This week, while my co-host Tyler is stranded in the wilderness, I am joined by my good friend Anthony to discuss one of the most critically acclaimed movies of all time - Orson Welle's Citizen Kane. What does Citizen Kane offer audiences 83 years later? Does "Rosebud" even matter? Why did Welles have to invent a table and cut a huge hole in the floor of his set? Find out on this week's memorable episode of Talkie Talk.

Talkie Talk is OFFICIALLY back with our first NEW episode of 2024. We discuss an obscure, straight to video follow-up to Hideaki Anno's fantastic anime series, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. We discuss the history of Nadia and the troubled production history behind this movie. We dig into this strange film to find its flaws, surprising virtues, and the potential political critique at its core. Next week, we will be discussing the END OF EVANGELION, one of our favorite movies, which just had its first U.S. theatrical release. Welcome back to Talkie Talk!

This week, we discuss BIRDMAN (2014) (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), starring former Batman star Michael Keaton as the titular character. What ability and limits does art have in the pursuit of depicting "Truth"? When does sincerity become pretentiousness? How does a film use the pseudo one-shot technique to its full potential? Why is Jim Carrey suddenly a philosopher now? Find out "the Truth" on this very artistically significant episode of Talkie Talk. NEXT WEEK - Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water: The Motion Picture.