touch & the joys of crying (08:30), while we review the film (22:25). We also chat about new documentary SHABU (41:14), while Hanna speaks to Hayley Atwell about – if she chooses to accept – kicking ass alongside Tom Cruise in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (56:04) and we share our own thoughts on the seventh film in the franchise (01:15:21). Plus in our HOT TAKE (01:33:36), we...
Episode 117: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Wham!, with Mads Mikkelsen and James Mangold
July 02, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 213 MBThis week, we’re whispering not so carelessly about WHAM!, the new Netflix documentary about the ‘80s band (06:48). Then Amon puts on the fedora and whip to chat INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY with star Mads Mikkelsen (20:56), we decide whether the film belongs in a museum in our review (35:47), and Hanna interviews director James Mangold (52:49). Plus in our HOT TAKE (01:16:36), we get into a few DIAL OF DESTINY spoilers & talk about how & when Hollywood should be bringing back fan...
Interview Special: Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan Talk The Witcher: Season 3
June 30, 2023 16:25 - 22 minutes - 51.8 MBHi listeners! We're back once again with a special bonus episode, this time talking season 3 of Netflix's The Witcher with Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan. Their respective characters - Yennefer of Vengerberg and Princess Cirilla - have enjoyed substantial growth over the first two seasons. That continues with these new episodes, which deepens the connection between Yen and Ciri in surprising new ways. Our Amon Warmann asked them about the evolution of their relationship and much more when ...
Episode 116: Asteroid City, Nimona, No Hard Feelings
June 25, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBThis week, we review Wes Anderson at his most Wes Andersony with ASTEROID CITY (09:27), as Jennifer Lawrence gets her comedy on in NO HARD FEELINGS (30:05) and we enter our villain era with Netflix animation NIMONA (45.27). Plus in our hot take, we get into SECRET INVASION (57:10). If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod Follow us: @amonwarmann, @clarisselou, @hannaflint Book your tickets to the London Action Festi...
Episode 115: The Flash, Pretty Red Dress, Inland, with Dionne Edwards
June 18, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 239 MBThis week, Clarisse speaks to writer-director Dionne Edwards (12:17) about PRETTY RED DRESS, and then the team review the film (33:21). We’re going INLAND (47:58) for Fridtjof Ryder’s atmospheric British drama, and we give our verdict on Andy Muschietti’s controversial DC debut The FLASH (01:01:03). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:26:27), we talk about the ethics of CGI likenesses. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod ...
Interview Special: Daniel Pemberton Talks Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
June 13, 2023 09:11 - 39 minutes - 91.5 MBHi listeners! Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has only been in cinemas for a couple weeks but it's made quite the impression, exceeding expectations at the box office along with earning many critical plaudits. The Fade To Black crew loved the sequel (listen to Episode #113 for our review!), and one of the reasons why was the innovative score by returning composer Daniel Pemberton. As a nerd for all things film music, our Amon Warmann jumped at the chance to chat with him about some of ...
Episode 114: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Medusa Deluxe, Chevalier with Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Kelvin Harrison Jr
June 11, 2023 06:58 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBThis week, we Autobots roll out as we review TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS (26:07), while Hanna speaks to its stars Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback (10:49); meanwhile, we solve a murder amongst hairstylists in MEDUSA DELUXE (49:04), and visit 18th-century France to hear the musical stylings of CHEVALIER (1:21:47). Amon also spoke to its star, the chevalier himself, Kelvin Harrison Jr (1:02:25). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:33:59), we ask - is it possible to have a franchise without a f...
Episode 114: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Medusa Deluxe, Chevalier, with Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Kelvin Harrison Jr.
June 11, 2023 06:58 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBThis week, we Autobots roll out as we review TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS (26:07), while Hanna speaks to its stars Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback (10:49); meanwhile, we solve a murder amongst hairstylists in MEDUSA DELUXE (49:04), and visit 18th-century France to hear the musical stylings of CHEVALIER (1:21:47). Amon also spoke to its star, the chevalier himself, Kelvin Harrison Jr (1:02:25). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:33:59), we ask - is it possible to have a franchise without a f...
Episode 113: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Boogeyman, Reality, with Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, and Daniel Kaluuya
June 04, 2023 09:04 - 1 hour - 202 MBThis week, Amon speaks to the stars of SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, and Daniel Kaluuya (10:34) – while the pod team reviews the animated sequel (22:29). We also confront THE BOOGEYMAN (44:22) in Rob Savage’s new horror, and face up to REALITY (01:02:05) in Tina Satter’s true-to-life take on the NSA employee who leaked crucial information to the US public about Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:17:40), we take a s...
Episode 113: Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse, The Boogeyman, Reality, with Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, and Daniel Kaluuya
June 04, 2023 09:04 - 1 hour - 202 MBThis week, Amon speaks to the stars of SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, and Daniel Kaluuya (10:34) – while the pod team reviews the animated sequel (22:29). We also confront THE BOOGEYMAN (44:22) in Rob Savage’s new horror, and face up to REALITY (01:02:05) in Tina Satter’s true-to-life take on the NSA employee who leaked crucial information to the US public about Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:17:40), we take a s...
Episode 112: Master Gardener, Sisu, The Little Mermaid
May 28, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBThis week, we review Paul Schrader’s latest man in a room, MASTER GARDENER (10.05), get our hands dirty with Finnish World War II bloodbath SISU (30.11) and go under the sea for Disney’s live-action THE LITTLE MERMAID (45.45). And in our HOT TAKE (1:05:33), we discuss if diversity is enough to warrant a remake. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod Follow us: @amonwarmann, @clarisselou, @hannaflint If you like th...
Episode 111: Fast X, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Beau is Afraid, with Erige Sehiri
May 21, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 202 MBThis week, Hanna speaks to filmmaker Erige Sehiri about her intimate Tunisia drama UNDER THE FIG TREES (09:31), while we go back to school with ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET (33:35), embark on an existential odyssey with Ari Aster’s BEAU IS AFRAID (54:41), and rev our submarines for FAST X (01:18:11). And, in our HOT TAKE (01:31:19), we talk FAST X spoilers and get into just who we hope shows their face in part two of this climactic franchise finale. If you’d like to join the conve...
Episode 110: Book Club: The Next Chapter, The Mother, Dead Shot, with Nina Menkes
May 14, 2023 08:46 - 1 hour - 215 MBThis week, Clarisse speaks to filmmaker Nina Menkes about deconstructing the gendered gaze in film in her new documentary BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER (13:28), while we raise our prosecco glasses to the gals of BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER (37:25), see if Jennifer Lopez really is THE MOTHER of all mothers in her latest action vehicle (52:18), and visit London during the Troubles in Sky Cinema’s DEAD SHOT (01:07:24). And, in our HOT TAKE (01:19:53), we talk about the WGA’s current strike an...
Episode 109: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Return to Seoul, Harka with Lotfy Nathan
May 07, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBThis week, Hanna speaks to Lotfy Nathan about his Tunisian revolution drama HARKA (06:46), before we review the film (26:21). Plus we RETURN TO SEOUL (36:53) in Davy Chou’s tale of an adoptee’s search for identity and say goodbye to Marvel’s most loveable a-holes with GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 3 (49:19). And, in our HOT TAKE, we get into some Guardians spoilers (1:07:02)! If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod Fol...
Episode 108: Rodeo, Peter Pan & Wendy, Polite Society with Lola Quivoron
April 30, 2023 07:30 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBThis week, Hanna chats to Lola Quivoron about her fast and furious feature debut RODEO (06.07) which we also review (06.58). David Lowery returns with his latest classic update for Disney, PETER PAN & WENDY (40.23) and we take a look at Nida Manzour’s high-kicking action caper POLITE SOCIETY (01:03:01). And, in our HOT TAKE, we talk about the art of adaptation (01:23:25). If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod Follo...
Episode 107: Evil Dead Rise, Missing, How to Blow Up a Pipeline with AV Rockwell, Alice Birch and Rachel Weisz
April 23, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBThis week, Amon chats to AV Rockwell about the rapidly changing face of New York City and working with Teyana Taylor on her debut feature A THOUSAND AND ONE (6:33); while we rev up our chainsaws for EVIL DEAD RISE (26:38), boot up our laptops for MISSING (40:24), and the lay down the charge for HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE (56:05). Plus, Hanna talks to the star and creator of Prime Video’s DEAD RINGERS (1:10:38), Rachel Weisz and Alice Birch, all about how they drew fresh blood from David Crone...
Episode 106: Renfield, Cairo Conspiracy, One Fine Morning, with Chris McKay
April 16, 2023 06:50 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBThis week, we get our holy water ready as Clarisse chats to Renfield director Chris McKay (07.40) and we review the new Dracula movie (25.22). We also check out Egyptian thriller Cairo Conspiracy (41.50); Mia Hanson-Love’s latest drama One Fine Morning (53.54); plus, in our HOT TAKE (01.11.41), we take a look back at a massive weekend at Star Wars Celebration. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod Follow us: @amonwa...
Episode 105: The Super Mario Bros Movie, Air, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
April 09, 2023 10:05 - 1 hour - 176 MBThis week, we power-up with THE SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE (09:57), get our kicks on with AIR (30:29), and accept the mission in OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE (47:51). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:01:59), with Moana receiving the live-action treatment only six years after its original release & Warner Bros exploring a Harry Potter TV series, we ask: how much IP is too much IP? If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod F...
Episode 104: Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, Tetris, God’s Creatures, with Sophia Lillis
April 02, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 217 MBThis week, Hanna sits down with DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES star Sophia Lillis (07:43), and we review the new fantasy film (26:58). We also give our verdict on TETRIS (44:17) and take a look at GOD’S CREATURES (01:02:02). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:13:13) we have a conversation about the redeeming of problematic men in the film industry. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod Follow us: @amonwarmann, @cl...
Episode 103: A Good Person, John Wick: Chapter 4, Infinity Pool, Breaking, with Zach Braff and Abi Damaris Corbin
March 26, 2023 08:34 - 1 hour - 213 MBThis week, Clarisse chats to writer-director Zach Braff about what makes A GOOD PERSON (11:03), while we review the Florence Pugh-starring addiction drama (28:36). We also talk bullet balletics in JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (39:45) and Freudian orgies in INFINITY POOL (01:04:35), while Clarisse also sits down with BREAKING director Abi Damaris Corbin to chat about working with the phenomenal John Boyega (01:19:24). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:37:08), with the middling reception to Shazam! Fury of ...
Episode 102: Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Rye Lane, Pearl, with Brandon Cronenberg
March 19, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 207 MBThis week, Hanna’s invited into the Freudian nightmare that is INFINITY POOL as she speaks to its director, Brandon Cronenberg (18:10). Meanwhile, will we marvel at SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS (37:45), fall in love with RYE LANE (01:04:50), And turn PEARL into a star (01:21:55)? Find out in this week’s reviews. Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:39:46), we ruminate on THE MOVIE CRITIC, Quentin Tarantino’s recently announced tenth (and final!) film. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a ...
Episode 101: Scream VI, Champions, Meet Me in the Bathroom, with Vivian Oparah
March 12, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBThis week, Hanna speaks to Vivian Oparah about RYE LANE (7:07), while we talk bloody murder in SCREAM VI (21:36), scoring baskets in sports comedy CHAMPIONS (41:48), and indie bands in doc MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM (53:23). And, in our HOT TAKE (1:05:37), we drop our Oscar predictions ahead of the ceremony! If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod Follow us: @amonwarmann, @clarisselou, @hannaflint If you like the show ...
Episode 100: Creed III, Luther: The Fallen Sun, Subject, The Mandalorian, with Cynthia Erivo and Jon Favreau
March 05, 2023 09:00 - 2 hours - 230 MBOn this special episode of Fade to Black, Amon follows Cynthia Erivo into London’s criminal underbelly to chat about LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN (08:11), and we review the film (29:34). Then we enter the ring with Michael B Jordan’s CREED III (45:46) and turn the camera on the documentary form itself with Camilla Hall and Jennifer Tiexiera’s SUBJECT (01:06:59). But that’s not it! THE MANDALORIAN is BACK on our screens and, to mark the occasion, Clarisse spoke to series creator Jon Favreau about w...
Episode 99: Cocaine Bear, Broker, What’s Love Got To Do With It?, with Jimmy Warden and Ashley Madekwe
February 26, 2023 09:03 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBThis week, Clarisse talks COCAINE BEAR with screenwriter Jimmy Warden (05:10), while - in our review (24:44) - we decide once and for all whether that bear really did cocaine. Plus, we talk found families in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s BROKER (37:21) and arranged marriage in rom-com WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? (48:00) Also, Amon speaks to Ashley Madekwe about Netflix’s thriller THE STRAYS (1:03:33). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:18:05), with #BaftasSoWhite trending once more, we ask whether the organ...
Episode 98: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, The Son, with Jonathan Majors and Clint Dyer
February 19, 2023 08:00 - 2 hours - 87 MBThis week, Amon sits down with Jonathan Majors to talk Kang in ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA (09:00) plus we review the first film in phase 5 of the MCU (25:00). We go on a domestic journey with MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (54:00), give our verdict on THE SON (1:08:00), Florian Zeller’s follow-up to The Father and Hanna speaks to Clint Dyer, the Deputy Artistic Director of The Royal National Theatre, about bringing a cinematic approach to his film production of Shakespeare classic, O...
Episode 98: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, The Son with Jonathan Majors and Clint Dyer
February 19, 2023 08:00 - 2 hours - 87 MBThis week, Amon sits down with Jonathan Majors to talk Kang in ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA (09:00) plus we review the first film in phase 5 of the MCU (25:00). We go on a domestic journey with MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (54:00), give our verdict on THE SON (1:08:00), Florian Zeller’s follow-up to The Father and Hanna speaks to Clint Dyer, the Deputy Artistic Director of The Royal National Theatre, about bringing a cinematic approach to his film production of Shakespeare classic, O...
Episode 97: Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Women Talking, Blue Jean, with Justice Smith
February 12, 2023 09:28 - 1 hour - 226 MBThis week, Amon sits down with Justice Smith to discuss the many twists and turns of Apple TV+’s SHARPER (14:02), while we review the glistening torsos of MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE (30:52), the tough conversations of WOMEN TALKING (49:43), and the closeted sexualities of BLUE JEAN (01:12:27). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:25:03), we discuss whether it’s hypocritical for outspoken actors to work with problematic directors? If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang...
Episode 96: The Whale, Knock at the Cabin, Saint Omer, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, with Darren Aronofsky and Harvey Guillén
February 05, 2023 08:23 - 1 hour - 211 MBThis week, Hanna talks to Darren Aronofsky about his Oscar contender THE WHALE (08:36) and we review his latest drama (21:18). We also pay a visit to M. Night Shyamalan’s apocalyptic thriller KNOCK AT THE CABIN (38:32), follow a dramatic court case in SAINT OMER (53:33), and Clarisse talks to Harvey Guillén about his new role in PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (01:12:42), which we review too (01:27:39). Meanwhile, in our HOT TAKE (01:42:35), we discuss the latest DC announcements! If you’d li...
Episode 95: Plane, The Fabelmans, Shotgun Wedding, All The Beauty and the Bloodshed, with Gerard Butler and Mike Colter
January 29, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBThis week, we board PLANE (29:53), while Amon speaks to its stars, Gerard Butler and Mike Colter (09:36). Plus, we’re invited back into Steven Spielberg’s childhood for THE FABELMANS (43:14), join Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel for a SHOTGUN WEDDING (1:03:18), and witness ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED (1:14:55) of Nan Goldin’s life in Laura Poitras’s new documentary. Meanwhile, in our HOT TAKE (1:25:28), we pick apart those Oscar nominations. If you’d like to join the conversation or s...
Episode 94: Babylon, More Than Ever, Alice, Darling, and Holy Spider, with Emily Atef
January 22, 2023 10:14 - 1 hour - 207 MBThis week, Hanna chats to director Emily Atef about her film MORE THAN EVER (07:25), a drama about love and death set against the Norwegian mountains, while we review the film (29:24). Plus, we dive into BABYLON (37:07), Damien Chazelle’s grand ode to Hollywood’s silent era; domestic violence drama ALICE, DARLING (01:08:24), with Anna Kendrick; and HOLY SPIDER (01:22:06), while tells the story of one of Iran’s most infamous serial killers. Meanwhile, in our HOT TAKE (01:36:21), we start Fad...
Episode 93: M3GAN, Tár, The Old Way, with Babylon’s Mary Zophres
January 15, 2023 13:51 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBThis week, Clarisse chats to costume designer Mary Zophres about her Silent-era costumes in Babylon (07:00). We put on our dancing shoes for M3GAN (27:00), dissect some toxic workplace culture in Tár with Cate Blanchett (46:00) and decide whether The Old Way is the right way in Nicolas Cages’ latest (1:13:00). Meanwhile, in our HOT TAKE (1:29:00), we discuss the comeback of the divisive Golden Globes. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tw...
Episode 92: Till, A Man Called Otto, Empire of Light, Piggy, with Danielle Deadwyler and Harry Melling
January 08, 2023 08:45 - 1 hour - 217 MBWe’re back! Our first episode of 2023 has Amon speaking to Mamie Till-Mobley herself, Danielle Deadwyler (10:03), while the pod team discusses Chinonye Chukwu’s portrait of a mother’s love and resilience in historical drama TILL (27:44). Tom Hanks gets grumpy in A MAN CALLED OTTO (44:22), Sam Mendes pens his love letter to cinema in EMPIRE OF LIGHT (58:39), and a teenage girl finds the unlikeliest of allies in Spanish horror PIGGY (01:14:10). Clarisse also speaks to THE PALE BLUE EYE star Ha...
Interview Special: Charlie Cox Talks Treason And Daredevil
December 23, 2022 20:39 - 18 minutes - 42.5 MBHi listeners! With Christmas on the horizon, we thought we'd leave you with one last present in the form of an interview special with the great Charlie Cox! Amon caught up with him to chat about his new show, Treason - which is streaming on Netflix now - and Cox also shared his thoughts about the past and future of Daredevil. It's a fun one! All that's left for the Fade To Black team to say is to wish you Happy Holidays! We hope you all have a spectacular end to 2022. Catch ya on the flipsi...
Charlie Cox Interview Special
December 23, 2022 20:39 - 18 minutes - 42.5 MBHi listeners! With Christmas on the horizon, we thought we'd leave you with one last present in the form of an interview special with the great Charlie Cox! Amon caught up with him to chat about his new show, Treason - which is streaming on Netflix now - and Cox also shared his thoughts about the past and future of Daredevil. It's a fun one! All that's left for the Fade To Black team to say is to wish you Happy Holidays! We hope you all have a spectacular end to 2022. Catch ya on the flipsi...
Episode 91: Avatar: The Way of Water, Corsage, Glass Onion, Bardo, with Stephen Lang and Alejandro G. Iñárritu
December 17, 2022 08:30 - 2 hours - 101 MBThis week, after 13 long years, we return to Pandora with AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (29:52), while Amon talks to Colonel Miles Quaritch himself, Stephen Lang (14:12). We lace up with historical drama CORSAGE (56:00), find the doughnut hole in the doughnut's hole with Rian Johnson’s GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (1:15:11), and get existential with BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS (1:59:56), as Hanna talks to the man behind it all, the one and only Alejandro González Iñárritu (...
Episode 90: Pinocchio, Emancipation, The Silent Twins, with Brian Tyree Henry, Antoine Fuqua, Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson
December 11, 2022 09:00 - 2 hours - 93.7 MBThis week, Amon has been on an interview spree! He chats to Brian Tyree Henry about drama CAUSEWAY (11:00), Guillermo Del Toro and Mark Gustafson about PINOCCHIO (49:00) and director Antoine Fuqua about EMANCIPATION (1:31:00). We review the stop-motion endeavour (30:00) and historical slave drama (1:50:00) as well THE SILENT TWINS (1:11:00). Plus, we give our hot takes about WONDER WOMAN 3 after DC cancelled it (2:03:00). If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for th...
Episode 89: Violent Night, White Noise, Lynch/Oz, Your Christmas or Mine?, with Margaret Brown & Joycelyn Davis, and Rebecca Hall
December 04, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 202 MBThis week, Amon talks to Rebecca Hall about horror RESURRECTION (04:34); He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice, David Harbour’s Santa Claus is coming to town in VIOLENT NIGHT (30:03); Noah Baumbach faces the apocalypse in his adaptation of Don DeLillo’s WHITE NOISE (42:11); We click our heels together three times and enter the world of LYNCH/OZ (53:42); It’s YOUR CHRISTMAS OR MINE? (01:04:19) with Asa Butterfield and Cora Kirk; And Amon has a chat with Margaret Brown and Joycelyn Davis ...
Episode 88: Strange World, Bones and All, She Said, Matilda the Musical, with Andrea Riseborough, Don Hall, and Qui Nguyen
November 27, 2022 09:48 - 2 hours - 233 MBThis week, Clarisse speaks to STRANGE WORLD co-directors Don Hall and Qui Nguyen (11:56), and the pod team discuss Disney’s latest animated adventure (33:58). We devour Luca Guadagnino’s new film, BONES AND ALL (47:28), and tackle Maria Schrader’s take on the New York Times investigation that exposed Harvey Weinstein’s crimes in SHE SAID (58:34). Then Amon speaks to MATILDA THE MUSICAL star Andrea Riseborough (01:20:07), and we give our own revolting review of the latest Roald Dahl adaptatio...
Episode 87: Armageddon Time, Disenchanted, Aftersun, The Wonder, Aisha, Is That Black Enough for You?!?, with James Gray and Elvis Mitchell
November 20, 2022 09:00 - 2 hours - 233 MBThis week, Amon journeys through James Gray’s childhood memories as the pair chat ARMAGEDDON TIME (09:06). Meanwhile, the pod team make a wish on Disney+ sequel DISENCHANTED (27:00); take a break with Charlotte Wells’ debut AFTERSUN (42:14); test their faith with Netflix’s THE WONDER (56:48); and find Letitia Wright stuck between a rock and a hard place in immigration drama AISHA (01:11:54). Then Amon speaks to critic Elvis Mitchell about his sweeping film essay portrait of Black cinema in I...
Episode 86: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, My Father’s Dragon, with Tenoch Huerta and The Swimmers' Sally El Hosaini
November 13, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBThis week, Hanna speaks to director Sally El Hosaini about the remarkable true story behind her drama THE SWIMMERS (08:40), we meet MY FATHER’S DRAGON (27:58), thanks to Cartoon Saloon’s latest, and we go all out on BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (44:12), as Hanna meets Namor himself, Tenoch Huerta (01:15:46). And, in our HOT take, we’ll be sounding the spoiler klaxon on WAKANDA FOREVER (01:25:18) and talking the future of Black Panther. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a ...
Episode 85: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Living, Causeway, Enola Holmes 2
November 06, 2022 09:20 - 1 hour - 156 MBThis week, we get WEIRD (04:44) with the Al Yankovic Story; Bill Nighy stars in LIVING (23:03), an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s masterful Ikiru; we celebrate Jennifer Lawrence’s full-blooded return in CAUSEWAY (39:43); and Millie Bobby Brown is on the case in ENOLA HOLMES 2 (55:25). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:11:11), can Guy Ritchie really deliver on the promise of a live-action Hercules? If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @Fad...
Episode 84: Barbarian, Bros, Triangle of Sadness
October 30, 2022 10:05 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBThis week, we contend with some major, horrifying red flags in Barbarian (7:10), check out some bromantic gay love in Bros (27:43), and have our sick bags at the ready as we enter the Triangle of Sadness (44:27). Plus, in our HOT take, we discuss the future of DC with the announcement that James Gunn and Peter Safran are taking the reins (1:03:49). If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod Follow us: @amonwarmann, @cla...
Episode 83: Halloween Ends, The Banshees of Inisherin, Decision to Leave, Black Adam, with John Patton Ford
October 23, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 207 MBThis week, Hanna speaks to John Patton Ford (06:18) about his crime thriller EMILY THE CRIMINAL led by Aubrey Plaza. We dissect Jamie Lee Curtis’s final (so she says!) outing as Laurie Strode in HALLOWEEN ENDS (25:10). Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson have a major fall out in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (44:29), and Park Chan-wook delves into film noir with DECISION TO LEAVE (01:03:11). And in our HOT TAKE (01:20:28), we decide whether Dwayne Johnson really changed the hierarchy of power in B...
Episode 82: The Woman King, Nothing Compares, Werewolf By Night with Thuso Mbedu
October 09, 2022 08:12 - 1 hour - 52 MBThis week… Amon speaks to The Woman King’s own Thuso Mbedu (8:21), while we review Gina Prince-Bythewood’s historical epic (23:09). We tackle the documentary NOTHING COMPARES (42:20), which draws a straight line between the revolutionary politics of Sinéad O'Connor and today’s pop divas. And, AWOOOOOOOOOO! The beast is released in Marvel’s one-take Halloween special, WEREWOLF BY NIGHT (50:30). Plus, in our HOT take, we discuss Chris Pratt and his Super Mario Bros vocal work (1:08:37) If ...
Episode 81: Blonde, Smile, Hocus Pocus 2, with Youssef Chebbi and Reginald Hudlin
October 02, 2022 08:00 - 2 hours - 203 MBThis week… with the London Film Festival around the corner, Hanna chats to director Youssef Chebbi about his Tunisia-set crime-thriller Ashkal (13:47); We take a trip into the fictionalised, nightmare world of a cultural icon in Andrew Dominik’s BLONDE (37:35); Say cheese and SMILE – Halloween starts *now* with Paramount’s latest horror venture (01:09:08); The witches are back! And here to put a spell on you in HOCUS POCUS 2 (01:25:23); And Amon speaks to director Reginald Hudlin about capt...
Episode 80: Sidney, Don’t Worry Darling, Catherine Called Birdy, Andor, with Diego Luna and Genevieve O’Reilly
September 25, 2022 08:15 - 1 hour - 203 MBThis week… Reginald Hudlin captures the legacy of Sidney Poitier in his new Apple TV+ documentary, SIDNEY (07:52), and Olivia Wilde welcomes us to Victory, the town that seems a little too good to be true, in her psychological thriller DON’T WORRY DARLING (20:20). Plus, we take a trip back to 1290 for Lena Dunham’s medieval romp, CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY (45:59). And, in our HOT TAKE, Diego Luna ignites the spark that'll light the fire of rebellion in Disney+’s latest Star Wars series, ANDOR....
Episode 79 (LIVE): Ticket to Paradise, Hatching, Funny Pages, with Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù
September 18, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 197 MBThis week… the Fade To Black Podcast was LIVE from Kings Place for the London Podcast Festival! Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù joined us onstage (04:23) to talk MR. MALCOLM’S LIST and GANGS OF LONDON. Then the team book their TICKET TO PARADISE (31:49) for the new George Clooney and Julia Roberts rom-com; decide if Hanna Bergholm’s new body horror HATCHING (46:45) is EGG-excellent or not; and discuss Owen Kline’s coming-of-age debut, FUNNY PAGES (01:00:53). Then, in our HOT TAKE (01:12:03), we talk abou...
Episode 78: Crimes of the Future, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Pinocchio, with Howard Shore
September 11, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 232 MBThis week… Amon chats to THE Howard Shore (11:17) about his score for CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, and then the team reviews David Cronenberg’s latest film (34:00). It’s a Gen Z bloodbath in Halina Reijn’s murder-mystery slasher flick BODIES BODIES BODIES (50:16), and when you wish upon a live-action remake, you get Robert Zemeckis’ PINOCCHIO (01:04:38). And, in our HOT TAKE (01:28:03), we pick apart the racist backlash to Prime Video’s new series THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER. And we’...
Episode 77: Three Thousand Years of Longing, The Forgiven, The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, with Alexandra Anger and Monica Pavez
September 04, 2022 08:21 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBThis week, Clarisse chats to Alexandra Anger and Monica Pavez, the team behind all those uncanny prosthetics in David Cronenberg’s new body horror, CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (08:44). We review George Miller’s THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING (32:39) dreams of love between a woman and a magical Djinn. Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain bring death and white privilege to the Moroccan desert in John Michael McDonagh’s THE FORGIVEN (51:13). … plus, in our HOT take (1:06:49), we delve into the first t...