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Fade To Black

Amon Warmann, Hanna Flint, and Clarisse Loughrey

Fade 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

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02:27:48

Episode 81: Blonde, Smile, Hocus Pocus 2, with...

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2022/10/02

This 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 capturing the

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01:50:49

Episode 80: Sidney, Don’t Worry Darling, Catherine...

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2022/09/25

This 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. Clarisse

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01:25:57

Episode 79 (LIVE): Ticket to Paradise, Hatching,...

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2022/09/18

This 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 about all

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01:41:27

Episode 78: Crimes of the Future, Bodies Bodies...

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2022/09/11

This 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’re doing

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01:25:54

Episode 77: Three Thousand Years of Longing, The...

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2022/09/04

This 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 two

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01:33:36

Episode 76: Beast, Mr. Malcolm’s List, Official...

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2022/08/28

This week, Amon has a chat with Sharlto Copley about BEAST (16:05), and then the team talk about Idris Elba going mano a mano with a lion in Baltasar Kormákur’s latest (36:18). We see how many of the requirements we check off on MR MALCOLM’S LIST (50:40), as we review Emma Holly Jones’s Regency comedy. And Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas turn the lens on themselves in filmmaking satire OFFICIAL COMPETITION (01:06:04). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:17:07), with The Sandman, House of the Dragon, and

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01:41:50

Episode 75: I Came By, Orphan: First Kill, She-Hulk,...

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2022/08/21

This week, Hanna chats to the debut filmmaker behind British period romp MR MALCOLM’S List Emma Holly Jones (9:36). We check out Netflix’s latest Brit social thriller I CAME BY (42:38) starring George McKay and Kelly McDonald. Esther is back in the horror prequel ORPHAN: FIRST KILL (58:53) and plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:15:19), we discuss the arrival of She-Hulk - the latest Disney+ series And we’re doing a live podcast at the London Podcast Festival on Thursday September 15! Book your tickets here:

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01:06:08

Episode 74: Nope, Eiffel, Where is Anne Frank

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2022/08/14

This week… Jordan Peele is back and you’ll never look up at the sky the same way again with his latest horror, NOPE (6:30); Romain Duris builds a monument for future generations and future Instagram users in EIFFEL (25:22); and Ari Folman’s reimagines the story of Anne Frank’s imaginary friend Kitty in WHERE IS ANNE FRANK (38:31). Plus, in our “HOT TAKE” (50:23), we ask: should critics be more empathetic towards how hard it is to make a film? And we’re doing a live podcast at the London Podcast

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01:46:33

Episode 73: Prey, Bullet Train, Fadia’s Tree, with...

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2022/08/07

This week… we make a special announcement about our first live podcast next month! Then Amon chats to Dan Trachtenberg about his latest directorial effort, PREY (12:20), and the pod team review the new Disney+ (grumble) thriller (32:07); then it’s all aboard David Leitch’s BULLET TRAIN (46:48) – next stop, murder and mayhem in this all-star action vehicle; and a 15-year friendship carries a Palestinian refugee’s dreams of seeing her homeland again in documentary FADIA’S TREE (01:06:42). Plus, in our

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01:16:02

Episode 72: Thirteen Lives, Fire of Love, Hit the Road

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2022/07/31

This week, Ron Howard takes a deep-dive into the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue in THIRTEEN LIVES (12:37); Panah Panahi takes us on the trip of a lifetime to Iran’s border in his debut HIT THE ROAD (29:26); And documentarian Sara Dosa captures a romance between two daring volcanologists in FIRE OF LOVE (45:12). Plus, in our ‘HOT TAKE’ (01:00:10), we talk about the dire state of the VFX industry and how studios, most especially Marvel, continue to exploit artists. What’s the real cost of a good time at

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01:34:44

Episode 71: The Gray Man, Where the Crawdads Sing,...

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2022/07/24

This week…Ryan Gosling is back and feeling the kenergy in Netflix’s THE GRAY MAN (08:20); we go WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (33:22) - whatever a crawdad is – in Olivia Newman’s adaptation of an all-time bestseller; and filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud revisits the dramatic events of April 15, 2019, in NOTRE-DAME ON FIRE (49:59). … and in our ‘Hot Take’ (01:08:50), we ask the question: is Marvel’s Phase Four doing its heroines dirty? Or has the MCU finally gotten female superheroes right? And we’re doing a

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01:22:13

Episode 70: Thor: Love and Thunder, Persuasion, Brian...

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2022/07/10

This week…Taika Waititi returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER (4:40), Austen meets Fleabag in Netflix’s PERSUASION (28:21), robots are a man’s best friend in BRIAN AND CHARLES (41:50), and ITHAKA turns the spotlight back on Julian Assange (49:53). … and in our ‘Hot Take’ (1:01:21), we find out if THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER is truly worthy in our spoilerific section. And we’re doing a live podcast at the London Podcast Festival on Thursday September 15! Book your tickets

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01:05:49

Episode 69: Minions: The Rise of Gru, Nitram, The...

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2022/07/03

This week…Facebook’s favourite meme fodder, the Minions, are back in Minions: The Rise of Gru (07:53), Justin Kurzel delivers an uncompromising vision of a true Australian tragedy in Nitram (17:39); and we ask the question: does Ed Perkins’s documentary The Princess have anything new to say about Diana? (30:46) … and in our ‘Hot Take’ (40:51), we venture into the Upside Down for our full, spoilerific take on Stranger Things Season 4. And we’re doing a live podcast at the London Podcast Festival on

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01:37:56

Episode 68: The Black Phone, Elvis, Obi-Wan Kenobi...

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2022/06/26

This week…watch out for The Grabber! Ethan Hawke is back on Sinister form in The Black Phone and Hanna chats with writer-director Scott Derrickson all about it (14:02) before the pod team dissects the film (32:37). Elvis has entered the building in Baz Luhrmann’s extravagant biopic (50:27), and in our ‘Hot Take’, we breakdown the Obi-Wan Kenobi finale (01:15:10). If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod Follow us:

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01:42:48

Episode 67: Good Luck To You Leo Grande, Lightyear,...

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2022/06/19

This week: Amon spoke to Good Luck To You Leo Grande stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack (07:54), and the pod team discuss the sex positive film (28:58); we go to infinity and beyond with Pixar’s Lightyear (42:00); get experimented on by Chris Hemsworth in Netflix’s Spiderhead (56:44), and seek Pleasure with Ninja Thyberg’s startling debut (01:09:39). … and in our ‘Hot Take, we discuss Hollywood’s open letter urging Hollywood to reconsider how guns are depicted on screen (01:26:47). If you’d

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01:46:29

Episode 66: Jurassic World Dominion, All My Friends...

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2022/06/12

This week: were they so preoccupied with whether or not they could make Jurassic World Dominion, that they didn’t stop to think if they should? Clarisse talks to a new addition to the dino squad, DeWanda Wise (06:58), and we debate the latest sequel in the franchise (29:04). It’s a dark comedy made for the woefully insecure in Andrew Gaynord’s feature debut All My Friends Hate Me (45:13), and Adam Sandler takes to the court in Netflix sports drama Hustle (01:00:43). Plus – Udo Kier plays a

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01:24:45

Episode 65: Men, DASHCAM, Bergman Island, Fire Island

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2022/06/05

This week: ahhhhhhhhhhh! It’s Alex Garland’s surrealist horror MEN (04:50), director Rob Savage takes us on a wild ride in horror DASHCAM (25:25), Vicky Krieps takes a journey into the world of patriarchal filmmaking in Mia Hansen-Løve’s BERGMAN ISLAND (39:25), and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is given a modern-day, LGBTQ+ spin in romcom FIRE ISLAND (58:02) Plus, in our HOT take, we tackle racism in the Star Wars fandom, after Obi-Wan Kenobi star Moses Ingram opened up about her experiences on

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01:53:01

Episode 64: Top Gun: Maverick, Bob’s Burgers Movie,...

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2022/05/29

This week: is Maverick’s ego still writing cheques his body can’t cash? We review the new Top Gun movie (07:23), Bob’s Burgers heads to the big screen in The Bob’s Burgers Movie (39:29), and we say hello there to Obi-Wan Kenobi in the new Star Wars series (54:44). Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (01:25:30), we give our verdict on the new Mission: Impossible and Thor: Love and Thunder trailers. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at

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01:42:09

Episode 63: Emergency, Benediction, Chip ‘n Dale:...

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2022/05/22

This week… Amon sits down with star RJ Cyler to break down Emergency (13:37), while the pod team discuss the satirical thriller (36:53), Terence Davies’s portrait of a poet Benediction (55:05), and Disney+’s reboot of Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (01:11:24). Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (01:28:56), we try to figure out why everyone’s getting so heated over sex scenes in cinema. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod Follow us:

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01:47:00

Episode 62: Everything Everywhere All At Once,...

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2022/05/15

This week… Amon caught up with writer-director duo the Daniels to chat about Everything Everywhere All At Once (06:30), and the pod team discuss the Michelle Yeoh multiverse movie (28:04). Then we enter the Vortex with Gasper Noe’s latest (50:43), and take a look at Michael Winterbottom’s new documentary effort Eleven Days In May (01:04:01). Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (01:17:02), we talk about PG-13/12A ratings: Is there too much violence? If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for

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