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Peter Weir's follow up to Picnic at Hanging Rock - 1978's The Last Wave - deals with similar themes, with colonialism butting against the wild mysticism of Australia's land and people. However, this time...it's WET AS HELL. BenDavid Grabinski - the filmmaker behind the upcoming Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice - joins us to talk about this beguiling film, apocalyptic thinking, Richard Chamberlain's status as the king of TV miniseries, and Tom Shadyac's Dragonfly, weirdly enough. Watch BenDavid's new movie Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice If you're in New York, be sure to go to Sunken Harbor Club or Nitehawk Trivia Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Critical Darlings' biggest morning! After a marathon season, we react to this year's Academy Awards: the winners, losers, presenters, performances, and awkward play-offs. One Battle After Another and Sinners nearly split the ballot with One Battle and Paul Thomas Anderson taking the biggest prizes in Best Director and Best Picture, while Sinners took home Best Actor, Score, Adapted Screenplay, and Cinematography. But for as many questions as the ceremony answered, it raised more: Do Sinners and Amy Madigan's wins signal a shift in how the Academy sees horror? What exactly is the Best Casting Oscar tracking? Are we now doomed to see Timmy eat a raw elk in an Iñárritu film? As part of this special episode, we also check in with Critical Darlings fashion correspondent Ben “The Other Ben” Hosley on this year's Oscars fashion, review the best popcorn buckets of the year with Vulture's Rebecca Alter, and reveal the future of Critical Darlings.  ✨Subscribe to our new feed in your podcast player of choice, and join us next week for Project Hail Mary!✨ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-darlings/id1885681327Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60n6Z9BUUMUR81CQoHbE8bPocket Casts: https://pca.st/1beh8dxuAmazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a3598b5c-6f4a-4819-9457-44082cfea1fc/critical-darlings Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

O ministro André Mendonça, do STF, tomou uma decisão drástica: barrou o acesso de parlamentares aos vídeos íntimos encontrados nos dispositivos de Daniel Vorcaro, o banqueiro preso do Banco Master.O receio é que o vazamento dessas imagens, que supostamente envolvem figuras de peso do Congresso e do Judiciário, cause um colapso institucional.Meio-Dia em Brasília traz as principais notícias e análises da política nacional direto   de Brasília.     Com apresentação de José Inácio Pilar e Wilson Lima, o programa aborda os temas mais quentes do cenário político e econômico do Brasil.     Com um olhar atento sobre política, notícias e economia, mantém o público bem informado.    Transmissão ao vivo de segunda a sexta-feira às 12h no nosso canal do Youtube.  https://www.youtube.com/@OAntagonista   Apoie o jornalismo independente. Assine O Antagonista e Crusoé com 10% via Pix ou Google Pay:  https://assine.oantagonista.com.br/   Siga O Antagonista no X:  https://x.com/o_antagonista   Acompanhe O Antagonista no canal do WhatsApp. Boletins diários, conteúdos exclusivos em vídeo e muito mais.  https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va2SurQHLHQbI5yJN344  Leia mais em www.oantagonista.com.br | www.crusoe.com.br #danielvorcaro #stf #ministros #andremendonça #bancomaster #justiça

On St. Valentine's Day in 1900, a group of podcasters set out to record an episode about Peter Weir's Picnic At Hanging Rock. Some were never to return...because they got addicted to the calming sounds of pan flute! Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun joins us to chat about this 1975 classic of Australian cinema, and we're getting into the eerie qualities that make this film such an enduring mystery. From Rachel Roberts' wig drama to frame rate manipulation...from the Aboriginal concept of "dream time" to the casting of actual private school girls...there's much to unpack. But don't worry, we also spend a lot of time discussing The Grabber from The Black Phone 2. Check out Jane's Dream Film Syllabus Watch the Virgin Suicides Zoom Reunion Read Australian Gothic: Peter Weir's ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock' at 50 by Tim Pelan Check out Jane's Sully Tumblr Pre-Order Jane's Book Public Access Afterworld Pan flute accompaniment composed and performed by Alex Mitchell Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dans ce dossier, Flavien, Kurts, Cyrus et LePionfesseur s'interrogent sur les concepts d'éthique et de morale dans les jeux de société.

What time is it? It's time to study the revolutionary texts with David “Rocketman” Sims! On our last episode before The Oscars, we're talking about One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson's epic about parental legacy, revolutionary identity, and a dad trying to charge his Goddamn phone. But first we reflect on the influx of last-minute Oscar narratives, before getting into One Battle After Another's plot and politics, sidebar on Leonardo DiCaprio's legacy at the Oscars, and finally give our official Critical Darlings Oscar Predictions for Sunday's ceremony. Read more about Richard's predictions at Premiere Party, See you on the other side! Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today in the interrogation chair, it's friend of the show, super short story writer, Mary Thorson, author of A Woman's Guide to True Crime. Ever hear of a top agent seeking out a writer from a short story? That's how Thorson landed Lori Galvin when Galvin sent her a message through her website. Also, find out how Mary went from skipping the line to get into The Writer's Dossier without a completed book to where she is now with this amazing collection of true crime stories from our friends at A Rock and a Hard Place Press. This is one heck of a writer, folks! marythorsoncom.wordpress.com | bsky.app/profile/marythor.bsky.social | thewritersdossier.com | Voice credit: Hillary Huber

Today in the interrogation chair, it's friend of the show, super short story writer, Mary Thorson, author of A Woman's Guide to True Crime. Ever hear of a top agent seeking out a writer from a short story? That's how Thorson landed Lori Galvin when Galvin sent her a message through her website. Also, find out how Mary went from skipping the line to get into The Writer's Dossier without a completed book to where she is now with this amazing collection of true crime stories from our friends at A Rock and a Hard Place Press. This is one heck of a writer, folks! marythorsoncom.wordpress.com | bsky.app/profile/marythor.bsky.social | thewritersdossier.com | Voice credit: Hillary Huber

Bonjour! Erm...we mean...G'day mates! Our Peter Weir series PODNIC AT HANGING CAST kicks off with Weir's 1974 feature debut The Cars That Ate Paris, a film about the guy who plays Napoleon in the Bill & Ted movies getting stranded in a quirky and murderous Australian town. We're getting into the origins of the Australian New Wave, the various "calling card" projects that Weir made in the beginning of his career, and this film's spiky car which Ben has a lot of affection for, obviously. Check out the Steve Martin Cold Open - Saturday Night Live Listen to Griff on Comedy Bang!Bang! Check out Dirty Laundry on Dropout Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ce matin, une intelligence artificielle dévoile un dossier sur notre réalisateur Lucas. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Alex and James cast their eyes outwards from the established Bond casts and try to imagine other actors, actresses, directors and composers in a Bond role. Not just potential other 007s, but Ms, Qs, Moneypennys, villains, and more. For this exercise, we each chose two films and tried to imagine who would be involved with them if they were made in a different time. What would a 1980s Goldfinger look like? A Guy Ritchie-directed Live & Let Die? And, inevitably, a Christopher Nolan Bond film? Listen to our choices, and then have a go yourself: email your reskinned Bond film choices to bondandbeyondpod@gmail.com or comment under this episode's post on our Bond & Beyond Facebook page.

Romain et son meilleur ami Ruben emménagent en mai 2025 dans un appartement. Avant même leur entrée dans les lieux, ils remarquent un trou au plafond ! L'agence immobilière les rassurent : le dégât des eaux sera réparé avant leur arrivée. Mais, la réalité est tout autre : depuis 9 mois, l'eau continue de couler, le plafond se perce, des morceaux de plâtre tombent et les deux amis vivent dans l'humidité permanente. Malgré des dizaines de messages, mails et relances et un loyer de 1.066,50 € par mois, rien n'est réparé ! Athina Juge, envoyée spéciale, s'est rendue sur place pour tenter de faire bouger les choses pour Romain. Au micro de Chloé Lacrampe, un membre de l'équipe de "Ça peut vous arriver" revient sur les négociations difficiles et les moments off de ces 2h d'antenne !Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

On couvre les sorties du mois de mars sur les écrans du Québec, dont le très attendu PROJECT HAIL MARY. C'est également un bon mois pour le cinéma français, avec entre autres L'INCONNU DE LA GRANDE ARCHE et DOSSIER 137. Bon épisode! 0:00 Introduction 02:56 The Bride! 08:08 Youngblood 14:06 Hoppers 15:41 L'Inconnu de la grande arche 20:28 undertone 25:08 Autres sorties du 13 mars 31:22 Project Hail Mary 33:54 Dossier 137 36:17 Maigret et le mort amoureux 38:17 Autres sorties du 20 mars 41:26 Jeunes mères 43:15 Ma fille tu seras libre 46:02 Autres sorties du 27 mars

This week we're joined by Sam Sanders of The Sam Sanders Show to discuss Sinners, the most nominated film in Academy Awards history. With sixteen nominations across directing, writing, music, and acting categories, Sinners is a somewhat surprising record breaker, as genre films, especially films with horror elements, are rarely awarded by The Academy.  On this episode we discuss the film, why it was able to break through, if Sinners counts as a genre film; and if so, what genre it represents. We also get into what effect the Warner Bros. Paramount merger might have on the Oscars, the film's blunt sexuality, Michael B. Jordan's double act, and what to make of the film's coda. Finally, Sam makes an impassioned case for Sung Song Blue and Kate Hudson's nominated performance.  Check out Sam's interviews with Kate Hudson, as well as some of the cast and crew of Sinners on The Sam Sanders Show. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They say that March goes in like a lion and out like a lamb and the video game release calendar for March 2026 concurs! Here are our picks for the games worth spending your money on this month.

Dominique confie des travaux lourds de rénovation à l'entreprise de l'un de ses anciens élèves pour transformer sa maison familiale. Après avoir versé plus de 44.000€, l'entreprise abat plusieurs murs porteurs sans étude structurelle, provoquant un danger immédiat pour les occupants. Le chantier est abandonné brutalement, laissant une famille avec trois jeunes enfants vivre dans une maison devenue dangereuse. Malgré des expertises, une ordonnance en référé et tentatives de saisie, Dominique n'a jamais récupéré le moindre centime. Ilaria Federico revient sur les coulisses de son enquête et les rebondissements de l'émission. Au micro de Chloé Lacrampe, un membre de l'équipe de "Ça peut vous arriver" revient sur les négociations difficiles et les moments off de ces 2h d'antenne !Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Pascal Praud revient pendant deux heures, sans concession, sur tous les sujets qui font l'actualité. Vous voulez réagir ? Appelez le 01.80.20.39.21 (numéro non surtaxé) ou rendez-vous sur les réseaux sociaux d'Europe 1 pour livrer votre opinion et débattre sur les grandes thématiques développées dans l'émission du jour.Vous voulez réagir ? Appelez-le 01.80.20.39.21 (numéro non surtaxé) ou rendez-vous sur les réseaux sociaux d'Europe 1 pour livrer votre opinion et débattre sur grandes thématiques développées dans l'émission du jour.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Plus de 3 millions de pages, 180 000 photos, 2 000 vidéos… Avec cette nouvelle salve de documents, publiée fin janvier par le département de la justice américain, l'affaire Epstein s'est de nouveau retrouvée au cœur de l'actualité.Rapidement, on y découvre les noms de personnalités françaises, dont certaines auraient entretenu des rapports amicaux avec le financier et criminel américain Jeffrey Epstein.Même si les documents sont largement « caviardés » pour protéger de potentielles victimes, c'est une véritable mine d'informations, accessibles à tous et dans le monde entier. Face à une concurrence inédite, il faut exploiter ces données sérieusement… mais vite.Comment le journal Le Monde s'est-il organisé pour traiter au mieux ces nouveaux dossiers malgré leur volume ? Quelles méthodes emploient les journalistes afin de faire la lumière sur les connexions françaises de Jeffrey Epstein ? Dans cet épisode du podcast « L'Heure du Monde », Charles-Henry Groult, directeur adjoint de la rédaction du Monde et Jérémie Baruch, journaliste d'investigation pour le service des Décodeurs, nous expliquent comment Le Monde mène cette enquête XXL.Un épisode d'Audrey Travère. Réalisation : Quentin Tenaud. Présentation et suivi éditorial : Sophie Larmoyer. Dans cet épisode : extraits d'une chronique de l'émission « C à vous », sur France 5 ; de journaux de LCI, Europe 1, la RTBF ; d'une vidéo web France Info.Cet épisode de podcast a été publié le mercredi 4 mars 2026.---Abonnez-vous au Monde : https://abo.lemonde.fr/podcastEt réservez vos places pour les lives des 5 ans de "L'Heure du Monde" : https://ateliers.lemonde.fr/lheure-du-monde/174 Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Live from our windowless studio in Downtown Brooklyn, it's the 11th Annual Blankies! Joe Reid joins us once again to give out golden Wattos to our favorite films, performances, and craftspeople of the year. Some of our picks are certainly part of the greater award season conversation. Others are Materialists. Join us as we honor the best Putters and Murmurs, the Wettest flicks of the year, and as Griffin debuts his latest Billy Crystal opening showtune. Listen to This Had Oscar Buzz Watch Igby Goes Down Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're in hygge mode, uncovering traumas in our generational home with the host of This Had Oscar Buzz, Joe Reid! One of the breakout Oscar films of the year is Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value, a warm, realist Norwegian film about a difficult but brilliant director (Stellan Skarsgard), his two daughters (Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), and an American actress cast in the auteur's new film (Elle Fanning). All four performances earned Oscar nominations, along with nominations for Best Picture, Best International Feature, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Screenplay. Sentimental Value also highlights a recurring phenomenon in Hollywood, wherein the Academy will pass over a director's breakout film but shower the follow-up with nominations. In Trier's case, his previous film The Worst Person in the World received nominations for Best International Film and Original Screenplay but, in our opinion, deserved many more. We try to break down how and why this happens, whether films about filmmaking have an innate appeal to Oscar voters, how Fanning's star power helps bridge the international gap for voters, and the film itself, including its deft intermingling of artistic expression and sublimated generational trauma.  With Joe's guidance, we also check in on some of the Oscar-buzziest films of the year that didn't pan out, check in on the state of the acting category race and some potential upsets, and celebrate The Secret Agent's breakout star Tânia Maria and her new role as Burger King spokeswoman. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Henri Curiel, 63 ans, l'un des plus anciens cold case français. A la fin des années 70, un assassinat en plein Paris qui ressemble à une exécution. La victime était un intellectuel communiste, militant tiers-mondiste qui gênait. Des soupçons mais des suspects terrés dans l'ombre. Plus de quarante-cinq ans plus tard, le rideau se déchire. Le dossier s'éclaire. Retrouvez tous les jours en podcast le décryptage d'un faits divers, d'un crime ou d'une énigme judiciaire par Jean-Alphonse Richard, entouré de spécialistes, et de témoins d'affaires criminelles.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Chaque soir dans un podcast inédit, un ou une membre de l'équipe vous dévoile l'un des cas les plus attendus de l'émission du lendemain ! Tous les jours, retrouvez en podcast les meilleurs moments de l'émission "Ça peut vous arriver", sur RTL.fr et sur toutes vos plateformes préférées.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Our Lynne Ramsay series comes to a close with last year's Die My Love, which brings us to the realization - damn, have we really never talked about Jennifer Lawrence before? Join us and Vulture's Alison Willmore as we do a full career deep-dive on J.Law, and grapple with this film and Mubi's decision to purchase it out of Cannes for a buttload of money. Read the NY Mag profile of Darren Aronofsky from 2017 Read Alison's work at Vulture Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In apertura restiamo sul caso dei dazi bocciati da Trump con l'analisi di Anna Guaita e segnaliamo l'editoriale del direttore del Messaggero Roberto Napolitano, quindi con l'analisi di Francesco Bechis parliamo di referendum con un dossier sulla mala giustizia, l'inviata Federica Pozzi ci parla di un caso sconvolge il mondo della sport, quindi la giornata olimpica di Massimo Boccucci con un'altra medaglia per l'Italia

In apertura restiamo sul caso dei dazi bocciati da Trump con l'analisi di Anna Guaita e segnaliamo l'editoriale del direttore del Messaggero Roberto Napolitano, quindi con l'analisi di Francesco Bechis parliamo di referendum con un dossier sulla mala giustizia, l'inviata Federica Pozzi ci parla di un caso sconvolge il mondo della sport, quindi la giornata olimpica di Massimo Boccucci con un'altra medaglia per l'Italia

Viva Brazil! Today we discuss Best Picture nominee The Secret Agent, the simmering, colorful Brazilian thriller about a man on the run, starring the dreamy Wagner Moura and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho. The story, about retaining personal and political memory under authoritarianism, has proven resonant with an international audience and awards bodies, garnering three additional Oscar nominations for Best International Feature, Best Casting, and Best Actor for Moura. On this episode, we discuss The Secret Agent itself, how it fits into and subverts the tropes of international films at the Oscars, the Eurovision-like process for international nominations, check in on the Berlin Film Festival, and do a very special Il Postino corner. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this bumper-sized episode, Alex and James guide you through the history of every Bond adventure and the impact they had on the careers of their stars. From major villains to Bond girls to bit parts and cameos, we explore every notable name that appears throughout the series, whether it was at the height of their fame or the beginning of the decline. You'll be amazed at how many other series, films and TV shows are connected to Bond in more ways that one. Think we've missed something? Let us know! Email bondandbeyondpod@gmail.com or comment under this episode's post on our Bond & Beyond Facebook page. 

In 2018, Lynne Ramsay released You Were Never Really Here, a film about a completely implausible scenario...a townhouse on the East side of Manhattan houses a sex trafficking operation that implicates high-level government officials in its web of depravity???? Could you even imagine?!! Hollywood Handbook's Sean Clements joins us to chat about this eerily relevant film, the literary career of Jonathan Ames, Joaquin Phoenix's screen persona, and Joseph Gordon Levitt's recently announced follow-up to Don Jon. Listen to Hayes Davenport's (not a guest on this episode) episode of High & Mighty where he talks about newspaper comics. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're brooding, Victorian style, with Vulture's Bilge Ebiri! Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is a Best Picture nominee and is well represented in the craft categories, but it has only one acting nomination, for Jacob Elordi's hulking monster. It's of a piece with past craft-heavy Oscar contenders like Dune or The Lord of the Rings, but does Frankenstein actually stand a chance? We discuss the film itself, its lavish sets and costumes, del Toro's choice to center the monster as the hero, and how that decision reshapes the monster's opposite, Victor, played by Oscar Isaac. We also touch on the new Wuthering Heights, also starring Jacob Elordi, the history of Wuthering Heights adaptations, the shameless state of celebrity Super Bowl ads, and finally atone for our past sins, as Bilge defends previous subjects Train Dreams and Hamnet against our critiques. As it turns out, we were the monster all along. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nouveau podcast du 19M dédié à l'exposition Beyond our Horizons : de Tokyo à Paris à la Galerie du 19M à Paris. L'épisode #1 est >ici

Pour débuter l'émission de ce lundi 9 février 2026, les GG : Joëlle Dago-Serry, coach de vie, Bruno Poncet, cheminot, et Jean-Loup Bonnamy, professeur de philosophie, débattent du sujet du jour : Jack Lang démissionne, dossier clos ?

The time has come for us to talk about Kevin. The New Yorker's Jia Tolentino joins us to talk about Lynne Ramsay's depiction of every parent's worst nightmare - 2011's We Need To Talk About Kevin. We need to talk about how Griffin grew up with Ezra Miller, and even auditioned against him to play Kevin. We need to talk about Lionel Shriver's awful politics. We need to talk about Tilda Swinton comparing her performance here to Buster Keaton. And we need to again explain the whole Fantastic Beasts franchise to another guest who is blissfully unaware of Credence Barebone. Read Jia's Profile of Jennifer Lawrence and her other work at the New Yorker. Check out the r/HowIsLivingThere Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Honey, we're buzzing about Bugonia with Marie Bardi-Salinas! The movie surprised us with its appeal to Oscar voters, but maybe it shouldn't have: Director Yorgos Lanthimos and star, frequent collaborator Emma Stone, have proven themselves Oscar favorites with strong showings from their past films, especially The Favourite and Poor Things.  We discuss the film, but first, a Sundance report from Richard before digging into Lanthimos and Stone's history with the Oscars, and why this somewhat prickly, political movie succeeded with the Academy despite a relatively weak showing upon release. Then we discuss the movie itself, get into spoilers, the future of the Stone-Lanthimos collaboration, and finally discover whether or not Richard is an Andromedan. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Almost four years ago, Producer Ben Hosley watched Sam Raimi's "A Simple Plan" and proclaimed that if he'd been in that scenario, everything would have worked out perfectly. With the gleefully satisfying "Send Help," Raimi gives Ben the ending he's always wanted. Join Ben, Griffin, David, and Marie as they chat about the endless likability of Rachel McAdams, the heel turn of Dylan O'Brien, and how the various employees of Blank Check Productions would fare on a deserted island. Read "Dylan O'Brien Is Ready to Talk About That Accident" Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurens en Stefan gaan verder, de finale van weer een seizoen Dossier Cross. Vanaf - hoe kan het ook anders, het WK cross in Hulst. Het campingtafeltje te midden van de ploegbussen. Een perfect recept voor een zoete inval van renners. Of beter gezegd - een complete chaos, met alle Klak Af! Klassement deelnemers achter de microfoon. Ryan Kamp, Pim Ronhaar, Niels Vandeputte, Mees Hendrikx en - de nummer twee van vandaag - Tibor Del Grosso.Het werd een rumoerig uurtje nababbelen vanuit de buik - de onderbuik - van het crosspeloton. Over de bewondering voor de kampioen der kampioenen, over blijdschap en teleurstellingen, en natuurlijk de grote uitslag van het Klak Af! Klassement!En hoe zat het ook alweer aura farming van Mathieu? Je hoort het allemaal, in weer een nieuwe aflevering van de Live Slow Ride Fast podcast.

C dans l'air du 31 janvier 2026 - Trump, Prince Andrew, Musk : les dernières révélations du dossier EpsteinNos experts :- Anthony BELLANGER - Editorialiste - Franceinfo TV, spécialiste des questions internationales- Nicole BACHARAN - Historienne et politologue, spécialiste des Etats-Unis, co-autrice de "Requiem pour le monde libre" (ed. de l'Observatoire)- Alain BAUER - Essayiste, professeur émérite de criminologie au Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, auteur de "Trump, le pouvoir des mots" (ed.First)- Amy GREENE - Politologue, experte associée à l'Institut Montaigne

C dans l'air du 31 janvier 2026 - Trump, Prince Andrew, Musk : les dernières révélations du dossier EpsteinC'est un feuilleton qui n'a pas fini de passionner les États-Unis. Le numéro deux du ministère de la justice américain, Todd Blanche, a annoncé vendredi la publication de « plus de 3 millions de pages » supplémentaires « du dossier Epstein », dont « plus de 2 000 vidéos et 180 000 images ». La publication s'inscrit dans une loi votée par le Congrès qui force le gouvernement à publier le dossier, malgré la réticence de Donald Trump, ancien ami du sulfureux homme d'affaire newyorkais, décédé en prison. Ces derniers mois, le président américain, qui avait promis de faire la lumière sur le scandale, n'a cessé de changer de position. D'abord favorable à la publication, il s'est ensuite rétracté, allant jusqu'à menacer sa ministre de la justice Pam Bondi, qui prenait le dossier un peu trop à cœur.Sur le plan International, Donald Trump continue de mettre la pression sur l'Iran après la répression sanglante des manifestations contre le régime islamique. Le président américain applique sa méthode préférée : mettre la pression sur son adversaire pour le pousser à la négociation. Après avoir annoncé cette semaine l'envoi d'une "énorme armada" dans le Golfe persique, le locataire de la Maison Blanche a assuré vendredi que l'Iran « veut conclure un accord » avec les Etats-Unis. Washington veut notamment pousser Téhéran à abandonner son programme d'enrichissement d'uranium, un sujet hautement sensible.Autre inquiétude pour Donald Trump, l'inflation qui stagne à 2,7 %, bien au-dessus de la cible des 2 % fixée par la Réserve fédérale américaine. Son président, Jerome Powell, est d'ailleurs régulièrement ciblé par la Maison Blanche qui lui reproche de ne pas faire baisser les taux directeurs. Malgré trois baisses d'un quart de point fin 2025, les prix de l'énergie se sont envolés sur les douze derniers mois : + 6,7 % pour l'électricité et 10,8 % pour le gaz. En plus de cette hausse des prix, Donald Trump doit gérer les émeutes contre ICE à Minneapolis, où deux Américains ont été tués par des agents de police ces dernières semaines. Plusieurs milliers d'Américains ont manifesté hier, à Minneapolis, pour protester contre la violence des opérations.Que contiennent les nouveaux documents publiés par la Maison Blanche sur l'affaire Epstein ? Pourquoi l'inflation américaine est devenue une inquiétude majeure pour Donald Trump ? Et le président peut-il faire céder l'Iran ?Nos experts :- Anthony BELLANGER - Editorialiste - Franceinfo TV, spécialiste des questions internationales- Nicole BACHARAN - Historienne et politologue, spécialiste des Etats-Unis, co-autrice de "Requiem pour le monde libre" (ed. de l'Observatoire)- Alain BAUER - Essayiste, professeur émérite de criminologie au Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, auteur de "Trump, le pouvoir des mots" (ed.First)- Amy GREENE - Politologue, experte associée à l'Institut Montaigne

While January 2026 was one of the weaker months for releases in recent memory. February is coming out hard with at least one Game of the Year contender and strong options for just about every genre. Here are our picks for the games worth buying in February 2026!

On today's show, Richard and Alison hop on a boxcar and stare wistfully as the 20th century passes them by with Best Picture nominee Train Dreams. They discuss director Clint Bentley's lush, if somewhat sanded-down take on Denis Johnson's novella about a lumberman haunted by his past, starring a very quiet Joel Edgerton. Train Dreams is one of Netflix's Best Picture nominees this year, but the film was not an original production. It was acquired by the streamer at last year's Sundance Film Festival. On the occasion of this year's festival (which is happening as we speak) we also discuss how Sundance works, and what, exactly gives a movie that ineffable Sundance flavor we have come to associate with small-scale American indies like Little Miss Sunshine.  We also discuss Netflix's seemingly endless quest to win Best Picture, why the Academy is so resistant to giving them the big prize, and why the most popular streamer in the world is so desperate for Academy validation in the first place. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laurens en Stefan gaan verder en ze pakken uit. Het podcastcircus is neergestreken in de mooiste mancave van Europa. Gelegenheidsanalist WVA te L schuift aan om zijn licht te schijnen over het WK cross van komend weekend. Natuurlijk gaat het over het parcours, de favorieten, en welke tactiek z'n eeuwige opponent Mathieu van der Poel moet hanteren (gaan vanuit de start!). Maar de heren maakten natuurlijk ook van de gelegenheid gebruik over de WK's die Wout won te babbelen. Een avondje crossklap van de hoogste orde. En hoe zat het ook alweer met die ellendige Squadranten? Je hoort het allemaal, in weer een nieuwe aflevering van de Live Slow Ride Fast podcast.

En este episodio de Dossier del Crimen, la sección criminal de Lugares misteriosos, nos adentramos en uno de los casos más perturbadores de México, el de La Matataxistas. Esta es una historia envuelta en miedo, versiones oficiales que no terminan de encajar y un nombre que durante años ocupó titulares y noticieros. Mientras las calles se llenaban de rumores y la violencia marcaba el pulso de la ciudad, una mujer fue señalada como la responsable absoluta.Pero cuando se revisan los hechos con detenimiento, surgen dudas inquietantes que transforman este caso en algo más que una serie de crímenes y lo convierten en un reflejo oscuro de la realidad que muchos prefieren no mirar.Escucha el episodio y forma tu propia opinión sobre este caso. 

Laurens en Stefan gaan verder, vanuit de Bajes. Over Maasmechelen en Hoogerheide. Over de clean sweep van de Shampoomannen, crossen met een lekke band. Over het Enigma Tibor, en over de Thibau's Dipje. En natuurlijk over het Klak Af! Klassement, dat zondag tot een apotheose komt! En dus bellen Niels Vandeputte en Mees Hendrikx even in. Snappen de heren wel, want de regels zijn weer eens klassiek gemanipuleerd, waardoor iedereen nog kan winnen!En hoe zat het ook alweer met de bijna achterwaarts val van Mathieu? Je hoort het allemaal, in weer een nieuwe aflevering van de Live Slow Ride Fast podcast.

Mommy's back! Emily Yoshida joins the gang to talk about 2002's Morvern Callar, a surprisingly tender film about grief, starting over, and taking a Jet2 Holiday. We're chatting about Samantha Morton's unconventional star quality, our personal history with mixtapes, and the Fantastic Beasts franchise for some reason. Plus, Ben reveals his love of seaside snow, Griffin adds some context from the source material (or whatever he could translate from the Scottish dialect), and everyone agrees that Morvern did nothing wrong. Watch Shogun Season 1  Check out the official Shogun podcast Listen to the Emily's Traitors Podcast: First To Breakfast Watch Carnival of Souls Watch the Romano Tours SNL Sketch Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Hollywood's biggest morning! Join Richard and Alison (plus a vacationing Producer Benjamin Frisch) as they pick apart the biggest snubs and surprises of the year: Sinners breaking the all-time nominations record! The Secret Agent breaking out of Neon's strong showing, the complete collapse of Wicked: For Good, and the surprise blockbuster pulling up the rear: F1, which finds itself among Train Dreams, Bugonia, Sentimental Value, and Hamnet in the Best Picture category despite being a car movie about Brad Pitt going fast vroom vroom.  Subscribe to Richard's newsletter, Premiere Party, and read Alison's work at Vulture. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We need to pod about Glasgow. We need to pod about the arresting inner lives of these complicated protagonists. We need to pod about every incredible project Lynne Ramsay has been attached to over the past 25 years that never actually happened. So yeah, WE NEED TO POD ABOUT CASTVIN! Join us as we discuss Ramsay's debut film Ratcatcher, a striking study of a young boy on the precipice of adolescence in the slums of 1970s Glasgow. Ben discovers that he adores this movie. Griffin discovers that he can make “Lin Manuel Ramsey” a bit. And everyone discovers that Scottish accents are not that easy to imitate. Watch the Characters Welcome Sketch from Tristan Griffin Watch Timmy on Fallon Check out Meshes of the Afternoon Watch The Mother Project Check out Notes on the Cinematograph Watch Barry Jenkins in the Criterion Closet Listen to the Top 21 Sports movies of the 21st century episode of the Bill Simmons Podcast Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're joined by David Sims as we orbit the Golden Globes and their Best Drama winner, Chloé Zhao's Hamnet. In the vibes-based reality of awards season predictions, Hamnet has emerged as a potential spoiler to the season's other favorites, including Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler's Sinners. But what, exactly, makes something an Oscar villain? We also get into the film itself, the historical Shakespeare, why people are weird about Chloé Zhao, and our predictions for next week's Oscar nominations. Subscribe to Richard's newsletter, Premiere Party, and read Alison's work at Vulture. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Pulp Men (and Woman) of the Year Griffin, David, Ben, and Marie as they discuss Park Chan Wook's latest offering, the silly and sublime No Other Choice. We're talking about paper, AI-proof jobs, the handsomeness of Lee Byung-hun, the possibility that Director Park is the Michael Jordan of dissolves, and the fact that this is likely Griffin's favorite film of 2025. Plus, David breaks down over the finale of Stranger Things, and we all apologize for a bunch of stuff. Read the Chevy Chase New York Times profile. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're only slightly hung over from last night's New York Film Critics Circle Awards! Griffin Newman joins the pod to discuss the event, where, among dry-run Oscar speeches from Amy Madigan, Rose Byrne, and Wagner Moura, we saw Ethan Hawke fall into a fountain beneath a towering Buddhist deity. Then we turn to the precursor circuit, where Marty Supreme's momentum has cemented Timothée Chalamet as a frontrunner for Best Actor. We get into how he's played the campaign circuit so far, and why Timmy and Marty are well positioned for the Oscars, despite not resembling the usual Oscar fare. Finally, we dive into Marty Supreme spoilers, before closing out with both an award and an in memoriam for the week. Subscribe to Richard's newsletter, Premiere Party, and read Alison's work at Vulture. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Testing, testing…does anybody know? Is this thing on? It depends on who you ask, frankly. The Blank Check team are divided on Bradley Cooper's latest offering, the divorce dramedy Is This Thing On? Can you just walk in off the street to do an open mic at the Comedy Cellar? No. Is Peyton Manning one of our finest athlete actors? Yes. Is Griffin's opinion of this film possibly strained by his anxiety over the New York City mayoral election? Probably. Join us for an episode that we hope is funnier than Will Arnett's sad sack stand-up, but also probably not as brilliant as Bradley Cooper's performance as a guy named “Balls.” Read the Cybertruck article Listen to Cannes I Kick It Watch the Vic Mensa ft. Wyclef Jean performance on Colbert Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Critical Darlings, a new podcast miniseries from Blank Check: A conversation about the awards season conversation, one contender at a time.  On Critical Darlings, critics and Blank Check alumni Richard Lawson and Alison Willmore guide you through the state of the Oscars race, from the precursors, to the campaigns, to the nominees themselves. To get things started, we begin with a discussion of the festival circuit and the curious state of this year's race; where many promising films have floundered upon their public release. Sidebars include the host's Oscar history, watching festival features on no sleep, Brazilian film Twitter, The Oscars on Youtube, Leonardo DiCaprio at Cannes, and Allison's shocking Il Postino experiment.  Critical Darlings is crashing the Blank Check feed every Thursday through the end of Oscar season. Starting next week we'll have video clips to share produced by our friends at Vulture, stay tuned.   Subscribe to Richard's newsletter, Premiere Party, and read Alison's work at Vulture. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Follow @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or DiscordFor anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices