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This week, Clarisse talks to WICKER directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson about weaving a perfect sexual fantasy (04:04) while we review the film (04:04) alongside Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s new documentary NAZA (35:13).  Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (52:24) picks are KLARA AND THE SUN and PRIMETIME.  Plus, in our HOT TAKE (56:04), with the Brit-laden cast of CLAYFACE, we ask: are too many American roles going to British actors?  If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book here Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠ Read Hanna's Wicker article

This week, Hanna talks to Merritt Wever about her role in PRIMETIME (01:32), while we review the movie of the moment, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s DIGGER (19:12 start, spoilers between 33:39 and 38:12), alongside Aaron Sorkin’s THE SOCIAL RECKONING (39:07). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (56:46), with the release of Zoe Kazan’s EAST OF EDEN, we ask whether the villainous women of literature are being sanitised. Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (53:37) picks are CELEBRITY TRAITORS and BELLS ARE RINGING. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book here Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference! The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠. Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, Clarisse sits down with director Nicolas Winding Refn to dissect his beautiful nightmare, HER PRIVATE HELL (04:59), while we review Zach Cregger’s video game adaptation RESIDENT EVIL (25:04) and the adaptation of Star Wars fanfic-turned-rom-com bestseller THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS (38:05).  Plus, in our HOT TAKE (58:17), we ask: why is the next wave of period dramas so white? Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE picks are HOPE and EXTRA GEOGRAPHY (54:45) If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book here Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference!  The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.  Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, we salt our margarita rims for PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 (05:18), get stoic up North with THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD (26:39) and buddy up for Cold War comedy MAYDAY (41:01).  Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:00:04), we ask: should we judge a movie by its trailer? Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE picks (56:35) are IN THE GREY and THE GENTLEMEN SEASON TWO. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book here Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference!  The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.  Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, we get a sexual education with Jane Schoenbrun’s surrealist meta-slasher TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA (03:59) and Gregg Araki’s BDSM comedy I WANT YOUR SEX (24:20), while we go to court with the movie Warner Bros. tried to kill, COYOTE VS. ACME (44:34).  Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (56:27) picks are THE DOG STARS and STOP! THAT! TRAIN! Plus, in our HOT TAKE (59:57), is ALI G a racist stereotype to be left in the past?  If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book here Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference!  The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.  Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, we check out Anthony Bourdain biopic TONY (05:14), enter a high society world of absurdity in LADY (22:02) and grapple with identity in BOUCHRA (34:21). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (50:36), with the arrival of THE END OF OAK STREET we ask: is the disaster movie back? Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (47:01) picks are PRESIDENT CURTIS and OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book here Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference!  The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.  Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, we swing back into the world of Tom Holland's friendly neighbourhood spider with the release of SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (04:04) and take a look at Imran Perretta's feature debut ISH (34:43). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (49:23), we delve into the big reveals in HALL H at San Diego Comic Con.  Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (52:45) picks are THE VAMPIRE LESTAT and THE ORESTEIA If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book here Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference!  The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.  Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, Hanna speaks to Himesh Patel and John Leguizamo about their roles in the movie of the summer, Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY (08:00), while we review his take on the Homeric epic (21:51) alongside Sébastien Vaniček’s all-out Deadite horror EVIL DEAD BURN (53:08).  Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:09:33), we talk full spoilers so we can go even deeper into Nolan’s vision for THE ODYSSEY.  Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (01: 05: 30) picks are READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME and X-MEN ‘97.  If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book here Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference!  The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.  Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, Hanna speaks to J. K. Simmons and Tom Brittney about their new Hell's Kitchen crime drama THE WESTIES (02:42), while we review THE INVITE (14:39) and ROSEBUSH PRUNING (27:18).  Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (39:07) picks are NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE and SHOOT THE PEOPLE. Plus, in our HOT TAKE (41:52), in light of MOANA, should Disney declare a moratorium on live-action remakes?  If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book here Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference!  The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.  Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, Clarisse sits down with director Pierre Coffin, co-creator and voice of the Minions, to chat MINIONS & MONSTERS (03:01). And we review TOY STORY 5 (22:54) and Sophy Romvari’s semi-autobiographical feature debut BLUE HERON (37:35).  Plus, in our HOT TAKE (52:21), we talk SUPERGIRL, asking the question: has DC done right by its female characters?  And in WAIT JUST A MINUTE.... we give our 60-second verdicts on THE LAST VIKING and A PRIVATE LIFE. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book here Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference!  The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.  Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, we review MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (04:20), the rebooquel SCARY MOVIE (23:52) and Steven Spielberg's latest alien encounter DISCLOSURE DAY (41:31). Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE picks (01:00:39) this week are Sara Dosa's TIME AND WATER and the Apple TV+ series CAPE FEAR. Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:03:15), with the release of OFFICE ROMANCE, we decide if Jennifer Lopez is the ultimate rom-com queen. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book here Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference!  The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.

This week, Hanna chats with Jeremy O. Harris about his new film with Peter Ohs, ERUPCJA (06:39), while we review Star Wars' first big-screen film in seven years, THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU (28:37), and Alicia MacDonald's British rom-com FINDING EMILY (42:58). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (59:29), with Kane Parsons' BACKROOMS hitting cinemas, we look at the YouTubers-turned-filmmakers who are dominating the box office. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson book⁠ ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference! The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.

This week, we review dating horror OBSESSION (8:53) and Steven Soderbergh's artworld dramedy THE CHRISTOPHERS (25:07). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (46:13), we discuss Demi Moore and Peter Jackson’s defence of AI.  If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson book⁠ ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference!  The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.

This week, we review Sophie Hyde's JIMPA (11:06), Netflix's REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES (28:30) and THE SHEEP DETECTIVES (43:51) led by Hugh Jackman. Plus, in our HOT TAKE (54:34), we share our first impressions of The Odyssey trailer.  If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson book⁠ ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram, Blue Sky and Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/fadetoblackpodcast/ Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference!  The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. AMON:⁠ ⁠@Amonwarmann ⁠⁠ CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠. We are a Stripped Media podcast.

This week, Clarisse speaks to director David Lowery about bringing the Gothic to MOTHER MARY (13:53). And a sequel? For spring? Groundbreaking… we review THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 (30:49) and Damian McCarthy’s Irish horror HOKUM (51:46).  Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:03:12), we ask: has the cinema become *too* much of a social occasion?  If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠ Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson book⁠ ⁠here⁠⁠ Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram, Blue Sky and Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/fadetoblackpodcast/ Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference!  The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network. AMON:⁠ ⁠@Amonwarmann ⁠⁠ CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠ HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠ Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠. We are a Stripped Media podcast.