NBA legend Charles Barkley became addicted to movies as a rookie, when he'd sneak into theaters to escape the limelight for a couple of hours. By the time he changed careers from baller to broadcaster, he was a bonafide film buff, with strong opinions on all kinds of movies. In this hilarious episode, Sir Charles talks to Ben Mankiewicz about the similarities between a film crew and a basketball team, the secret to hosting Saturday Night Live, and the courtroom classic that never fails to make him laugh.

Films Mentioned:

• Space Jam
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
• A Quiet Place
• All the Way*
• The Beekeeper
• Jaws
• Arsenic and Old Lace
• It Happened One Night
• Gladiator
• Any Given Sunday
• Die Hard
• Live Free or Die Hard
• My Cousin Vinny
• A Bronx Tale
• Pulp Fiction
• Malcolm X
• The Karate Kid
• Stripes
• Taps
• Taxi Driver
• Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
• The Ten Commandments
• Ben-Hur
• In the Heat of the Night
• Brian's Song
• Field of Dreams
• The Sixth Sense
• Dirty Harry
• Rawhide

*Available on Max as of 01/21 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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From Bridesmaids to Spy to The Heat, Paul Feig has become Hollywood's go-to guy for raunchy, big-budget comedies about women. But his directing career only took off after his acting career crashed and burned. This week, Paul tells Ben Mankiewicz how getting fired from a beloved sitcom forced him out of his comfort zone and into a new role behind the camera. And during the Super 8, Paul reveals how his mother's taste in movies led to his love of double-breasted suits.

Films Mentioned:

• Bridesmaids
• The Heat
• Spy
• A Simple Favor
• Animal House
• Life Sold Separately
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
• The Blues Brothers
• Thelma & Louise
• Animal Crackers
• What's Up, Doc?
• Jackpot!
• Ghostbusters
• The Purge
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• An American Werewolf in London
• Polite Society
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
• His Girl Friday
• Cabaret
• It's a Wonderful Life
• Poltergeist

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Host Ben Mankiewicz begins the new year by talking to the nicest man in Hollywood, actor Henry Winkler. Winkler admits it was almost impossible to find work after his 10-year run as the Fonz on Happy Days. He reminisces about his friendships with Sylvester Stallone and Ron Howard and shares his struggles with dyslexia. And we get the inspiring story of how he got the second role of a lifetime on HBO’s Barry. Winkler is an enthusiastic movie watcher, so his Super 8 is full of gems. 

Films Mentioned: 

• The Waterboy 
• Little Nicky 
• Barry* 
• The Lords of Flatbush 
• Rocky 
• Heroes 
• The One and Only 
• Night Shift 
• Scream* 
• Rebel Without a Cause* 
• City of God 
• The Alamo 
• Nobody 
• Casablanca* 
• Love Actually 
• Notting Hill 
• Four Weddings and a Funeral* 
• Les Compères 
• The Out-of-Towners

*Available on Max as of 1/7 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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Emmy-winner Jane Lynch is known for bringing her razor-sharp comic edge to movies like Best in Show and TV shows like Glee. But her biggest break came in a famous commercial for… Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes! She talks to host Ben Mankiewicz about breaking down a scene with Harrison Ford, the difference between masculine and feminine improv, and the film that made her sob all the way home from the theater.

Films Mentioned:

• Best in Show
• The 40-Year Old Virgin
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
• Ninotchka
• Camille
• Anna Christie
• The Wizard of Oz*
• Gone with the Wind*
• Sophie's Choice
• The Devil Wears Prada*
• Hang 'Em High
• Three Days of the Condor
• Husbands and Wives
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• The Sting
• The Fugitive
• A Mighty Wind
• For Your Consideration
• Mascots
• Legally Blonde
• American Pie
• The White Lotus*
• Waiting for Guffman
• This Is Spinal Tap
• Private Benjamin
• Funny Girl
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• The Big Sleep
• White Christmas
• Terms of Endearment

*Available on Max as of 12/17 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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This week, writer/director Jason Reitman (Saturday Night, Juno, Up in the Air) joins host Ben Mankiewicz to talk about growing up on a movie set, his brief stint writing for Saturday Night Live, and the joys of directing George Clooney. Reitman also reveals what his father, the late director Ivan Reitman, taught him about storytelling and making movies. During the Super 8, Jason surprises Ben with the movie props in his enviable collection. 

Films Mentioned:

• Meatballs
• Stripes
• Ghostbusters
• Dave
• Thank You For Smoking
• Juno
• Inglourious Basterds
• Animal House
• Up in the Air*
• Saturday Night
• The Front Runner
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife
• The Fabelmans
• Westworld
• Jurassic Park*
• Twins
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Back to the Future
• Jaws
• The Godfather
• Election
• Dr. Strangelove
• Harold and Maude
• Shampoo
• Carnal Knowledge
• The Graduate
• Taxi Driver
• The Conversation
• Run Lola Run
• The Blair Witch Project
• Sexy Beast
• American Psycho
• Wet Hot American Summer
• Pulp Fiction
• Dazed and Confused
• Slacker*
• Bad News Bears
• Boyhood
• A Scanner Darkly
• Before Sunrise
• Before Sunset
• Field of Dreams
• Stand by Me
• Breaking Away
• Little Miss Sunshine
• 24 Hour Party People
• Casablanca*
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Magnolia
• Boogie Nights
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure
• Singin' in the Rain*

*Available on Max as of 12/10 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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Carol Burnett’s life has always spun around the movies. She tells Ben Mankiewicz about her childhood spent in Hollywood movie theaters, the famous actor who helped her break into showbiz, and the movie parodies in her groundbreaking television variety show. In fact, at 91, Carol Burnett remembers more about movies than Ben! We cap it all off with a delightful Super 8 complete with seasonal gems. Plus, Carol and Ben discuss their Wordle stats…listen to find out who’s winning.                      

Films Mentioned:

• The Carol Burnett Show 
• New Faces 
• The Pajama Game 
• Babes in Arms 
• All About Eve 
• Gone with the Wind*  
• The Fighting Guardsman 
• Inferno (1953) 
• Strangers on a Train 
• On Moonlight Bay* 
• Citizen Kane 
• The Dolly Sisters 
• The Godfather 
• It's a Wonderful Life 
• Capricorn One 
• Ragtime Cowboy Joe 
• Singin' in the Rain*  
• From Here to Eternity 
• Terms of Endearment 
• Some Like It Hot 
• Duel 

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

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The fearless Margot Robbie goes in-depth with Ben Mankiewicz about how her early days as an Australian soap star prepared her to go toe-to-toe with Leonardo DiCaprio. Now, after producing the blockbuster Barbie and working with the likes of Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, is her next move behind the camera as a director? Plus, our exclusive Super 8 questionnaire, which she was very excited to answer.               

Films Mentioned 

• Barbie * 
• I, Tonya * 
• Bombshell 
• The Wolf of Wall Street 
• Asteroid City 
• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 
• Titanic 
• The Legend of Tarzan* 
• Mary Queen of Scots 
• Terminal 
• Eye of the Devil 
• Babylon 
• Whiplash 
• La La Land 
• Wings 
• Singin' in the Rain* 
• Cabaret 
• True Romance 
• The Fifth Element 
• Bandits*  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* 
• Pulp Fiction 
• Rambo 
• Bring It On 
• High Society 
• Babette's Feast* 
• The Blues Brothers 
• The Dirty Dozen 
• Withnail and I*  
• Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar 
• Seven Samurai*  
• Young Frankenstein 
• The Producers 
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights 

 *Available on Max as of 11/26 (Availability of titles subject to change) 

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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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