From Turner Classic Movies and Max, Talking Pictures is a podcast about movies, memories, and all the life that happens in between. Join host Ben Mankiewicz as ...
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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Margot Robbie
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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Bridget Everett
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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Bill Murray
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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Coming Soon: Season 2 Talking Pictures
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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From Turner Classic Movies and Max, Talking Pictures is a podcast about movies, memories, and all the life that happens in between. Join host Ben Mankiewicz as he sits down with some of Hollywood’s most influential actors and filmmakers to discuss the movies that inspired them, touched them, and made them laugh. They swap stories, jokes, surprising moments, and endless movie recommendations then watch some of those very same films on the streaming service Max.
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