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It's a crowd pleaser that didn't find a crowd Dear Listener. In this episode Gareth raves about Song Song Blue while Jett tries not to have a heart attack. Will you like it? Should you see it? Only one way to find out, listen and enjoy, you Sweet Caroline you. Subscribe on Patreon Apple - The Film Talk Spotify - The Film Talk Facebook.com/TheFilmTalk To contact Jett and Gareth go to: [email protected]

Travel back with us to a simpler time Dear Listeners, 2009. What would you tell your 2009 self about who you are now, about the times we live in? We give you this chance today, listen in and yell at our naive selves in Episode 85, as we talk about the films DISTRICT 9 and AVATAR as well as muse about the movies with David Chen and Devindra Hardawar of the Slasfilmcast, (The Filmcast).

Is the film exhilarating yet empty? And are we taking about MARTY SUPREME or EEPHUS Dear Listener? Let's find out together. Subscribe on Patreon Apple - The Film Talk Spotify - The Film Talk Facebook.com/TheFilmTalk To contact Jett and Gareth go to: [email protected]

It's the end of the year folks, so time for lists! Here's Jett and Gareth's Top 10 films of 2025. Gareth: BLUE MOON, A LITTLE PRAYER, KÖLN 75, THE HISTORY OF SOUND, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, SINNERS, SORRY BABY, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN and TRAIN DREAMS. Jett: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, PLURIBUS, THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, RIEFENSTAHL, 28 YEARS LATER, SORRY BABY, BUGONIA, TRAIN DREAMS, SINNERS and ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Subscribe on Patreon Apple - The Film Talk Spotify - The Film Talk Facebook.com/TheFilmTalk To contact Jett and Gareth go to: [email protected]

It's The Film Talk's most divisive picture of the year Dear Listener. Higgins and Loe: one saw Avatar: Fire and Ash in IMAX 3D and one didn't. Will they ever be able to reconcile their opinions, thoughts and feelings? Let's listen in and find out. Subscribe on Patreon Apple - The Film Talk Spotify - The Film Talk Facebook.com/TheFilmTalk To contact Jett and Gareth go to: [email protected]

With James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash coming out this week we felt it was only fitting to dig deep into the TFT Archives to re-release Episode 105, our thoughts about the first Avatar including conversations about the picture with film critics Glenn Kenny and Armond White. Hope you enjoy, (and please forgive the sound quality...2009 was a thousand years ago Dear Listener).

His movies radiated kindness and empathy no matter the subject matter Dear Listener. We talk about the late Rob Reiner in this episode as well as discussing two of the most beautiful, insightful and sad films of the year, Train Dreams and Sorry, Baby. Subscribe on Patreon Apple - The Film Talk Spotify - The Film Talk Facebook.com/TheFilmTalk To contact Jett and Gareth go to: [email protected]

What makes this version of Frankenstein, (there's been at least 400 others), necessary Dear Listener? Other than the director's obsessive need to get it to the screen - and is that enough? Subscribe on Patreon Apple - The Film Talk Spotify - The Film Talk Facebook.com/TheFilmTalk To contact Jett and Gareth go to: [email protected]

Bugonia is at the pinnacle of its genre Jett Loe believes, but to say what that genre is would be to spoil a stunning aspect of the picture. With that in mind Jett asks that you listen to this short episode only after watching the film. Subscribe on Patreon Apple - The Film Talk Spotify - The Film Talk Facebook.com/TheFilmTalk To contact Jett and Gareth go to: [email protected]

A House of Dynamite is a movie designed to generate dread, but do we need something else right now, a picture that points to solutions instead? This question is asked in today's episode as Gareth Higgins and Jett Loe discuss the current political situation in the U.S., A House of Dynamite as a lament and wonder what to do if a train is heading towards us at full speed. Spoilers for Contagion, The Day After, Fail Safe, Dr. Strangelove, Source Code and Conclave. Subscribe on Patreon Apple - The Film Talk Spotify - The Film Talk Facebook.com/TheFilmTalk To contact Jett and Gareth go to: [email protected] Or leave a voicemail message at: Speakpipe.com/TheFilmTalk  

With the recent release of Disney’s third installment of the Tron “franchise”, Tron: Ares, (and since we just published our thoughts on it in a previous episode), we thought, why not folks, let’s go all the way back to the Year 2010, and unearth TFT Episode 156, where we discuss the second installment of the series, Tron: Legacy, (as well as examine the Coen Brothers True Grit and the films of the year). We hope you enjoy.

Be yourself, that's what Diane Keaton did folks. In this episode the work of Keaton is discussed, and there's also some rumination on the previously unknown THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE / TRON connection. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Subscribe on Patreon Apple - The Film Talk Spotify - The Film Talk Facebook.com/TheFilmTalk To contact Jett and Gareth go to: [email protected] Or leave a voicemail message at: Speakpipe.com/TheFilmTalk

Jett and Gareth wax rhapsodically over the late “Countess” Claudia Cardinale, just-passed actor and activist Robert Redford and U.S. late-night talk show show host Jimmy Kimmel. Enjoy.

It's one of the all time greats folks, at least that's what Jett believes. As for Gareth? Even though he found the viewing of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER unpleasant, he just might agree. Subscribe on Patreon Apple - The Film Talk Spotify - The Film Talk Facebook.com/TheFilmTalk To contact Jett and Gareth go to: [email protected] Or leave a voicemail message at: Speakpipe.com/TheFilmTalk To see on Threads what Jett is getting up to: Threads.net/@jett_loe

As Gareth says in this show, WEAPONS is "a lament that absolutely earns its right to call itself a true story". It's the film of our age friends; we hope you enjoy this episode and our slight tribute to the wonderful actor Terence Stamp who's just passed. Subscribe on Patreon Apple - The Film Talk Spotify - The Film Talk Facebook.com/TheFilmTalk To contact Jett and Gareth go to: [email protected] Or leave a voicemail message at: Speakpipe.com/TheFilmTalk To see on Threads what Jett is getting up to: Threads.net/@jett_loe