Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, talk through the craziest year for cinema yet - the rollercoaster that was 2020.What was cinema like before March? Did Disney+ signal the beginning of a new era for distribution? How did Tenet fare? And how does the Warner Bros decision effect 2021 and the unpredictable year to come? We ask these questions and many more.Plus! We count down our five favourite films we did manage to see from 2020.Host / Editor:Tony BlackCo-HostCarl SweeneyYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures Film Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motionpicturesfilmclubTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

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22. The Cinematic Story of 2020

Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Carl Sweeney & Tony Black, this week celebrate the release of David Fincher's chronicle of 1930s Hollywood, MANK, by discussing the cinematic auteur, in a special crossover episode with The Movie Palace Podcast.What is auteur theory? How does it relate to Fincher and Orson Welles, who directed the key film central to Mank, CITIZEN KANE? And who else can be classified under this unique moniker?Host / Editor:Carl SweeneyCo-HostTony BlackYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures Film Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motionpicturesfilmclubTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

21. Fincher, Welles & the Auteur (Mank)

Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Carl Sweeney & Tony Black, joined by special guest, author & fellow X-Cast podcaster Sarah Blair, are talking royalty with the return of prestige Netflix series THE CROWN.They discuss the series in the context of films about royalty, such as Stephen Frears' THE QUEEN, and how The Crown is crossing the bridge between television and cinema...Host:Carl SweeneyCo-Host / Editor:Tony BlackGuest:Sarah BlairYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures Film Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motionpicturesfilmclubTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

20. Cinematic Royalty (The Queen & The Crown)

Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, take a break from their traditional format to lament the passing of the late, great, Sir Sean Connery, who recently passed away at the age of 90.We discuss his career at large, talking through the eras he was on screen from James Bond through to Allan Quatermain, and what made him such a powerful, immortal screen icon...Host / Editor:Tony BlackCo-Host:Carl SweeneyTony on Sean Connery: https://culturalconversation.co.uk/2020/11/01/nobody-did-it-better-losing-sean-connery/You can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures Film Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motionpicturesfilmclubTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

19. A Tribute to Sir Sean Connery

Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Carl Sweeney & Tony Black, in a special crossover event with THE MOVIE PALACE podcast, focus in on Daphne du Maurier's legendary Gothic melodrama REBECCA.We focus on Ben Wheatley's brand new adaptation, drawing comparisons and differences with Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1940 version, and discuss the new film's ins & outs. Does it do the novel justice, or Hitchcock's film? Does it track with Wheatley's previous output? And who, exactly, is this new version for?Plus! We share our thoughts on BORAT: SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM after the last episode, and discuss the intriguing possibility of NO TIME TO DIE premiering on a streaming service...Host / Editor:Carl SweeneyCo-Host:Tony BlackYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures Film Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motionpicturesfilmclubTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

18. Hitchcock & Wheatley (Rebecca)

Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Carl Sweeney & Tony Black, in this episode are discussing comedy on the eve of the release of BORAT: SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM.We go back to 2006 to examine BORAT, the first movie from Sacha Baron Cohen featuring his Kazakh creation, as we try and get to the nub of Cohen's fearless mirth making. What is his comedy saying? Why is he saying it? And will he be able to repeat the trick?Plus! We catch up a little on the events in the Covid-cinema world after our previous episode...Host:Carl SweeneyCo-Host / EditorTony BlackYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures Film Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motionpicturesfilmclubTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

17. The Reality of Comedy (Borat)

Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Carl Sweeney & Tony Black, in this episode respond to the recent seismic changes in the global cinema industry, chiefly the closure of over 500 Cineworld/Regal cinemas across the UK & the US.We discuss how the delay of 007 film No Time to Die precipitated a change which some are decrying as 'the death of cinema', the knock on effect this will or might have going forward, and what the industry might look like on the other side of Covid-19...Host / Editor:Carl SweeneyCo-HostTony BlackYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures Film Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motionpicturesfilmclubTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodTony on the Cineworld closure: https://ajblackwriter.com/2020/10/05/new-article-there-is-only-one-bad-actor-in-cineworlds-closure-for-brwc/We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

16. Cineworld and the 'Death' of Cinema (The State of the Cinematic Nation III)

Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, in this episode look at the recent Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, as part of a broader discussion about social media in our lives.The film is an expose on the practices of Facebook, Twitter, Google and Big Tech in general which has raised some eyebrows amongst audiences.But the question we’re wondering is whether or not what the documentary espouses, about the power of algorithms on our lives and the attempts to transform humans into economic output for multi billion dollar conglomerates, is anything new. Has cinema been warning us about this ever since David Fincher’s The Social Network, a decade old as of recording, told the story of Facebook’s creation? Do we all have blinkers on about the online world?Host / Editor:Tony BlackCo-HostCarl SweeneyYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures Film Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motionpicturesfilmclubTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodTony on The Social Dilemma: https://ajblackwriter.com/2020/09/17/the-social-dilemma-is-everyones-dilemma-whether-we-know-it-or-not/We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

15. Social Media & the Discourse (The Social Dilemma)

Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Carl Sweeney & Tony Black, are today focusing on the 'Legacyquel', the idea proposed by Matt Singer in 2015 of what to call sequels which arrive years, sometimes decades, later - such as the recently released Bill and Ted Face the Music.They look at many films which qualify for this bracket, including Star Wars, Star Trek and Terminator sequels, and wonder quite what their prevalence means for modern mainstream cinema...Plus! They discuss recent (as of September 2020) happenings in the Covid-era for cinema releases.Host / Editor:Carl SweeneyCo-HostTony BlackYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures Film Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motionpicturesfilmclubTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodMatt Singer's Legacyquel piece: https://screencrush.com/the-age-of-legacyquels/Tony on Legacyquels: https://ajblackwriter.com/2020/09/23/bill-ted-the-dark-fate-of-the-legacyquel/Tony on Bill and Ted Face the Music: https://ajblackwriter.com/2020/09/03/film-review-bill-ted-face-the-music/We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

14. Legacyquels (Bill and Ted Face the Music)

Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, in a break from our scheduled programming, discuss the life and career of the late Chadwick Boseman, who passed away from colon cancer at 43 in late August.They look at some of the films that turned him from TV player into leading man--films such as 42, Get On Up, Marshall etc...-and trace his journey to Black Panther and the role of T'Challa, King of Wakanda in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and how he might have made a mark on black cinema & black Hollywood for a long time to come...Host / Editor:Tony BlackCo-HostCarl SweeneyYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures PodcastTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodTony on Chadwick Boseman: https://ajblackwriter.com/2020/08/31/chadwick-boseman-and-the-mourning-of-personal-icons/We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

13. A Tribute to Chadwick Boseman

Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Carl Sweeney & Tony Black, as they prepare for the return of 007 himself, James Bond, in the upcoming NO TIME TO DIE, this week choose to return to his last outing, 2015's SPECTRE.Following the enormous critical and box office success of SKYFALL in 2012, Spectre was maligned by some critics (and loved by others) and received a mixed response from fans which has persisted over the last half a decade.We look at why this might be, deconstructing particular criticisms about Spectre - from retconned narrative to poor character work - and analyse whether the film deserves reap-recitation with some distance, and quite how the film should now be contextualised within the Bond canon.Host / Editor:Carl SweeneyCo-HostTony BlackYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures PodcastTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodTony on Spectre: https://ajblackwriter.com/2020/08/28/spectre-suggests-james-bonds-team-ethic-future/Peter Suderman deconstructs the issues: https://www.vox.com/2015/11/6/9678580/spectre-james-bond-reviewWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

12. James Bond & Spectre - Five Years On

Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, on the eve of Christopher Nolan's TENET arriving in cinemas, discuss one of the lesser remembered films in his canon - 2002's INSOMNIA.Starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams as a troubled cop and serial killer respectively, Nolan's second feature is an interesting film - it has aspects of his technique and style but remains definitively unique as the only studio film he didn't create from the ground up.Where does it sit in the Nolan canon? Is it an important film in the development of one of cinema's most divisive auteurs? And how did Nolan evolve beyond Insomnia over the two decades to the point Tenet is upon us?Host / Editor:Tony BlackCo-HostCarl SweeneyYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures PodcastTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodTony on Christopher Nolan: https://ajblackwriter.com/2020/08/18/christopher-nolan-has-his-own-pledge-turn-and-prestige/Matt Singer on the Nolan ranking: https://screencrush.com/every-christopher-nolan-movie-ranked-from-worst-to-best/We Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

11. Insomnia & the Evolution of Christopher Nolan

Welcome to the latest episode of the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your regular hosts, Carl Sweeney & Tony Black, are back to discuss one of the biggest critical success stories of 2019 - ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD.A year on from the release of Quentin Tarantino's laconic epic, portraying the sunset of the 1960's through the life and times of fictional and non-fictional Hollywood residents, we re-examine the place of Tarantino's much-loved hit.How does it fare after a year of huge social and cultural change following the Covid-19 pandemic? Are the various controversies in the film, covering racism and sexism amongst others, still valid? And does the film capture the sense of change in 2019 in the manner it portrays such change in 1969?Host / Editor:Carl SweeneyCo-HostTony BlackYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures PodcastTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodTony on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: https://ajblackwriter.com/2019/08/16/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-tarantinos-goodbye-to-all-that/Emily van der Werff on the film's controversies: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/15/20759084/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-controversy-bruce-lee-sharon-tate-women-explained-tarantinoWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispodwemadethispod.com

10. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - One Year On

Welcome back to the MOTION PICTURES podcast...Your hosts, Tony Black and Carl Sweeney, return for a shorter addendum episode following their previous examination of the state of cinema in 2020.They look at the recent AMC/Universal window that has shortened distribution windows, look at the effect of legally wearing a mask in the cinema in the UK, and discuss the recent news about Mulan being released in September on Disney+ for an additional fee.EDITOR'S NOTE: since recording this episode, Cineworld have since released information stating that patrons will need to wear masks on the premises, but can remove them to eat food and drink.Host / EditorTony BlackCo-HostCarl Sweeney00:00-3:16 - Intro3:17-14:51 - The Universal/AMC Distribution Deal14:52-19:29 - Compulsory Masks and Will You Wear One?19:30-38:54 - Mulan, Disney+ & Will You Pay For It?38:55 - OutroYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures PodcastTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod / www.wemadethispod.comTitle music 'Car Songs' (c) Epocha via Epidemic Sound

9. Mulan, Masks & Distribution (The State of the Cinematic Nation II)

Welcome back to the MOTION PICTURES podcast.Your hosts, Tony Black and Carl Sweeney, return after a sizeable hiatus to discuss 2020 so far, and how the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted and changed the cinematic landscape.How has this affected cinema, beyond the obvious closures? What changes do we imagine might stick thanks to Covid? And what do we expect the landscape to look like as we enter this decade?EDITOR'S NOTE: since recording this episode, AMC & Universal struck a deal which immediately dates some of what we discuss on this podcast. How very dare they. More details here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amc-theatres-universal-collapsing-theatrical-window-17-days-unprecedented-pact-1304759Host / EditorTony BlackCo-HostCarl Sweeney0:00-4:21 - Intro4:22-17:31 - Lockdown Watching Habits17:32-30:02 - Non-Cinema Premieres30:03-36:17- Distribution Battles36:18-45:48 - Will the Cinema venue survive?45:49-56:31 - Is It Safe?56:32-01:14:20 - Problematic Cinema01:14:21-01:32:20 - Tenet, Bond & Where Does This All Go?01:32:21 - OutroYou can find us on social media so please join in the conversation:FACEBOOK: Motion Pictures PodcastTWITTER: @MotionPicsPodWe Made This on Twitter: @wemadethispod / www.wemadethispod.comTitle music 'Car Songs' (c) Epocha via Epidemic Sound

8. 20/20 Vision (The State of the Cinematic Nation)

A podcast all about cinema from Tony Black (of The X-Cast) and Carl Sweeney (of The Movie Palace).Motion Pictures is a relaxed, informal show all about film in which Tony & Carl talk about movies, new and old, and try to find a unique topic to discuss around a new release, while also throwing in special episodes along the way.Join us on the We Made This podcast network...

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