Talking Pictures

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1. Ron Howard

   2 juli 2026 · 1 uur 8 min

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   Oscar-winning director Ron Howard tells host Ben Mankiewicz that he feared being “branded” a supernatural comedy director following the success of “Splash” and “Cocoon.” After tapping guidance from his “Happy Days” boss, Garry Marshall, and insight from Frank Capra’s biography, Howard set forth to explore the medium of film in all its genres as a director. He tells Ben about being mesmerized by “Bonnie and Clyde” and “The Graduate” and learning how to work with stars when acting in “The Shootist” with John Wayne directed by Don Siegel. Ron Howard’s Super 8 answers run the gamut from nods to “Project Hail Mary.” and “Eastern Promises,” to “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and “Blazing Saddles.” Lees meer

   Films Mentioned:

   Night Shift

   Splash

   Cocoon

   Grand Theft Auto

   It Happened One Night

   Brian’s Song

   Boys in the Band

   The Wild Bunch

   The Graduate

   Bonnie and Clyde

   White Heat

   The Shootist

   Charley Varrick

   Skyward

   Eden

   The Paper

   The Missing

   Backdraft

   Frontier Woman

   The Journey

   Around the World in 80 Days

   One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

   It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

   Project Hail Mary

   Eastern Promises

   Unforgiven

   A Face in the Crowd

   Gone with the Wind

   Matilda

   High Noon

   Arrival

   Something About Mary

   Terms of Endearment

   As Good as it Gets

   Young Frankenstein

   Blazing Saddles

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2. Tony Goldwyn

   25 juni 2026 · 1 uur 3 min

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   Actor-Director Tony Goldwyn talks with host Ben Mankiewicz about breaking into Hollywood where his family roots run deep and the Goldwyn name looms large. Tony looks back on the ups and downs of his acting career from Ghost to One Battle After Another and explains that directing became a way to get some control in a largely unpredictable business. He also admits that he nearly passed on Scandal– a role that revitalized his career. In the Super 8, he shares his most memorable movie watching experience: being absolutely terrified by The Exorcist. Lees meer

   Films Mentioned:

   Ghost

   Ezra

   One Battle After Another

   Dodsworth

   Saturday Night Fever

   Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

   Gaby: A True Story

   Blood Simple

   A Walk On The Moon

   Someone Like You

   Conviction

   The Exorcist

   The Godfather Part II

   Howard’s End

   The Maltese Falcon

   The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

   The Best Years of Our Lives

   The Madness of King George

   When Harry Met Sally

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3. Hiro Murai

   18 juni 2026 · 58 min

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   Director/Producer Hiro Murai whose new show is Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay,” joins host Ben Mankiewicz. They discuss why he and Donald Glover collaborate so well and how their initial approach to making “Atlanta” was unsustainable. Murai and Ben debate the value of surrealism in art and Murai reveals that he once pitched himself to direct a Beyonce video but completely understands why he didn’t get the gig. His answers to the Super 8 span Japanese films like Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro” and Takeshi Kitano’s “Sonatine” to the Albert Brooks comedy “Modern Romance” and Kubrick’s “The Shining.” Lees meer

   Films Mentioned:

   Rosemary’s Baby

   Eraserhead

   Cool Runnings

   The Shining

   Terminator 2: Judgement Day AKA T2

   Elevator To The Gallows

   Boogie Nights

   No Country For Old Men

   Jurassic Park

   Modern Romance

   La Chimera

   2001: A Space Odyssey

   Ran

   My Neighbor Totoro

   Tampopo

   The Sound of Music

   Reds

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4. Sally Field

   11 juni 2026 · 1 uur 7 min

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   Oscar-winning actress Sally Field gets real with Ben Mankiewicz. Drawing on her memoir In Pieces, she discusses her fraught relationship with ex-boyfriend/Smokey and the Bandit co-star Burt Reynolds and his similarity to her abusive step-father. During The Flying Nun she was introduced to the Actors Studio where she transformed from a sitcom actress Hollywood had written off into someone who could fight for Norma Rae, fight Spielberg twice for Lincoln, and win both battles. In the Super 8 she praises the work of Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and reveals she rarely cries at movies. Lees meer

   Films Mentioned:

   Remarkably Bright Creatures

   Smokey and the Bandit

   Sybil

   Norma Rae

   The Way West

   Places in the Heart

   Lincoln

   Gone with the Wind

   Them!

   The Searchers

   One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

   Charade

   Steamboat Bill, Jr.

   The Enchanted Cottage

   A Letter to Three Wives

   Hooper

   Absence of Malice

   Steel Magnolias

   Forrest Gump

   Hud

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5. Susan Sarandon

   4 juni 2026 · 1 uur 4 min

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   Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon joins Ben Mankiewicz to share unvarnished stories of a life in films– from making Rocky Horror Picture Show, Bull Durham, Witches of Eastwick, and Pretty Baby to navigating the cynical world of showbiz. She argues that every film is political– either challenging the status quo or enforcing it– and reveals her input into the iconic ending of Thelma & Louise which turns 35 this year. Lees meer

   Films Mentioned:

   The Nutty Professor

   The Accompanist

   Dead Man Walking

   Joe

   Atlantic City

   Pretty Baby

   Rocky Horror Picture Show

   Witches of Eastwick

   Bull Durham

   Sirat

   Afterlife

   Grapes of Wrath

   Lord of the Rings

   Bambi

   Waiting for Guffman

   Best in Show

   Thelma & Louise

   Being There

   Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

   The Front Page, 1974

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6. Rosie Perez

   28 mei 2026 · 1 uur 2 min

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   Oscar-nominated actress Rosie Perez sits down with host Ben Mankiewicz to discuss the films that shaped her career—Do the Right Thing and Fearless—as well as early favorites like Saturday Night Fever and Double Indemnity. She reflects on building a career in an industry that didn’t readily accept her for who she is, and speaks candidly about being raised in a strict Catholic home for girls. In the Super 8 segment, she tells Ben about an amazing boxing story she’d love to see on the big screen. Lees meer

   Films Mentioned

   The Way We Were

   Do The Right Thing

   Fearless

   Criminal Justice

   The Bells of St. Mary's

   The Little Princess (Shirley Temple version), 1939

   Old Yeller

   Rosemary's Baby

   Saturday Night Fever

   Double Indemnity

   Cool Hand Luke

   Some Like It Hot

   Detour

   Young Frankenstein

   Stormy Weather

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7. Patton Oswalt

   21 mei 2026 · 1 uur 2 min

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   Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt joins host Ben Mankiewicz for a live taping of Talking Pictures recorded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on the eve of the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival. An obsessive movie fan, Patton sees hundreds of films a year; he hates talkers in theaters but loves when going to a movie turns into a bonding experience with strangers. From his acting career, he tells stories of being suspended in a tree on the set of “Magnolia” and doing a sex scene with Charlize Theron in “Young Adult.” In the Super 8, Oswalt shares films you’ll want to remember and see the first chance you get. Lees meer

   Films Mentioned:

   Young Adult

   Ratatouille

   The D.I.

   Halloween

   Magnolia

   Hard Eight

   Young Adult

   Stalag 17

   The Great Escape

   Yojimbo

   Bad News Bears, 1976

   Casablanca

   Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

   Return of the Living Dead

   Three Kings

   Gates of Heaven

   Bachelor Party

   Baby Driver

   After Life

   The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

   Planet of The Apes

   Wait Until Dark

   Man With No Name

   A Catered Affair

   The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming

   Sergeant York

   The Taking of Pelham 123

   Female Trouble

   Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

   The Twelve Chairs

   Blazing Saddles

   Ikiru

   Kingpin

   Quick Change

   Pig

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8. Edgar Wright

   14 mei 2026 · 1 uur

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   Talking Pictures is back with ardent movie fan and beloved filmmaker Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead and The Running Man). He talks with host Ben Mankiewicz about living in Quentin Tarantino’s guesthouse, action movie montages, and being mesmerized by Sidney Poitier at the TCM Classic Film Festival. To Ben’s surprise, Wright christens Ben’s home studio with a perfect classic film moniker. Lees meer

   Films mentioned:

   Raiders of the Lost Ark

   Shaun of the Dead

   Baby Driver

   The Running Man

   Hot Fuzz

   The World’s End

   Star Wars: Episode IV:

   Close Encounters of the Third Kind

   Star Trek: The Motion Picture

   Watership Down

   The Lord of The Rings (1978 animated film)

   Popeye

   Evil Dead and Evil Dead II

   El Mariachi

   Reservoir Dogs

   Bad Taste

   Rumble In The Bronx

   Something About Mary

   Silence of the Lambs

   In the Heat of the Night

   Raising Arizona

   Goodfellas

   Pink Panther films

   Hellraiser

   The Wages of Fear

   Sorcerer

   Lawrence of Arabia

   E.T.

   Umberto D.

   This Is Spinal Tap

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9. Coming Soon: Talking Pictures

   7 mei 2026 · 1 min

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   Season three of Talking Pictures is back, with a brand new lineup of guests celebrating the movies they love, this time on video. Lees meer

   Host Ben Mankiewicz invites some of the most iconic figures in Hollywood for an intimate conversation at his home studio. Guests like Sally Field, Edgar Wright, and Susan Sarandon open up about the moments that made them, the movies that informed them, and share behind-the-scenes stories that haven’t been told. Of course, every episode ends with the Super 8, where they reveal the movies that make them laugh, cry, and that they can’t forget.

   From TCM and HBO Max, this is Season 3 of Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast, hosted by Ben Mankiewicz.
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10. Joachim Trier

    26 februari 2026 · 55 min

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    Oscar-nominated writer/director Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) talks with Host Ben Mankiewicz about how being raised in a filmmaking family shaped his worldview and his career. Ben and Joachim bond over E.T., Hitchcock's villains, and the enduring humor of Step Brothers. At the end you get a rare peek at a couple of Ben’s prized movie posters. Lees meer

    Films Mentioned:

    Sentimental Value

    The Passion of Joan of Arc (aka La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)

    The Worst Person in the World

    Oslo, August 31st

    Tarzan the Ape Man

    Mon Oncle

    E.T.

    The Hunt (aka The Chasers)

    The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix

    The Champ, 1979 and The Champ, 1931

    F1

    Annie Hall

    Salò

    Solaris

    Notorious

    Amarcord

    Flashdance

    Fame

    Flight of the Eagle

    The Emigrants

    The New Land

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    The Sting

    Slap Shot

    Step Brothers

    One Battle After Another

    Kes

    Harry and Tonto

    Where Eagles Dare

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