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Ewan and Kevin discuss Paramount winning the bid over Netflix for Warner Bros, an upcoming Swiss media vote known as the ‘Halbierungsinitiative', and the new Top 500 Films list on Letterboxd. Ewan went on a Criterion Channel binge and watched about a dozen films, including What's Up, Doc?, God's Own Country, Secrets & Lies, The Passionate Friend, and more. Kevin🤝Asian Action Cinema: he watched Johnnie To's Drug War, Fight Against Evil, and the 2022 South Korean movie The Killer. The WALL-E & Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton (who is also directing the upcoming Toy Story 5) has a new straight-to-Hulu movie out called In the Blink of an Eye. In Spotlight World Cinema, we share our in-depth thoughts on Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan.⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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Quiet On Set Podcast is a show hosted by Ewan Graf & Lachlan Thiele.
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(0:00) Episode Overview
(1:58) Paramount wins the bidding war for Warner Bros
(16:50) Halbierungsinitiative
(21:42) Letterboxd Video Story March 2026
(24:00) Top 500 Movies Letterboxd List
MAIN REVIEW
(31:12) In the Blink of an Eye | Spoiler Review
SPOTLIGHTS
Kevin
(52:37) Drug War
(54:29) Fight Against Evil
(56:11) The Killer & Signs of Life
Ewan
(59:14) Criterion - Best Streaming Service
(1:00:42) God's Own Country
(1:02:00) The Passionate Friends & Sleepless in Seattle
(1:04:38) Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
(1:05:52) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
(1:06:20) Starting Over
(1:06:55) Sliding Doors
(1:07:37) What's Up, Doc?
(1:13:48) Nine Months
(1:15:56) Velvet Goldmine
(1:16:51) Secrets & Lies
(1:21:10) Coming to the Criterion Channel in March
(1:23:30) Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die | Review
(1:25:58) You've Got Mail
(1:27:50) The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
(1:29:00) The Dreadful | Review
(1:30:16) Everybody to Kenmure Street
(1:30:50) I Understand Your Displeasure
(1:32:10) Ewan's Book Corner: Verity & Other Books
SPOTLIGHT WORLD CINEMA
(1:37:53) Kwaidan | Spoiler Review
(2:29:40) Next Week

In Episode 245, Ewan and Kevin share their spoiler-filled thoughts on the nine-time Oscar-nominated Marty Supreme and discuss Timothée’s chances of securing the win. They review Bradley Cooper’s third film as a director, Is This Thing On?, as well as the latest annual Jason Statham action flick, Shelter. In memory of Robert Duvall, they reflect on his monumental filmography and also discuss the Chinese box office during the Lunar New Year festivities.
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Quiet On Set Podcast is a show hosted by Ewan Graf & Lachlan Thiele.

Timecodes(0:00) Episode Overview(2:41) RIP Robert Duvall(7:00) Thoughts on Tender Mercies, Secondhand Lions & The Judge(15:15) Lunar New Year Box Office in ChinaMAIN REVIEW(21:21) Marty Supreme | Review(34:44) Marty Supreme | Spoiler Thoughts(1:02:01) Is This Thing On? | Review(1:17:25) Shelter | Spoiler ReviewSPOTLIGHTS(1:34:45) Kevin's 2025 MontageEwan(1:39:00) Diane Warren: Relentless(1:44:27) Blue Valentine(1:46:41) Red Rooms(1:49:16) Mercy(1:52:42) Solo Mio(1:54:30) Targets(1:58:39) Sophie's Choice(2:03:05) Ewan's Book Corner Project Hail Mary, Reminders of Him & Sunrise on the Reaping(2:09:35) Comment, Like & Subscribe :)SPOTLIGHT WORLD CINEMA(2:10:13) Fat Choi Spirit | Review(2:24:30) New Week's Topics

Lachlan returns for a spoiler review of Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights". Ewan and Kevin review the crime thriller Crime 101, and Ewan shares his thoughts on the Sony Animation Basketball movie GOAT. Kevin skips the latest adaptation of Wuthering Heights in favor of the 1988 Japanese version, while Ewan revisits a trio of classics: Defending Your Life, All the President’s Men, and The Last Picture Show.
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Quiet On Set Podcast is a show hosted by Ewan Graf & Lachlan Thiele.Timecodes
(0:00) Episode Overview
NEWS
(2:20) Sony Stage of Play
(9:05) Spider Noir Trailer
(12:27) Berlinale Jury: Movies are Political
(22:22) Lachlan is BACK!
MAIN REVIEWS
(26:22) Wuthering Heights | Spoiler Review w/Lachlan
(53:45) Crime 101 | Non-Spoiler Review w/Kevin
(1:07:48) Crime | Spoiler Thoughts
SPOTLIGHT
Kevin
(1:31:41) Nuremberg
(1:32:37) The Last One for the Road (Le città di pianura)
(1:37:00) Jacob Collier Improvises With Orchestra
Ewan
(1:39:50) GOAT | Review
(1:49:23) Joan of Arc (Jóhanna af Örk)
(1:50:37) Defending Your Life
(1:53:28) The Last Picture Show
(1:59:00) All the President's Men
(2:02:00) A Sad and Beautiful World
(2:04:24) Cutting Through Rocks
(2:07:21) Join our Discord :)
SPOTLIGHT WORLD CINEMA
(2:08:34) Wuthering Heights (1988) | Spoiler Review
(2:33:40) Ranking 6 Wuthering Heights Movies
(2:41:05) Creating a Frankenstein Wuthering Heights
(2:45:49) Next Week: Marty Supreme / Is this Thing On? / Fat Choi Spirit
(2:50:05) Siracha...

Ewan and Kevin discuss the recently four-time Oscar-nominated The Secret Agent and both Elite Squad movies. They share their thoughts on The Plague, and Ewan reviews eight more Sundance films. There's a first time for everything... and this episode marks Kevin's first time watching a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Let's talk about Rope.

On Next Week's episode:
Wuthering Heights (2026)
Wuthering Heights (1988)
Crime 101
GOAT

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Quiet On Set Podcast is a show hosted by Ewan Graf, Lachlan Thiele, Kevin Taelemans & Connor Brandenburg.
Timecodes
(0:00) In this episode
NEWS
(2:25) Box Office Fantasy League
MAIN REVIEWS
(8:32) The Plague | Review
(17:52) The Plague | Spoiler Review
SUNDANCE 2026
(41:25) Big Girls Don’t Cry
(44:15) Extra Geography
(46:12) Bedford Park
(47:17) The Huntress
(48:12) Carousel
(49:00) Hold On To Me
(50:00) Night Nurse
(50:59) Run Amok
BRIEF SPOTLIGHTS
(56:55) Kevin's Montage Edit
Ewan
(58:02) Serpico & Network
(1:05:29) Fallout Season 2
(1:06:01) Oslo Trilogy on Criterion Channel & OBEX
SPOTLIGHT REVIEW
(1:08:08) Rope | Spoiler Review
WORLD CINEMA
(1:22:44) The Secret Agent | Spoiler Review
(1:55:26) Elite Squad & Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | Spoiler Review
(2:26:51) Next Week2:29:00 ✂️🫵

After premiering in the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2025, My President's Cake screened at many film festivals and is now in theaters in France, Switzerland, and Germany.In select theaters starting Feb 13 in the UK and on Feb 27 in the US.In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake the President's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.

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