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  • One of the godfathers of movie podcasts, Paul Scheer launched How Did This Get Made? fifteen years ago. His love of movies started as a kid on Long Island working at a Blockbuster Video. Through his talent for improv comedy, he ended up writing, directing and performing in some of the funniest shows ever put on TV. Paul details his rollercoaster career, his extremely awkward celebrity encounters, and how movies were often an escape from his difficult childhood. In the Super 8, Paul tells Ben how he once lined up at 6:00 AM... just to watch a trailer.

    Films Mentioned :

    Ordinary People

    The Milagro Beanfield War

    Dollars

    Heaven Can Wait

    Shampoo

    The Elephant Man

    The Avengers

    Iron Man 3

    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

    Meet Joe Black

    The Cable Guy*

    Galaxy Quest

    Twilight

    Psycho 4: A New Beginning

    Ghost

    Phantasm

    Flowers in the Attic

    Young Frankenstein

    Blazing Saddles

    Happy Gilmore

    Back to the Future

    Groundhog Day

    Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    Grosse Pointe Blank

    Midnight Run

    Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.

    *Available on Max as of 2/04 (Availability of titles subject to change)


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  • Pamela Adlon landed her first movie role when she was sixteen, and then twenty years later, she won an Emmy... for playing a teenage boy. Her thirteen seasons as Bobby Hill on King of the Hill made her a world-famous voice actor, but she's equally renowned for creating and starring in Better Things. Pam is also a director – her first feature, Babes, came out last year – and she sits down with Ben Mankiewicz to discuss her deep love of movies, which includes everything from musicals to the films of John Cassavetes.

    Films Mentioned:

    Grease 2

    Babes

    Biosphere

    Creep

    The Animatrix

    Anora

    Deadwood*

    Porky's

    Love Streams

    Fame

    Bugsy Malone

    The Wiz

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    The Shining

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    The Guns of Navarone

    Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

    Mamma Mia!*

    My Old Ass

    Schindler's List

    The Notebook

    Terms of Endearment

    Coming Home

    The Birdcage*

    Merrie Melodies - Rabbit Hood

    *Available on Max as of 1/28 (Availability of titles subject to change)
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  • 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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  • 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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