PODCAST

Talking Images

Talking Images is the official podcast of ICMForum.com.

tv & film film history

All Episodes

01:59:02

Best Films of 2020: Our Top 10s (with a cliffhanger)

Talking Images ·

2021/10/16

Yes, it's that time! Finally! The Talking Images team is ready to open up and talk through our top 10 favourite films of 2020 - granted, with a cliffhanger.

en-us

01:40:37

Best Movie Endings: What Works and What Doesn't?

Talking Images ·

2021/10/01

Is Psycho's ending actually terrible? Is Whiplash an evil movie made by evil people? Is Taxi Driver's ending even real? Join us as we clash over iconic endings, break down the formulas and share our picks of best movie endings of all time. Timestamps: 00:00: Spoiler-Free Discussion 20.36: The Spoilers Begins - Formulas / What Works & What Doesn't 57.48 - Films Saved by their Endings 1.09.29 - Films That Are All About Their Endings 1.15.29 - Endings That Almost Ruined the Film 1.25.30 - Our

en-us

01:56:44

The Minimalist World of Robert Bresson

Talking Images ·

2021/09/16

How much can you strip away? How far can you go? Robert Bresson did not just create his own cinematic language. He created his own cinematic ideology - striving to tear film away from the theatre, strip away all artifice and create something you could only experience through cinema. Over his 13 feature films, and one standalone short, his career spanned from 1934 to 1983. In this episode, we will talk you through each and every single one of his films, look at what they minimised, try to understand

en-us

01:22:21

Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down: Is Rating Films Actually...

Talking Images ·

2021/09/01

Get out your spreadsheets fellow film nerds, this episode is dedicated to you! It will for once be decided if the answers are truly written in the stars, or if the good old 10/10 system is more than enough. In our effort to discover the best rating systems and make sense of some of the universe's greatest questions we will also, of course, insult every fan of Rotten Tomatoes and At the Movies. IMDb's 10/10 scale vs. Letterboxd's 5/5 scale will be examined, and hell, even good old Criticker will

en-us

02:01:31

Interview with Adam Torel, Head of Third Window Films

Talking Images ·

2021/08/16

In this episode we sit down with independent Japanese cinema producer and distributor Adam Torel, the Head of Third Window Films, to hear about his upcoming films, his work with Shinya Tsukamoto and Sion Sono, and what it takes to get people to watch independent cinema in Japan. The answer to the latter in particular may both shock and entice you.

en-us

01:25:29

How We Got Into Cinema, Part 2: The Other Hosts

Talking Images ·

2021/08/01

It is origin story time, again! In our very first episode, the original hosts detailed exactly how they got into cinema. Now, it is time to hear from those who have joined us since then. Listen in as Matthieu, Adam (from New York), Lauren and Sol tell you exactly how they got into cinema. Be shocked, as Matthieu reveals he's a child of DVDs not VHS. Discover who actually studied film, who edited Forrest Gump and Die Hard together and who went to science camp. And of course, marvel as Sol details his

en-us

02:14:45

Best Films of 2018: Our Top 5s

Talking Images ·

2021/06/15

Get ready for a flash from the recent past! In this episode Chris, Matthieu, Sol and Tom break down and discuss their 5 favourite films of 2018 + their runner ups. What were yours?

en-us

01:33:55

Is Netflix Destroying Cinema?

Talking Images ·

2021/05/31

You have heard the warnings. You have seen the tears. You have felt the terror. A spectre is haunting the halls of cinema, and its name is not Covid-19 but Netflix. In this episode, we will discuss just how damaging Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Mubi and all other streaming services are, and try to get to the bottom of the existential threat they pose. Can anything good come from them at all? Listen in, and find out.

en-us

01:20:27

The Dollar Trilogy is Pretty Badass

Talking Images ·

2021/05/17

The Dollar Trilogy is iconic. It broke the rules, rewrote what we consider a western to be, and is just, well, badass! But why? What is it that make these films stand out the way they do? In this episode we try to find the answer.

en-us

01:36:29

Space Exploration, part 2: When Space Became Reality

Talking Images ·

2021/05/08

In this episode, we will look at what happened when the fantastical dream that was space exploration became reality - and the future became the past. Opening with a full-on discussion of what could be called "the first modern space exploration film", Ikarie XB 1 - we will continue to explore how the subgenre developed after Jurij Gagarin became the first human to leave our planet. While it still feels a little odd to say it, space exploration is no longer exclusively science fiction. We will

en-us

01:34:06

2001 vs Solaris (Space Exploration, part 1)

Talking Images ·

2021/04/16

Get your battle helmets on - we're doing this. 2001 vs. Solaris. Kubrick vs. Tarkovsky. Oh, and ... all of cinematic history, well ... in space anyways, Yes, that's right - in this glorious two-part episode (did we mention that were will be a follow-up?!) we will look at ALL of space exploration history - going all the way back to A Trip to the Moon. Early films excluded, which, can almost be seen as fantasy as opposed to science fiction - we have a bold proclamation to make - and that is that 2001

en-us

01:17:42

Single-Take Films: The Incredible Effects of the One...

Talking Images ·

2021/03/17

Why would filmmakers go through the excruciating trouble and pain of creating their films without a single cut - any mistake being detrimental - every shoot non-stop? Why put yourself through all that pain? Why put your actors through all that pain? Why put the actual person carrying a camera for 90 minutes through all that pain? Why? Can single-take films do things regular films can't? Our answer is a resounding yes! Listen in as we talk you through the ludicrously small selection of single-take

en-us

01:22:33

Studio Ghibli

Talking Images ·

2021/02/08

In this episode we will not just discuss the magical work of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, or the mediocre work of everyone else - we will look at how their careers developed in contrast to each other from their first double feature, to their last. That is to say, the 1988 double feature that in so many ways showcased what Studio Ghibli could do: My Neighbour Totoro Grave of the Fireflies And the studio's, at the time, proposed swansongs of 2013: The Wind Rises The Tale of the Princess

en-us

01:09:05

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Talking Images ·

2020/12/22

Strap yourself in for a Christmas and end-of-the-year episode that will be something out of the ordinary! Yes, we will talk about our favourite Christmas films: including Sol telling us all how Home Alone traumatised him for life! And yes - we will also be a bunch of non-Americans thoroughly confused about the appeal of a Christmas Story (sorry). But above all we are interested in just how different Christmas traditions are born - and how people around the world celebrate Christmas (Jul) and New

en-us

01:42:01

Single Location Films: Gimmick or Testament to the...

Talking Images ·

2020/12/18

Get ready for one heck of a claustrophobic rollercoaster ride as Chris, Sol and Tom go through some of the biggest (and some of the most underrated) single location - and primary location - films of all time! Spoiler Warning: We will spoil Coherence (with a clear warning) - jump to 1:01:00 if you do not want to get the concept spoiled. We will cover: Adapted Plays: Secret Honor: 00:08:33 Street Scene: 00:14:32 Carnage and Roman Polanski: 00:15:35 Sacha Guitry: 00:17:30 Huis Clos:

en-us

01:18:21

ICMFF2020: Main Slate and Highlights From the Festival

Talking Images ·

2020/12/11

Recording in the midst of ICMFF2020, Chris, Matthieu and Tom break down the main slate and the highlights from the festival so far.

en-us

01:49:11

Best and Worst Academy Awards Best Picture Winners

Talking Images ·

2020/11/28

Yes, that's right: This is the episode where we arbitrarily pick the best and worst films to have won the Oscar for Best Picture, and, well ... fight it out ... Do you want to hear us: - Shock you with which Best Picture winners we hate? - Psychoanalyse the academy voters? - Figure out if things are getting "worse" or "better"? - Pinpoint trends? If so, join in for the ultimate Oscars Podcast, spanning from the very first winner in 1929, all the way up to Parasite in 2020 - and for a deep dive in

en-us

01:33:58

Interview with Mary Guillermin - author of John...

Talking Images ·

2020/11/17

John Guillermin, the director of Rapture, The Towering Inferno, King Kong, Never Let Go, Guns at Batasi and a long line of other films is best known for his bad temper, and there have been no comprehensive books on his work. This has changed: His wife Mary Guillermin has launched a large project to do John's work justice, and the book: John Guillermin: The Man, The Myth, The Movies is now out. We sat down with her before the release, and had an absolutely fantastic chat about John's life and work:

en-us

01:05:36

Quentin Tarantino Unchained: Master or Hack

Talking Images ·

2020/11/09

Yes It is time for that chat ... Is Questin Tarantino the most unoriginal man in Hollywood, a petty thief with no soul - or is he a great auteur playing around with cinematic conventions and form? Regardless of how you feel about QT however, he loves cinema, and is likely the most vocal film buff of any living director, not to mention listmaker and promoter. No living director appears to be more vocally focused on what he is leaving behind than Questin Tarantino. His promise is clear: His next film

en-us

01:17:58

What Scares Us

Talking Images ·

2020/10/29

Are you easily scared? In this episode Chris, Matthieu, Lauren and Sol talk us through the films that traumatized them. Hell, Radio even gets a mention! Listen in to hear the run-down of the scariest movie monsters, not to mention the silliest movie monsters. We will, of course, talk about the scariest films of all time, but beyond that we will try to unpack just what it is about them that scares us.

en-us

112 results

Talking Images

All Episodes

Similar Podcasts

BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

David Yontef

Nerd Culture - A Gamekings Podcast

Blammo Media

UPodcast

UPodcast

The Writers Hangout

Sandy Adomaitis

The Sarah Fraser Show

Sarah Fraser