We talk about what we learned discussing race and movie genres and peak into what's coming up next!

We conclude Season 1 of our series "Genre Busters" on race and film genres with a look at your submissions on our two questions

1. Name a science fiction movie where the main character is a person of color

and

2. Name a sciente fiction movie where the cast is muli-ethnic just because not intentionally so. 

Also, previews of season 2! 

We end our Genre Busters series on race and movie genres looking at Science Fiction and cinematic visions of the future. Here on earth, the future, neigh the present, is multi-racial and multi-colored. Why doesn't it appear that way onscreen? 

This week's challenge: A two parter. Name a science fiction movie where the cast is multi-ethnic and that fact is NOT crucial to the story. It's just because. 

OR

Name a Science Fiction movie where the lead character (must be human) is not white. Anything already mentioned in this episode (The Force Awakens, iRobot) is disqualified. 

Have at it!

We look at race and crime movies and issue the next listener challenge. Can you think of 3 crime movies where the persuer, the cop, the "good guy" isn't white? And you can only use one Denzel Washington, Will Smith or Wesley Snipes movie. 

Two-Part Listener Challenge! We asked you to either name a movie set in the historical past where the main character isn't white or to recast your favorite period movie with non-white actors. Here are your answers...

In this ep. Dave and Kevin discuss movies set in the historical past and what race means in your favorite movies with flowing dresses and best costume Oscar nominations. 

Can you name a romantic comedy where the leads aren't white but live in a racially diverse world? Answers to our listener challenge in this episode!

We asked you to name 5 action movies where neither the hero nor villain are white. 

We got some great answers from the Talking Pictures Community. 

Wherein Dave and Kevin look at Hitch, Clueless, Top Five, My Best Friend's Wedding and other romantic comedies where everyone doesnt' need to be the same color. 

This episode's challenge: "Can you name three romantic comedies where the lead character is not white but every other supporting character isn't also the same color as them?" 

For our new series on Talking Pictures, Dave and Kevin discuss your favorite movie genres (Action, Romantic Comedy, Crime Movies etc.) through the lens of race.

For each genre we'll look at....

I. What are the moving parts of that genre

II. What are the expectations we movielovers have for that genre in terms of race

III. What movies upset those expectations?

We finish each episode with a challenge.: For action movies the challenge is...

"Can you name 5 action movies where neither the hero nor villain are white?" Only two may be from countries besides the US. 

Kevin and Dave return for a short, end-of-year roundup, favorite movies of the year from each, best film trends of 2015, and hopes for the year in cinema to come. 

Yes, someone mentions the new Star Wars movie and some obscure German avante guarde film called The Avengers. But there's plenty more here to queue up/put on the calendar for the coming year in movie watching. We break it down on this episode of Talking Pictures. 

Wherein Kevin and Dave discuss how to see maximize Award-Nominated-Best-of-List movies in the last month of the year. 

Dave puts forth a modest proposal for making the Oscars less of an end-of-the-year spirit and more of a year-long movie love fest. No Academy members or badies are eaten in the process. 

Talking Pictures is hosted by Filmmaker David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit) and Author Kevin Smokler (@weegee). Discussion of current and past episodes happens on our Facebook Page. Join us!

Our special guest Jason Govern takes us through the wild, wooly world of web series.  Also, Kevin gets eaten by bears.

2:15 - Box Office: (For 10/7/11) - The Circle of Disney

14:35 - Feature Segment - What the hell are web series and how are us old fogeys supposed to keep track?

29:25 - Kevin gets eaten by bears (which is to say his internet connection breaks and we go on without him).

51:37 - Overlooked Gems - Tom Hooper before The King's Speech and Charlton Heston before, um, Charlton Heston.

Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit). Our special guest this week was Jason Govern (@jgovern).

1:19 - Box Office: How Alice in Wonderland will usher in an era of fanfic.

23:50 - Feature Segment: Where all the black movies at?

34:50 - Dave's two-year-old makes a guest appearance.

42:43 - Overlooked Gems: The dark side of Ben Stiller, and Paris without the clichés.

0:35 - Bad Movie Title Puns, Inc.

3:38 - Box Office: Harry Potter masks Tangled's success.

18:51 - Feature Segment: How do we find out what's in theaters in the age of the DVR?

41:28 - Overlooked Gems: Dave picks a movie you probably can't see and Kevin picks a title you probably can't define.

In which Kevin and Dave confess which movies they just don't like for no reason whatsoever.

0:25 - And now, apropos of nothing, the Great American Songbook

2:15 - Box Office: A protracted discussion of the Robert Rodriguez milieu.

18:30 - Feature Segment: What types of movies do you just not watch even though you probably should?

30:30 - Overlooked Gems: The ultimate Michael Cera film and the last hurrah of Dave Chappelle.

00:16 - Kevin didn't like Inception! I know, right?

04:15 - Box Office: Kevin is mystified by The Other Guys.

19:41 - Feature Segment: Worst. Summer. Ever.  Or was it? 

30:50 - Overlooked Gems: What's an eight-letter-word for "competition doc" and the Citizen Kane of movies you haven't seen.

The problem isn't that there aren't any good movies; it's that there are too many.

00:25 - Box Office: Inception is awesome.  Let me say that again.  Inception is awesome.

18:57 - The Great Sort: How do we find movies that we love in such a great sea?

25:25 - Dave goes off on a rant about what movie theaters need to do to survive and how the studios should help.

32:22 - We somehow get back on topic.

42:45 - Overlooked gems: Kevin meets a celebrity and the documentary that inspired "Vogue".

This summer ain't looking great for movies. We say stay at home or take up jetskiiing.

2:00 Weekly Box Office. Shrek triumphs (modestly), Sex and the City 2 hangs on despite itself. Prince of Persia matters who to what now?

23:45. "Beige" movies and actors i.e. you don't care enough to hate or love. The worst criticism imaginable.

42:20. This week's "Overlooked Gems" Churchy Documentaries and "A Very Long Engagement."

After many (maybe two) years, Talking Pictures is back with a look at Summer Movies.

02:00. - Box Office Wrap-Up: Not even a fair fight.

15:00 - Summer Movies, what did we ever do to them?

25:50 - Overlooked gems, Sam Rockwell and Robert Duvall FTW.