Talking Pictures

Hi, hello, everyone - our lives had us occupied but we could finally assemble to record another episode.

Dhruv and Soumya join us for this episode where we each discuss a favourite film from the past year. This is the first episode of a few of these (we hope to record and upload those soon) because 2023 was a great year for films and we loved many movies (we haven't even seen all the movies we wanted to).

We are back after a delay to discuss BARBENHEIMER - the phenomenon and the films, with two friends - Oppenheimer-rewatch record setter Shaswata and Dhruv from The Queen is Dead podcast.

On this episode of Talking Pictures, we talk about one of our favourite genre of movies - the film-noir! We discuss our love for noir films and the perpetual relevance and pull of noirs due to their ambiguous characters and intriguing features.

We recommend/talk about some of our favourites -

Arijit's films - Sunset Boulevard (dir. Billy Wilder), Se7en (dir. David Fincher), and The Wild Goose Lake (dir. Diao Yinan)

Tuhin's films - Ace in the Hole (dir. Billy Wilder), In a Lonely Place (dir. Nicholas Ray), and Drive (dir. Nicholas Winding Refn)

Let us know your favourite noir movies!

PS - We had some audio issues while recording so the audio might be choppy at times. Apologies in advance.

We present a new recurring series called Auteur Hour where we will talk about some of our favourite filmmakers and their films.

The series begins with the one and the only, Wes Anderson, who recently turned 54 and has two films due to release this year.

We talk about what draws us to his films and his style, his aesthetic, our favourite films of his as well as what we thought of Asteroid City from all that we know about it so far.

Let us know your favourite Wes Anderson film in the poll!!

We discuss the newly announced lineup of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

We talk about the importance of the Cannes Film Festival to us as film-lovers, and the films we are most looking forward to from this year, including new films by Martin Scorsese, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Wes Anderson, Jonathan Glazer and many more.

What is your most anticipated movie(s) from the line up? Let us know!

Please share the podcast with someone who you think might like it.

On the second episode of our podcast, we discuss some of our favourite films from 2022 - Tár(Todd Field), Decision to Leave (Park Chan-wook) and two films from the "Eat-the-Rich" subgenre - The Menu (Mark Mylod) and Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Ostlund). We talk about what we liked about the film and their relevance.

What are your favourite film(s) from 2022, and why?

Tuhin's Favourite Films of 2022 on Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/lbmvi

Hello everyone!
Welcome to Talking Pictures, our new podcast where we talk about moving (and talking) pictures.
In our very first episode, Arijit and Tuhin talk about how the idea for the podcast came by, and about films that pay tribute to the love for movies and filmmaking, with a special focus on Damien Chazelle's new film, Babylon.