From Turner Classic Movies and HBO Max, Talking Pictures is a podcast about movies, memories, and all the life that happens in between. Join host Ben Mankiewicz as he sits down with some of Hollywood’s most influential actors and filmmakers to discuss the movies that inspired them, touched them, and made them laugh. They swap stories, jokes, surprising moments, and endless movie recommendations then watch some of those very same films on the streaming service HBO Max.
Talking Pictures
Claim This PodcastHosted by Ben Mankiewicz
Published by TCM and HBO Max
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37 episodes
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From Turner Classic Movies and HBO Max, Talking Pictures is a podcast about movies, memories, and all the life that happens in between. Join host Ben Mankiewicz as he sits down with some of Hollywood’s most influential actors and filmmakers to discuss the movies that inspired them, touched them, and made them laugh. They swap stories, jokes, surprising moments, and endless movie recommendations then watch some of those very same films on the streaming service HBO Max.
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Recent Episodes
July 2, 2026
Ron Howard
Director Ron Howard shares with host Ben Mankiewicz how he overcame genre fears to explore diverse filmmaking, revealing insights from his career and cinematic inspirations.
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Host Ben Mankiewicz interviews actor-director Tony Goldwyn about his Hollywood journey, career pivots, and memorable film experiences.
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Hiro Murai
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[…] So I was inspired by that. And also I could feel that audiences really appreciated the authenticity that we achieved in Backdraft. So when it came to journalism, I did the same thing. I hung around the post. It was the greatest, uh, uh, the New York post. Pete Hamill was the editor at that time. And, uh, and also the daily news. And all I was doing was trying to pick up on language, um, uh, behaviors, um, expressions, um, uh, uh, tempo shifts, um, uh, overlapping. And, um, And it took a lot of notes and I got the actors to come down and hang around and watch as well. And so it means a lot to me that that that paid off for you in that way. […]
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