This week, certified film royalty is in the studio! Mark and Simon sit down with Martin Scorsese’s legendary film editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, who is here to discuss restoring her late husband director Michael Powell’s equally legendary body of work as part of the iconic filmmaking duo Powell and Pressburger. She also talks about her own work with Scorsese. A ... Show More
Jul 3
Will Jurassic World Rebirth turn Mark into a Rantosaurus? + David Cronenberg
Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2 alongside Take 1 every week, with bonus reviews, more viewing recomm ... Show More
1h 10m
Jun 26
Is F1 in pole position for film of the week?
Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2 alongside Take 1 every week, with bonus reviews, more viewing recomm ... Show More
1h 11m
Jun 19
28 Years Later: Mark’s Verdict + Jodie Comer and (Oh) Danny Boy(le) on the film
Vanguardistas have more fun—so if you don’t already subscribe to the podcast, join the Vanguard today via Apple Podcasts or extratakes.com for non-fruit-related devices. In return you’ll get a whole extra Take 2 alongside Take 1 every week, with bonus reviews, more viewing recomm ... Show More
1h 6m
May 2021
Sigourney Weaver, Tilda Swinton, Those Who Wish Me Dead and Oxygen
In the last show back before cinemas reopen, Mark and Simon are joined by Sigourney Weaver, who talks about her new film My New York Year.Plus your essential streaming reviews including Taylor Sheridan’s action drama Those Who Wish Me Dead, which stars Angelina Jolie and Nicholas ... Show More
1h 45m
Feb 2023
ERASERHEAD with Amy Nicholson
Thrilled to be joined by film critic Amy Nicholson (Unspooled, Tom Cruise: Anatomy Of An Actor, The AMC Mayfair Witches Podcast) to discuss David Lynch's first film ERASERHEAD. Tiny mutant-baby screams, heads falling off, a lady in a radiator...this surreal watch has something fo ... Show More
1h 26m
Sep 2022
‘The Woman King’ and 10 Movies to See Now. Plus: The Best and Worst Films at TIFF.
After a quiet few weeks, movies are back in theaters in a big way—and none bigger than Gina Prince-Bythewood’s warrior epic ‘The Woman King.’ Sean and Amanda break down the new Viola Davis vehicle and nine more new releases, including a pair of disturbing horror movies, a David B ... Show More
1h 30m
Sep 2019
#248 - NYFF57 Day 3: Cinematography Now with Rodrigo Prieto, Ashley Connor & Chris Teague
On Day 3 of our New York Film Festival daily podcast, we're exploring the craft of cinematography. In the introduction Eugene Hernandez, FLC Deputy Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment, is joined by programmer Dan Sullivan to discuss NYFF's Retrospective selections this year ... Show More
1h 26m
Nov 2023
Nicolas Cage is Your Nightmare
This week, Dana and Stephen are joined by Supreme Friend of the Pod, Isaac Butler, who co-hosts Slate’s Working podcast and is the author of The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act (which is now available in paperback!). The panel begins by pondering Dream Scenario, ... Show More
59m 31s
Nov 2023
Milky Way Midnight: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
Sophie Turner moves on from Joe Jonas as she snogs UK aristocrat who has just ditched his royal ex (The Sun (19:52)Bethenny Frankel claps back at Eboni K. Williams for telling her to 'f-k off' with screenshot of conversation from 3 years ago (Page Six), Ramona Singer cut from Bra ... Show More
1h 13m
Oct 2023
Did ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Just Save Movies? Plus: The Emily Blunt Movie Star Playbook.
Sean and Amanda discuss the somewhat surprising dominant movie at the box office, ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s,’ a horror adaptation of a popular video game series (1:00). Then, they review ‘Pain Hustlers,’ the David Yates–directed drama about the opioid crisis starring Chris Evans a ... Show More
1h 32m