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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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01:34:59

Episode 41: West Side Story, Being the Ricardos,...

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2021/12/12

This week… Clarisse chats with Lamb star Noomi Rapace (07:26), and the pod team discuss the surreal Icelandic drama about a lamb-human hybrid (22:49), Steven Spielberg delivers a fresh take on a classic musical with West Side Story (35:14), and Aaron Sorkin goes behind the scenes on a beloved, American sitcom with Being the Ricardos (01:03:44). Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:18:28), we debate the casting of actors in roles outside their race and culture. If you’d like to join the conversation or

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01:36:38

Episode 40: Encounter, C’mon C’mon, Boxing Day,...

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2021/12/05

This week… Hanna chats with Encounter director Michael Pearce (08:11) and the pod team discuss the film (24:14), which stars Riz Ahmed as an army vet on the run with his sons in fear of an alien parasitic invasion. Joaquin Phoenix is the antithesis of Joker in C’mon C’mon (35:38), and we’ve got two Christmas movies for you: Aml Ameen writes, directs and stars in Boxing Day (47:02), while Keira Knightley takes the lead in Silent Night (01:07:37). Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:22:45), we discuss

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01:21:14

Episode 39: Bruised, Encanto, House of Gucci, with...

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2021/11/28

This week… Amon talks to Reggie Yates, Reda Elazouar, Elliot Edusah, and Jordan Peters about mega-90s throwback Pirates (07:41); Halle Berry leaps into the ring in order to make her directorial debut Bruised (21:09); the year of Lin-Manuel Miranda takes its victory lap with Disney’s Encanto (35:02); and it’s a dynastic struggle like no other in House of Gucci (49:53). Plus, in this week’s Hot Take we welcome Miss Kate Bishop to the MCU and dive into the first two episodes of Disney+’s Hawkeye

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01:06:02

Episode 38: The Power of the Dog, King Richard,...

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2021/11/21

This week… we’re barking up Jane Campion’s tree with The Power of the Dog (04:32); serving up some opinions about Will Smith in King Richard (18:21); looking at the childlike wonder of Celine Sciamma’s Petite Maman (32:12); and there’s something strange in the neighbourhood so we’re calling Ghostbusters: Afterlife (40:30). PLUS, in this week’s Hot Take we ask if dead actors should be brought back to life on screen (54:16). If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to

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01:07:59

Episode 37: Tick, Tick… Boom!, Mothering Sunday,...

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2021/11/14

This week… it’s a theatre kid takeover with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s adaptation of the Jonathan Larson musical Tick, Tick… Boom! (6:25), Odessa Young and Josh O’Connor star in period drama Mothering Sunday (21:18), and Dénes Nagy takes us to the occupied Soviet Union in WWII, and the depth of hell, in his narrative feature debut Natural Light (34:22). Plus in this week’s Hot Take (46:25), we break down the Marvel reveals that occurred on DisneyPlus Day including Moon Knight, She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel. If

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01:30:53

Episode 36: Eternals, Spencer, The Card Counter, Red...

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2021/11/07

This week… Kristen Stewart takes on the monarchy with Spencer (08:30), Oscar Isaac does his best poker face in The Card Counter (26:44), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson finds another excuse to be in the jungle in heist comedy Red Notice (39:45), and Chloé Zhao enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the all-star Eternals (51:32). Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:11:32), we talk about mega pop stars becoming actors: is this nothing more than stunt casting, or is there some merit in it? If you’d like to

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01:22:08

Episode 35: Passing, Last Night in Soho, Antlers,...

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2021/10/31

This week… Ruth Negga chats with Hanna about new black and white Netflix film Passing (06:39) and then the pod team discuss Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut (22:58), Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho (31:04), Guillermo del Toro produced horror Antlers (44:46), and Netflix prequel Army of Thieves (55:35). Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:11:26), we offer some recommendations for your Halloween viewing! If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us with

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01:49:00

Episode 34: The French Dispatch, Dune, Dear Evan...

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2021/10/24

This week… Léa Seydoux chats with Clarisse about Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch (09:23), and the pod team discuss the journalistic cinematic endeavour (23:39); Timothée Chalamet pops up again in Denis Villeneuve’s blockbuster adaptation of Dune (37:39); The Age of Musicals continues with Dear Evan Hansen but is the Broadway adaptation golden? (01:02:32); And finally, the Old West is back and it’s Black in Jeymes Samuel’s The Harder They Fall (01:21:22). Plus in this week’s Hot Take (01:37:38),

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01:51:02

Episode 33: The Last Duel, Halloween Kills, Ron’s...

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2021/10/17

In episode 33 of the Fade to Black podcast, the gauntlet has been thrown down for a trial by combat in The Last Duel (31:43), Ridley Scott’s French historical drama starring Adam Driver, Matt Damon, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck. The killing continues in Halloween Kills (47:03), and Ron’s Gone Wrong (59:12) in Disney’s latest animation about one boy and his robot. The bromantic superhero movie Venom returns to face a new symbiotic threat in Let There be Carnage (01:19:58), and for this week’s ‘Hot

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01:03:02

Episode 32: No Sudden Move, John and the Hole,...

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2021/10/10

In episode 32 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move (5:02), eerie American drama John and the Hole (15:04), and Disney+ Halloween special, Muppets Haunted Mansion (26:49). Plus a little chit chat on The Addams Family 2 and the What If…? season finale. Plus, for this week’s HOT TAKE, is anyone still looking forward to Fantastic Beasts? Does anyone want this? If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a

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01:41:34

Episode 31: No Time To Die, The Guilty, Bingo Hell,...

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2021/10/03

In episode 31 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review documentary My Name Is Pauli, a look back at the empowering life of non-binary civil rights activist, lawyer and priest Pauli Murray (16:54); Gigi Saul Guerrero takes us to Bingo Hell in the latest “Welcome to the Blumhouse” film series (28:22); Jake Gyllenhaal is hanging on the telephone in The Guilty (44:03); and after an 18 month delay, Daniel Craig’s final outing as Bond, James Bond is

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01:48:29

Episode 30: The Green Knight, The Many Saints of...

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2021/09/26

In episode 30 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review Arthurian adaptation The Green Knight (26:20), Netflix drama The Starling (45:02), Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Man Who Sold His Skin (56:43), and Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark (01:11:37). Clarisse also speaks to directors Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen (12:43), the team behind The Alpinist, a new climbing documentary that is truly not for the faint-hearted. And, in our ‘Hot Take’

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01:22:26

Episode 29: Everybody's Talking About Jamie,...

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2021/09/19

In episode 29 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review documentary-turned-West End show adaptation Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (09:19); Karen Gillan plays an assassin with mummy issues in Gunpowder Milkshake (26:20); Ann Skelly plays a trainee vet with, er, mummy issues in dark thriller Rose Plays Julie (38:51); and Nicolas Cage is on a mission in Sion Sono’s Prisoners of the Ghostland (51:17). Plus in this week’s 'Hot Take' (01:08:29), we

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01:07:31

Episode 28: Respect, Herself, Copshop, Copilot

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2021/09/12

In episode 28 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review Aretha Franklin biopic Respect (9:07), Dublin-based drama Herself (23:37), Gerard Butler actioner Copshop (31:27), and 9/11 relationship drama Copilot (41:15). Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (53:18), with Malignant not being screened for critics, we ask – what difference do critics actually make? If you’d like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us with the

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01:31:21

Episode 27: Shang-Chi, Annette, Misha and the Wolves,...

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2021/09/05

In episode 27 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review Marvel’s first Asian led superhero blockbuster Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (07:53), Leos Carax’s original (and super weird) musical Annette (30:12), literary docudrama Misha and the Wolves (46:46), and Irish drama Wildfire (57:55). Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (01:15:47), we decide once and for all – what’s the best adaptation of Cinderella out there? If you’d like to join the

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01:11:13

Episode 26: Our Ladies, The Nest, Souad, Candyman

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2021/08/29

In episode 26 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review Scottish teen drama Our Ladies (08:13), Jude Law and Carrie Coon two-hander The Nest (21:47), Ayten Amin’s second feature Souad (34:33), and try desperately not to say that name five times while talking about Mandycan (46:01). Or Candyman. It’s definitely one of the two. Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (1:02:36), we talk about the record-breaking trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home, which teases

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01:16:20

Episode 25: Snake Eyes, Reminiscence, Pig, Censor...

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2021/08/22

In episode 25 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review Nicolas Cage-led Pig (58:18), Henry Golding’s Snake Eyes (33:57), Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson’s recent team-up in Reminiscence (49:29), People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan (40:21) and Censor (26:09) with a special interview from Clarisse with writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond and star Niamh Algar (5:54). Plus in our ‘Hot Take’ (1:06:48), we talk Denis Villeneuve’s strong words about

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01:40:36

Episode 24: Free Guy, CODA, Wendy with Siân Heder,...

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2021/08/15

In episode 24 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review Free Guy starring Ryan Reynolds (20:45), Benh Zeitlin’s Wendy (33:08), and Sundance winner CODA (1:07:12). For our ‘Hot Take’ (01:23:44), we chat Q&A etiquette – when is a question really more of a comment? Plus, Hanna talks to Allan “Seapa” Mustafa and Hugo Chegwin, AKA MC Grindah and DJ Beats about People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan (06:54) - the big screen adaptation of the BBC comedy

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01:52:07

Episode 23: Stillwater, Zola, The Last Letter From...

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2021/08/08

In a jam-packed episode of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review four new releases; Stillwater starring Matt Damon (28:48), Janicza Bravo’s Zola (38:49), Jojo Moyes adaptation The Last Letter From Your Lover (50:41), and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s animated spectacular Vivo (01:21:27). For our ‘Hot Take’ (01:31:03), we discuss the shift Hollywood has made from building up movie stars to building up characters and IP’s. How does the traditional movie star

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01:34:29

Episode 22: The Suicide Squad, Jungle Cruise, Limbo,...

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2021/08/01

In episode 22 of the Fade To Black podcast, critics Amon Warmann, Clarisse Loughrey and Hanna Flint review James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad (35:54), Disney’s Jungle Cruise (51:06), and Ben Sharrock’s comedy-drama Limbo (1:07:59). Hanna also chats to Janicza Bravo (11:51), the director and co-writer of Sundance favourite Zola, which we’ll be reviewing next week. Plus in this week’s ‘Hot Take’ (1:19:01), we talk LGBTQ representation in Disney films – why do they continue to fall so behind the other

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