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 cultu ...
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Every week the Flixwatcher crew team up with other podcasters to talk about what to watch on Netflix! Flixwatcher is hosted by Helen Sadler and Kobi Omenaka. Every episode discusses and rates a film from Netflix as chosen by special guests from other podcasts using our unique Flixwatcher scoring system. We tackle classic films including Woody Allen's "Manhattan" and "Pulp Fiction" , Netflix Originals such as "Amanda Knox" and "Beasts of No Nation" through to bargain bin b-movies such as Shar ...
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Episode # 406 Hit Man with Cheyenne Bart-Stewart and Amon Warmann
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47:47Cheyenne Bart-Stewart (Little White Lies, Moviemarker) and Amon Warmann (Fade to Black podcast, Empire Magazine, Talk Sport) return to Flixwatcher to review Cheyenne’s choice Hit Man. Hit Man (2023) is a romantic crime comedy, directed by Richard (Boyhood) Linklater, written by Linklater and Glen Powell, who stars as Gary. It is loosely based on on…
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Interview Special: Joachim Trier on Sentimental Value
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19:38We'll be back on January 10th! But, in the meantime, Clarisse sat down with director Joachim Trier to discuss his holiday wishes and what it means to put Oslo on screen with his latest, Sentimental Value. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza please visit: MAP Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson book here Tweet us @FadetoB…
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Episode 237: Sentimental Value, Marty Supreme, Avatar: Fire and Ash, with Fallout’s Aaron Moten
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1:28:42Okie dokie! This week, Clarisse speaks to Fallout star Aaron Moten about heading back out to the Wasteland for season two (08:34), while we review this year’s Boxing Day offerings, Joachim Trier’s SENTIMENTAL VALUE (25:09) and Josh Safdie’s MARTY SUPREME (47:23). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:07:24), we ask: Does AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH justify its three-…
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Episode # 407 Woman of the Hour with Montana Woodruff and Tommy Pullen
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43:59Montana Woodruff (Women in Film and TV) and Tommy Pullen join Flixwatcher to review Montana’s choice Woman of the Hour. Woman of the Hour (2023) is the directorial debut from Anna Kendrick and is based on the true crime story of serial killer and sex offender Rodney Alcala. The plot alternates between aspiring actress Sheryl (Anna Kendrick) as she …
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Episode 236: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, with Rian Johnson, Kerry Washington and Cailee Spaeny
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1:12:44This week, we suspect foul play! We have eliminated no suspects. It’s a KNIVES OUT special and Amon will be interrogating stars Kerry Washington and Cailee Spaeny (07:06) alongside director Rian Johnson (20:09), to get to the bottom of WAKE UP DEAD MAN. We’ll also be revising the evidence, that is, reviewing the latest in Johnson’s series of Benoit…
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Episode # 405 Dead Poets Society with Steve Smith and James Lloyd from The Alcohol-Free Revolution podcast
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37:15Steve Smith and James Lloyd from The Alcohol-Free Revolution podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Steve’s choice Dead Poets Society. Dead Poets Society (1989) is a semi autobiographical American drama film based on a script by Tom Schulman and his experience at the Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee and his inspirational teacher, Sa…
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Episode 235: Jay Kelly, Eternity, Dreamers, with Noah Baumbach
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1:26:03This week, Clarisse sits down with Noah Baumbach to talk fame and identity in his latest, JAY KELLY (09:58), while we review David Freyne’s fantasy romcom ETERNITY (29:45), and Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s DREAMERS (46:58). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:05:42), we discuss the breaking news that Warner Bros Discovery has entered exclusive talks to sell its s…
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Episode 234: Zootropolis 2, Blue Moon, Pillion
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1:13:53This week, we’ve got a triple hit of reviews as we tackle Disney animated sequel ZOOTROPOLIS 2 (07:09), Richard Linklater’s BLUE MOON about the American songwriter Lorenz Hart (21:57), and BDSM comedy-drama PILLION (37:03). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (52:07), we ask: who are today’s “new class of leading women”? If you would like to donate directly towa…
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Episode # 404 Creep 2 with Darren Gaskell And Kat Hughes
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39:40Darren Gaskell (The HD Movie Podcast) And Kat Hughes (The Hollywood News, and return to Flixwatcher to review Darren’s choice Creep 2. Mark Duplass reprises his role as everyone’s favourite creepy serial killer, now named Aaron (after his previous victim) he lures videographer and YouTuber Sara (Desiree Akhavan) to his remote cabin. Aaron openly ad…
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Episode 233: Train Dreams, Wicked: For Good, with Felicity Jones and Clint Bentley
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59:55This week, Amon chats to Felicity Jones and director Clint Bentley about their lyrical new drama, TRAIN DREAMS (09:29), while we review the film (25:43) and see if we’ve been changed for the better by Jon M Chu’s musical part two, WICKED: FOR GOOD (35:23). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (46:09), we ask: who are today’s “new class of leading men”? If you wou…
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Episode # 403 Fighting with My Family with Stephen Palmer and Alistair Ryder
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45:19Stephen Palmer (Asian Cinema Film Club podcast) and Alistair Ryder (Zavvi ) return to Flixwatcher to review Stephen’s choice Fighting with My Family. Fighting with My Family (2019) is a biographical comedy drama about the real-life WWE wrester Paige and her brother as they are discovered and train to be professionals. It stars Florence Pugh as Sara…
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Episode 232: Alpha, Keeper, with Tahar Rahim
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1:16:45This week, Clarisse chats to Tahar Rahim about his transformative role in Alpha (8:30), while we review Julia Ducournau's third feature (34:00) and Osgood Perkins' Keeper. (52:30) Plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:06:00), we discuss Oscar Isaac's unease of working with Disney: how do we navigate our film careers in a fraught political landscape? If you woul…
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Episode # 402 Django Unchained with T.A Shelano and Rich from The Middle-aged Bodcast.
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39:46T.A Shelano and Rich from The Middle-aged Bodcast return to Flixwatcher to review T.A’s choice Django Unchained. Django Unchained (2012) is the 8th film from writer and director Quentin Tarantino. Two years before the Civil War, Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave, finds himself accompanying an unorthodox German bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Chris…
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Episode 231: Die My Love, Predator: Badlands, Frankenstein, with Lynne Ramsay
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1:30:39This week, Hanna chats to director Lynne Ramsay about DIE MY LOVE (08:57), her claustrophobic new portrait of a woman on a downward spiral, while we review the film alongside PREDATOR: BADLANDS (52:12), the first in the franchise where the Predator is the hero. Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:12:36), is Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein the best adaptati…
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Episode # 401 The Boy and the Heron with Kambole Campbell and Leslie Byron-Pitt
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45:13Kambole Campbell (Empire Magazine, Vulture, Time Out) and Leslie Byron-Pitt (Fatal Attractions podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Kambole’s choice The Boy and the Heron. The Boy and the Heron (2023) is the 12th Studio Ghibli animation written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The English dub version features the voices of Christian Bale as Shoichi M…
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Episode 230: Bugonia, Palestine 36, with Yorgos Lanthimos and Will Tracy
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1:05:26This week, Clarisse chats to the singular Yorgos Lanthimos and Will Tracy about their new black comedy thriller Bugonia, after which we review the film. We discuss Annemarie Jacir’s PALESTINE 36, which has been selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. Plus, in our HOT TAKE, Daniel Day-Lew…
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Episode 229: Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind
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1:23:57This week – baby, we were born to review music biopic SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (08:22), alongside Nia DaCosta’s new twist on Ibsen, HEDDA (28:58), and Kelly Reichardt’s heist film, THE MASTERMIND (52:08). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:08:20), we discuss Disney’s scrapped plans for a Star Wars sequel, titled THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLO. If you wou…
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Pt 2 Episode # 400 Knives Out with Sean Wilson and Andy Williams from Frame to Frame
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47:00Happy 400th Flixwatcher! In this second special birthday episode Sean Wilson and Andy Williams from Frame to Frame join Flixwatcher as hosts to review Kobi’s choice Knives Out. Knives Out (2019) is a mystery comedy written and directed by Rian (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) Johnson. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is …
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Pt 1 Episode # 400 Inside Lleywn Davis with Sean Wilson and Andy Williams from Frame to Frame
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56:12Happy 400th Flixwatcher! In this special birthday episode Sean Wilson and Andy Williams from Frame to Frame join Flixwatcher as hosts to review Helen’s choice Inside Lleywn Davis Inside Lleywn Davis (2013) is the 15th film by writer and director duo the Coen Brothers. Set in New York City in 1961, the film follows one week in the life of Llewyn Dav…
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Episode 228: After the Hunt, Good Fortune, Roofman with Kirsten Dunst, Channing Tatum, & Derek Cianfrance
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1:11:02This week, Hanna speaks to Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, & director Derek Cianfrance about their true-crime comedy-drama ROOFMAN (07:49), while we review Aziz Ansari’s feature debut GOOD FORTUNE (30:10) and Luca Guadagnino’s college campus drama AFTER THE HUNT (44:21). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:02:45), we discuss Chloé Zhao’s recent statement that…
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Episode # 399 Princess Mononoke with Em and Emma Turner
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32:38[supsystic-tables id=400] Thanks to the Episode # 398 crew of Em and Emma Turner You can find their website here And at Please make sure you give them some love For more info on Love and Monsters can visit Love and Monsters IMDB page here Love and Monsters Rotten Tomatoes page here. If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you pro…
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Episode 227: I Swear, Good Boy, with Maxine Peake
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1:02:15This week, Hanna speaks to Maxine Peake about her role in I SWEAR (06:17), we review the film (22:31), and we also review dog-centred horror GOOD BOY (35:23). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (47:04), we ask if Ridley Scott is right about 60% of films made are shit. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza please visit: https://ww…
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Episode # 398 Love and Monster with Jay and Mark from Deep Blue Sea – The Podcast
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39:25Jay and Mark from Deep Blue Sea - The Podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Mark’s choice Love and Monsters. Love and Monsters (2020) is a monster adventure film directed by Michael Matthews and staring Dylan O'Brien as Joel and Jessica Henwick as Aimee. Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel, along with the rest of humanity, has been livin…
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Episode 226: The Smashing Machine, A House Of Dynamite, Him
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1:03:36This week, we have a triple bill of reviews, as we step into the ring for Benny Safdie’s THE SMASHING MACHINE (08:26), bunker down for Kathryn Bigelow’s A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (24:06), and touchdown for Justin Tipping’s HIM (42:05). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (50:54), we discuss the news that several talent agencies are currently circling one Tilly Norwood…
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Episode # 397 Eyes Wide Shut with Katie and Hogan and Liz Slade
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50:16[supsystic-tables id=410] Thanks to the Episode # 397 crew of with Katie and Hogan and Liz SladeYou can find their website here And at Please make sure you give them some love For more info on Eyes Wide Shut can visit Elvis Eyes Wide Shut IMDB page here Eyes Wide Sh…
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Episode # 396 Extra-Terrestrial With James Lloyd and Steve Smith from the alcohol l-free revolution podcast
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36:24James Lloyd and Steve Smith from The Alcohol-Free Revolution podcast join Flixwatcher to review James’ choice E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. E.T (1982) is a sci-fi adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It stars Henry Thomas as Elliot, a boy who befriends E.T, who had accidentally been left on earth during a visit with his family. It also stars …
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Episode # 395 Full Metal Jacket full metal jacket with Babs and Fran from Over/Underrated podcast
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39:28Babs and Fran from Over/Underrated podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Bab’s choice Full Metal Jacket. Full Metal Jacket (1987) is Stanley Kubrick’s ‘war is hell’ film based on the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers by U.S Marine Gustav Hasford. It stars Matthew Modine as Private James T. "Joker" Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio as Private Le…
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Episode # 394 Gladiator with Amon Warmann and Cheyenne Bart-Stewart
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59:25Luke Tomlinson (Impropod Podcast) and Ash Farkas return to Flixwatcher to review Luke’s choice Elvis. Elvis (2022) is an epic Elvis Presley biopic directed by Baz (Moulin Rouge!) Luhrmann. It stars Austin Bulter as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker. Told from the Colonel’s point of view it tells the story of Elvis’ rise to fame and …
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Episode # 393 Elvis with Luke Tomlinson and Ash Farkas
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31:42Luke Tomlinson (Impropod Podcast) and Ash Farkas return to Flixwatcher to review Luke’s choice Elvis. Elvis (2022) is an epic Elvis Presley biopic directed by Baz (Moulin Rouge!) Luhrmann. It stars Austin Bulter as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker. Told from the Colonel’s point of view it tells the story of Elvis’ rise to fame and …
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Episode 225: One Battle After Another, Urchin, with Nadia Fall
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1:18:38This week, Hanna chats to Nadia Fall about the teen friendship at the heart of her feature debut BRIDES, while we review Paul Thomas Anderson’s American epic ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut, URCHIN. Plus, in our HOT TAKE, we get into that Alien: Earth finale. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitaria…
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Episode 224: The Man In My Basement with Nadia Latif & Steve with Lil Simz and Jay Lycurgo
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40:07This week, we have a little change in programming! Amon and Clarisse are living it up in Disneyland Paris, so Hanna is manning the fort, setting up some fantastic interviews. First, she talks to Nadia Latif about her feature debut, THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT, then Amon chats with Simbi 'Little Simz' Ajikawo and Jay Lycurgo about British drama STEVE. If…
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Episode 223: Spinal Tap II, Islands, From Ground Zero
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1:09:02This week, we turn it up to eleven with sequel SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES (12:00), while Sam Riley causes a racket as a washed-up tennis coach in ISLANDS (28:17), and we review FROM GROUND ZERO (41:08), an anthology film directed by 22 Palestinian directors living under the genocide. Plus, in our HOT TAKE (54:44), we ask: do written reviews s…
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Episode 222: The Conjuring: Last Rites, Highest 2 Lowest, Honey Don’t
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1:15:55This week, grab your bibles and your rosaries, as a blockbuster horror franchise reaches its end in THE CONJURING: LAST RITES (09:12), while two legendary directors make their return as we review Spike Lee’s HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (26:05) and Ethan Coen’s HONEY DON’T (43:14), made in collaboration with Tricia Cooke. Plus, in our HOT TAKE (55:33), we ask:…
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Episode 221: The Roses, Caught Stealing, with Tony McNamara
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1:10:13This week, Hanna speaks to THE ROSES screenwriter Tony McNamara about how to craft a perfect divorce (06:40), while we review the film (32:36). Then we discuss Darren Aronofsky’s latest as he tries his hand at a comedy caper with CAUGHT STEALING (42:49). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (56:07), we ask: are algorithms really deciding what movies are made? If …
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