Comedian, actor, and cabaret performer Bridget Everett and new fan Ben Mankiewicz chat about her Peabody Award-winning HBO show Somebody Somewhere as well as her outrageously fun cabaret act. Everett and Ben talk dogs, famous great uncles, and walk through the highs and lows of Everett’s endlessly promising career. Everett’s Super 8 questionnaire is a staff favorite, full of stories, inspiration, and a touching story about Turner Classic Movies. 

Films Mentioned 

• Somebody Somewhere * 
• Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder 
• All About Eve 
• A Letter to Three Wives 
• Sex and the City* 
• The Sound of Music 
• The Wizard of Oz * 
• Mommie Dearest 
• Magic Mike XXL 
• Rudy 
• Let the Good Times Roll 
• Dancer in the Dark 

Young Frankenstein 

 *Available on Max as of 11/19 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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Season two of Talking Pictures is here! Bill Murray doesn’t do a lot of podcasts, but he was game to talk movies with host Ben Mankiewicz. They dive into his comedies (Stripes, Caddyshack, Groundhog Day) and discuss the directors Murray works with repeatedly (Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch). Murray remembers growing up a “bad boy” in a house with eight siblings and how success impacted his mom. Finally, our Super 8 returns and you don’t want to miss the prop Bill Murray says he would steal for his personal collection.                                                                          

Films Mentioned: 

• Meatballs 
• Ghostbusters  
• Stripes 
• Caddyshack 
• Groundhog Day 
• Broken Flowers 
• Lost in Translation 
• Rushmore 
• Red River 
• Frankenstein 
• Dracula 
• The Fugitive 
• Going My Way 
• Bells of Saint Mary's 
• Yankee Doodle Dandy 
• The Sound of Music 
• The Razor's Edge 
• Mad Dog and Glory 
• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 
• Olive Kitteridge * 
• Moonrise Kingdom 
• The Royal Tenenbaums 
• The Grand Budapest Hotel 
• Coffee and Cigarettes * 
• The Limits of Control 
• The Dead Don’t Die 
• Bottle Rocket 
• Asteroid City 
• Barry Lyndon 
• Gallipoli 
• Ninotchka 
• Old Yeller 
• The Man with Two Brains 
• Nothing but Trouble                                       

*Available on Max as of 11/12 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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Talking Pictures is back for its second season, filled with new guests and new stories about how movies shape us, change us – and make us laugh. This season, host Ben Mankiewicz sits down with some of the funniest stars in Hollywood, folks like Bill Murray, Margot Robbie, Carol Burnett, Henry Winkler and many more. Comedy legends open up about their toughest struggles, their wildest moments, and the twists of fate that made them famous. Each episode culminates with the Super 8, where they reveal their most cherished movie memories and film favorites.

From TCM and MAX, this is Season 2 of Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast, hosted by Ben Mankiewicz.

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In a special bonus episode of Talking Pictures recorded live at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival in Hollywood, host Ben Mankiewicz interviews actor, comedian, and classic movie lover, Mario Cantone. They discuss Mario’s life before acting, his role in HBO’s “Sex and the City” and the Max series “And Just Like That…,” and Ben challenges Mario to the Super 8 movie questionnaire. 

Films Mentioned:

• Sex and the City
• And Just Like That…
• Hello Dolly
• Blazing Saddles
• Lady Sings the Blues
• The Lady Gambles
• Slap Shot
• Chinatown
• Network
• Quiz Show
• All About Eve
• Guys and Dolls
• My Cousin Vinny
• The Thorn Birds
• New York, New York
• Looking For Mr. Goodbar
• Pollyanna
• Bambi
• West Side Story (1961)
• Cleopatra
• The Wizard of Oz
• A Star is Born (1954)
• The Godfather

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Director, actor, Saturday Night Live veteran, and cinephile Bill Hader joins host Ben Mankiewicz to talk about his heroes (Stanley Kubrick, Joel and Ethan Coen), about writing and directing his HBO show Barry, and if you’re hoping for a few of his expert impressions, you won’t be disappointed. Hader also ventures into his movie-watching past by answering our Super 8 questionnaire.

Films Mentioned:

• Top Gun (1986)
• Superbad
• Trainwreck*
• Inside Out
• Barry*
• The Shining
• 2001: A Space Odyssey*
• Dr. Strangelove*
• A Clockwork Orange* 
• The Natural
• Oliver! 
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• Paths of Glory
• Mars Attacks!
• Evil Dead
• Rashomon*
• Seven Samurai*
• Ikiru*
• It’s A Wonderful Life
• Bad News Bears
• Shawshank Redemption
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
• Barton Fink
• A Serious Man*
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• Intolerable Cruelty 
• Hail, Caesar!
• Burn After Reading
• Trouble in Paradise
• The Apartment
• Five Graves to Cairo
• Double Indemnity
• One, Two, Three
• Sunset Boulevard 
• Kes
• To Kill A Mockingbird
• From Here to Eternity
• Von Ryan’s Express
• Dreams (1990)
• The Last Detail
• The Great Muppet Caper
• Midnight Run
• The Black Hole (1979)

*Available on Max as of 3/19 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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Host Ben Mankiewicz visits with director Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman, Monster) and her mother (!!) to talk superheroes, female serial killers, and gets her take on being a female director in Hollywood. Patty surprises Ben with stories about her friendship with singer Steve Perry and she talks about that rumored Star Wars script. Plus, an impressive Super 8 for your movie list.

Films Mentioned:

• Wonder Woman*
• Wonder Woman 1984*
• Monster
• Midnight Cowboy
• The Devil's Advocate
• Superman (1978)*
• Reds
• What Have I Done To Deserve This?
• I Know Where I’m Going
• A Matter of Life and Death
• Moulin Rouge
• The Red Balloon*
• Charade
• Bridge Over the River Kwai
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• Doctor Zhivago

*Available on Max as of 3/12 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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Legendary documentarian and filmmaker Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War, The Pigeon Tunnel) and host Ben Mankiewicz have a charged conversation about interviewing, serial killers, grave robbing and, yes, movies. Morris gives the longest, most original (and most surprising!) answer to our Super 8 question about movie props. Plus, he reveals the movie that changed his life.

Films Mentioned:

• The Fog of War 
• The Thin Blue Line
• American Dharma
• The Unknown Known
• Psycho
• The Pigeon Tunnel
• Gates of Heaven
• Vernon, Florida
• Conan the Barbarian
• Creature From The Black Lagoon
• This Island Earth
• Tarnished Angels
• Imitation of Life
• Les Enfants du Paradis
• Au Hasard Balthazar

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Director Damien Chazelle ( La La Land, First Man) describes his childhood as a budding filmmaker inspired by Walt Disney, his path to getting his first film made (Whiplash), and how the pandemic impacted casting for his recent epic Babylon. Chazelle surprises – and delights – host Ben Mankiewicz as they discuss his parents’ favorite films and which movies always make him cry.  

Films Mentioned:

• La La Land 
• Whiplash
• Jurassic Park
• Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
• Annie Hall
• Speed 
• Volcano
• Lethal Weapon
• Taken
• The Last Exorcism Part 2
• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• Ouija 
• Paranormal Activity*
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg*
• West Side Story
• Singin’ in the Rain*
• The Sound of Music
• An American in Paris
• First Man
• Babylon
• Peter Pan
• Full Metal Jacket*
• Paths of Glory
• City Lights*
• Make Way For Tomorrow
• Black and Tan
• St. Louis Blues
• The Emperor Jones*
• Vertigo
• La Grande Vadrouille
• The Red Circle
• The 400 Blows*
• The 13th Warrior

*Available on Max as of 2/27 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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Director Alexander Payne (Election, Sideways, About Schmidt) talks about the inspiration for his new film The Holdovers, what it’s like working with actors Paul Giamatti and George Clooney, and addresses the rumors of an Election sequel. He also shares the movie forever associated with one of his more awkward teenage dates. Plus, terrific answers to the Super 8!

Films Mentioned:

• Election*
• Sideways
• About Schmidt
• Nebraska
• The Holdovers 
• Paper Moon*
• Citizen Ruth
• Seconds
• Something's Gotta Give
• The Descendants
• The Passion of Martin
• Inspector Gadget
• Citizen Kane*
• Downsizing
• Meet The Parents
• Jurassic Park 3
• Pokemon Detective Pikachu
• Modern Times*
• Viridiana
• Seven Samurai*
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Annie Hall
• Manhattan
• Taxi Driver
• A Special Day
• City Lights*
• Bicycle Thieves*
• Ikiru
• Red Beard*
• Dersu Uzala
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• The Unknown Known
• Cinema Paradiso
• Gone With the Wind*
• Doctor Zhivago
• Casablanca*
• The Garden of the Finzi Contini
• The Two of Us
• The Wolf of Wall Street
• Out of the Past
• The Friends of Eddie Coyle

*Available on Max as of 2/20 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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Host Ben Mankiewicz hangs out with his friend, 97-year-old legend Mel Brooks (The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein) in this often hilarious and sometimes poignant episode. Mel reminisces about Gene Wilder, David Lynch, his wife Anne Bancroft, and best friend Carl Reiner. He also recounts a tremendously funny dinner with Alfred Hitchcock. Mel Brooks has spent a lifetime watching and making movies so you don’t want to miss his answers to our Super 8 questionnaire.  

Films Mentioned:

• Blazing Saddles*
• Young Frankenstein
• The Producers
• High Anxiety
• Psycho
• Vertigo
• The Elephant Man 
• Eraserhead*
• Frankenstein (1931) 
• Casablanca*
• Swing Time
• Top Hat
• Broadway Melody of 1940 
• Ninotchka
• The Gods Must Be Crazy 
• It Happened One Night 
• Spaceballs*
• Random Harvest 
• Alexander’s Ragtime Band 

*Available on Max as of 2/13 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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Writer director Cord Jefferson (American Fiction) and host Ben Mankiewicz talk life transitions, bravery, and family for this in-depth conversation. Jefferson charts his path from journalist to TV writer to first-time film director of 2023’s celebrated American Fiction. He shares the movies important to him and gives his take on the ending of Shawshank Redemption.

FILMS MENTIONED:

• American Fiction
• Saltburn 
• Promising Young Woman 
• Sex, Lies, and Videotape
• Master of None
• The Good Place
• Succession*
• Watchmen*
• The People vs. Larry Flynt
• Do The Right Thing
• Jacob’s Ladder
• Clueless 
• Cruel Intentions
• Dangerous Liaisons
• Punch-Drunk Love
• Shawshank Redemption
• Paths of Glory
• The Killing
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Full Metal Jacket*
• Pulp Fiction*
• Young Frankenstein
• Blazing Saddles*
• Philadelphia

*Available on Max as of 2/6 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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