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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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01:51:28

Episode 61: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of...

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2022/05/08

This week… we Scooby-Doo this shit and go in on Marvel’s big and small screen offerings! Amon talks to Benedict Wong about Wong and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (08:01) before we review the superhero sequel (21:38). Then we talk about that Moon Knight finale (53:31) and finish off with our spoilerific hot takes on Doctor Strange 2 (01:22:33). 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,

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01:06:11

Episode 60: Downton Abbey: A New Era, Casablanca...

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2022/05/01

This week… we get our pinkies up for Downton Abbey: A New Era (10:20) as the popular franchise returns to screens for yet another victory lap; we get down to some Casablanca Beats (23:23), for Nabil Ayouch’s musical drama; and thanks to a new Netflix documentary, we try to solve The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (34:06). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (45:27), what’s the point of critics? We dive into the biggest question of them all. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a

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01:39:18

Episode 59: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,...

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2022/04/24

This week… Clarisse talks to Tom Prior, star, co-writer, and co-producer of Cold War-era romance Firebird (06:38). Then the pod team tackle The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (27:21), Audrey Diwan’s unflinching look at abortion in 1960’s France in Happening (50:57), and Laura Wandel’s claustrophobic, schooltime drama Playground (01:06:25). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:20:50), THOR, BLIMEY – we break down the first trailer for Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder. If you’d like to join

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01:28:10

Episode 58: The Northman, The Lost City, Benedetta

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2022/04/17

This week… the pod team ride to Valhǫll in Robert Eggers’ historical epic The Northman (10:03), swoon over Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock in The Lost City (33:43), and get thees to a nunnery for Paul Verhoeven’s steamy Benedetta (52:48). Plus, in this week’s 'Hot Take' (01:07:52), we try to unpack exactly what DC’s cinematic future will bring us. 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,

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01:24:11

Episode 57: All the Old Knives, Compartment No. 6,...

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2022/04/10

This week… Clarisse geeks out over 10th-century chamber burials and Viking bowl cuts with The Northman director, Robert Eggers (16:49), plus we chat about Amazon’s new spy thriller All the Old Knives (31:57) and the train-based meet cute in Compartment No. 6 (45:58). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:01:05), you may have noticed that we’re not covering Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore on the Fade to Black pod. We talk about why. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take

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01:49:22

Episode 56: Morbius, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, The...

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2022/04/03

This week… Clarisse talks to director Pierre Perifel about making mischief with the new DreamWorks animated film The Bad Guys (13:19). Then the pod team tackle Marvel’s new vampire antihero, Morbius (39:29), sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (55:50), Judd Apatow’s pandemic comedy The Bubble (01:04:58), and Harry Wootliff’s relationship drama True Things (01:17:59). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:32:29), we ask whether Moon Knight can really distinguish between our waking lives and Marvel dreams. If

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01:50:08

Episode 55: Peacemaker, Ambulance, The Worst Person...

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2022/03/27

This week… Amon speaks to Peacemaker creator, showrunner, and writer James Gunn (12:03) and the pod team review The Suicide Squad’s spin-off show (26:00). We also talk Michael Bay’s new action heist extravaganza Ambulance (41:10), and figure out which one of us is truly The Worst Person in the World (01:07:27). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:23:20), we discuss the performances that ultimately missed out on Oscar recognition but were wholly deserving of it. If you’d like to join the conversation

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01:36:48

Episode 54: Deep Water, Fresh, The Phantom of the...

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2022/03/20

This week… get your armbands out because we are diving into deep water with Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas (07:34); Disney+ serves up some meaty rom-com troubles in Fresh starring Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones (be warned: this chat is a bit spoilery) (31:12); Craig Roberts returns to the director’s chair with irreverent biopic The Phantom of the Open (47:51); and crack open your Google Maps because we take a trip to Paris, 13th District (01:01:53). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:18:15), we

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01:18:43

Episode 53: Turning Red, The Adam Project, Red Rocket

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2022/03/13

This week… the pod team discuss Pixar’s new animation Turning Red (13:29), a double dose of Ryan Reynolds in time travel adventure The Adam Project (35:20), and Sean Baker’s seventh film Red Rocket (47:19). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:03:47), with Disney, plus Warner Bros and Universal’s parent companies, all donating to politicians backing the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill in Florida, we ask: can you separate the art from the corporation? If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take

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01:53:25

Episode 52: The Batman, Lucy & Desi, Ali & Ava with...

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2022/03/06

This week… Claire Rushbrook (7:34) speaks to Hanna about finding love in a lonely place with Adeel Ahktar in Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava (20:06); Amy Poehler’s documentary Lucy & Desi (40:36) gives us the real story behind two of comedy’s greatest icons and Amon speaks to Matt Reeves (57:52) about The Batman before we dive into our spoiler-free (1:12:55) and spoiler-filled HOT TAKES (1:37:00) about the latest outing for the Caped Crusader. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot

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01:36:52

Episode 51: Cyrano, The Duke, La Mif, with Erica Schmidt

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2022/02/27

This week… Clarisse speaks with Cyrano writer Erica Schmidt about adapting her stage show for the screen (08:57), and the pod team discuss the latest iteration of the literary classic (27:09); Jim Broadbent gets caught up in an art heist in The Duke (50:58); And we take a look inside a Swiss care home with La Mif (01:07:00). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take (01:19:28), we weigh in on the Oscars ceremony after a new criteria limits the number of televised awards. If you’d like to join the conversation

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01:21:23

Episode 50: Dog, Kimi, The Real Charlie Chaplin, Here...

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2022/02/20

This week, Channing Tatum is a doggone American hero in his directorial debut, Dog (07:40). We find out what happens when a smart speaker is the only witness to a violent crime in Steven Soderbergh’s Kimi (15:52). A new documentary hopes to answer the question: who was The Real Charlie Chaplin? (29:43). And Andrea Riseborough catches a case of creepy horror child in Stacey Gregg’s debut Here Before (44:34). Plus, in this week’s ‘Hot Take’ (52:55), we breakdown the biggest trailers of this year’s

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01:54:44

Episode 49: Flee, Marry Me, Death on the Nile,...

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2022/02/13

This week, Hanna has a chat with Flee director Jonas Poher Rasmussen (10:44) about his animated journey down memory lane for one former refugee from Afghanistan, and then the team discusses the Oscar-nominated film (23:22). Owen Wilson accidentally pops the question to Jennifer Lopez in Marry Me (34:02), Kenneth Branagh returns with colonial pizzazz as Hercule Poirot in the grimly anticipated Death on the Nile (50:14), and Tom Holland is searching for his brother and lost treasure in video game

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01:26:56

Episode 48: The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Moonfall, Jackass...

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2022/02/06

In episode 48 of the Fade to Black podcast, the pod team look into The Eyes of Tammy Faye (10:43), tackle the ludicrousness of Moonfall (24:29); declare Jackass Forever (33:00), and revisit Joanna Hogg’s world of toxic relationships and film school dreams in The Souvenir: Part II (47:48). Plus, we introduce a new feature called “Be Kind Rewind” (1:02:06), where we revisit some of the releases from the past year as they hit home entertainment - and ask ourselves whether the gift of hindsight has

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01:43:36

Episode 47: Sing 2, Parallel Mothers, Amulet, with...

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2022/01/30

In episode 47 of the Fade to Black podcast, Hanna speaks to Sing 2 director Garth Jennings (12:12) and the pod team grab their mics to discuss the animated sequel (25:18); we chat Penélope Cruz, Pedro Almodóvar, and Parallel Mothers (39:53); and Clarisse speaks with Amulet director Romola Garai (55:03) before the team discuss her spooky debut (01:09:59). Plus, in this week’s ‘Hot Take’ (01:21:43), we ask: how much should the personal views of Hollywood types impact their careers? If you’d like to

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01:32:52

Episode 46: Nightmare Alley, Mass, Belfast, Memory...

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2022/01/23

In episode 46 of the Fade to Black podcast, Amon has a brief chat with Denzel Washington, Dana Canedy, and Michael B. Jordan about A Journal For Jordan (16:29). Then the pod team get their freak on with Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley (23:05), grieving parents come together after a school shooting in Mass (40:50), Kenneth Branagh takes us back to his Troubles’ youth in Belfast (49:44), and a mother and daughter connect through teen diaries in Memory Box (01:04:15). Plus, in this week’s ‘Hot

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01:16:43

Episode 45: Scream, Cow, Memoria

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2022/01/16

In episode 45 of the Fade to Black podcast, critics Hanna Flint, Amon Warmann and Clarisse Loughrey talk the ever-bloody and metatextual Scream (08:16), the bovine tête-à-tête that is Andrea Arnold’s new documentary Cow (26:00), and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s latest, Memoria (37:50). Plus in this week’s ‘Hot Take’ (57:40), we ask whether it’s time for critics and audiences to reevaluate how we talk about the cinematic experience. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the

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01:25:14

Episode 44: Licorice Pizza, The 355, Boiling Point,...

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2022/01/02

In episode 44 of the Fade to Black podcast, critics Hanna Flint, Amon Warmann and Clarisse Loughrey talk Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza (9:45), espionage romp The 355 (26:47), one-shot wonder Boiling Point (38:51), and the cat-tastic The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (53:41). Plus in this week’s Hot Take (1:10:20), we come together for our round-up of the year, sharing some of our favourite memories and movies. If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to

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01:47:23

Episode 43: The Matrix Resurrections, Don't Look Up,...

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2021/12/26

In episode 43 of the Fade to Black podcast, critics Hanna Flint, Amon Warmann and Clarisse Loughrey talk Matthew Vaughn’s WWI-set prequel The King’s Man (08:41), satire Don’t Look Up (19:26), Julia Ducornau’s latest horror Titane (32:24), Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth (47:42), and rebooted franchises with The Matrix Resurrections (01:06:28). Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:28:16), we dive right into The Matrix Resurrections spoilers and chat about those big, big reveals. Is it a self-aware

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01:28:57

Episode 42: Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Lost...

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2021/12/19

In episode 42 of the Fade to Black podcast, critics Hanna Flint, Amon Warmann and Clarisse Loughrey talk Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut, The Lost Daughter (04:57), it's double the Mahershala Ali, double the existential crisis in sci-fi drama Swan Song (15:51), and Spider-Man, Spider-Man, is doing crossovers like no one can in Spider-Man: No Way Home (29:42). Plus in this week’s Hot Take (52:58) we dive straight into those Spider-Man: No Way Home spoilers we’ve been dying to talk about, but

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