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Jan 2024
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Emerald Fennell

TCM and Max
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Writer-director Emerald Fennell has made two of the most talked about movies in recent years: Saltburn and Promising Young Woman. Fennell tells host Ben Mankiewicz why she makes uncomfortable films, why she prefers directing over acting, and shares a formative experience watching Jurassic Park. She also challenges Ben on his knee-jerk aversion to costume dramas. You don’t want to miss that!

FILMS MENTIONED:

  • Barbie*
  • Promising Young Woman 
  • Saltburn
  • Casablanca*
The Favourite
  • Smokey and the Bandit 
  • Star Wars
  • The Death of Stalin 
  • Dangerous Liaisons 
  • Napoleon
  • Jurassic Park
  • Midnight Run
  • Out of Sight
  • Bridge of Spies
  • Ben-Hur
  • A Walk To Remember 
  • Cape Fear (1991)
  • Cape Fear (1962)
  • Natural Born Killers*
  • To Die For
Killing of a Sacred Deer 
  • Beau is Afraid 
  • Melancholia
  • The Shining
  • Mrs. Miniver
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • Random Harvest
  • Brief Encounter* 

*Available on Max as of 1/30 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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