Sundays With Cate
A podcast series about the films of Cate Blanchett. The acting, the costumes, the awards but mostly: the Blanchett of it all. Each week we review one Blanchett movie, talk about its artistic legacy and its context within her career. Hosted, produced and edited by Murtada Elfadl.
Episodes
64 episodes
TÁR: The Spoiler Podcast
The TÁR discussion continues with a special spoiler episode. Murtada Elfadl welcomes actor Wyatt Fenner, from the upcoming movie
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Season 5
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Episode 58
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54:42
TÁR Wide Shut
Like all good things, the TÁR season comes to an end. Murtada Elfadl welcomes writer and podcaster Manish Mathur, host of
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Season 5
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Episode 59
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51:10
Cate Blanchett in TÁR
The time has come to discuss TÁR . This week Murtada Elfadl welcomes critic and prgrammer Rafa Sales Ross to discuss...
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Season 5
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Episode 57
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1:10:02
TÁR Season: Little Children
Our celebration of the release of TÁR continues. This week it's Todd Field's second film as a writer / director, Little Children. For this conversation Murtada Elfadl welcomes back
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Season 5
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Episode 56
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1:17:06
TÁR Season: In the Bedroom
The podcast is back! There's a new Cate Blanchett movie in theaters soon so a conversation must be had. To celebrate TÁR we will have a few episodes to discuss the movies that preceded it and the ones that inspired it. This week it's T...
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Season 5
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Episode 55
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58:43
The Finale
We have come to the end of this podcast project. In this episode Murtada puts a bow on the podcast and briefly talks about how and why it started, what was learned and recommends a few episodes as an entry to the project.Hosted, Produce...
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Season 4
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Episode 54
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12:43
Cate Blanchett in 'Charlotte Gray'
We are in the final stretch of the podcast series. This week it's another of Cate Blanchett's many titular roles and Charlotte Gray (2001). In this episode Murtada discusses Gillian Armstrong's...
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Season 4
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Episode 53
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24:23
Cate Blanchett in ‘Pushing Tin’
This week we go back to almost the beginning of Cate Blanchett’s illustrious career with Pushing Tin (1999). To discuss Mike Newell’s film and the performances of Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton,
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Season 4
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Episode 52
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1:01:30
Cate Blanchett in ‘Babel’
This week we tackle one of Cate Blanchett’s weirdest roles, that of an injured American tourist traveling in Morocco in Babel (2006). To discuss Alejandro González Iñárritu’s film and Blanchett’s penchant to sometimes take on small sup...
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Season 4
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Episode 51
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51:31
'Carol' Part Four: The Influences and Inspirations
2015 film masterpiece. From those acknowledged by the director Todd Haynes - David Lean's Brief Encounter - to others we gleaned from watching the film many times - the films of George Cukor,
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Season 4
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Episode 50
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1:03:42
Bonus: Oscar Nominations Reaction
In this bonus episode we are discussing the 2022 Oscar Nominations. Our take on the acting categories and best picture. The discussion touches on the performances of Kristen Stewart, Nicole Kidman, Olivia Colman, Andrew Garfield and Denzel Wash...
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43:20
'Carol' Part Three: Cate Blanchett is the Top
Cate Blanchett’s the top is so many ways. The top star, the top actress. And in Carol she plays the top. In the third of our multiple episodes about Carol (2015), the topic is the perfect merge of actor and role with Blanchett...
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Season 4
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Episode 49
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53:27
Bonus: The Buzz on Sundance Movies
In this bonus episode we are discussing the many films we screened at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. For this conversation Murtada welcomes Li Lai, fo...
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1:05:11
Cate Blanchett in 'Veronica Guerin'
This week we go back to Cate Blanchett's early career and another one of her "titular" roles, playing Irish journalist Veronica Guerin (2003). To discuss Joel Schumacher's film, Murtada welcome...
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Season 4
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Episode 48
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1:12:40
Cate Blanchett in 'The House with a Clock in its Walls'
A witch and a warlock teach an orphan boy how to becme a magician in The House with a Clock in its Walls, one of Cate Blanchett's more curious film choices. We discuss her performance, what makes co-star Jack Black special on screen an...
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Season 4
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Episode 47
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56:46
'Carol' Part Two: The Queer Cultural Impact
In the second of multiple episodes about Carol (2015), the topic is the cultural impact the film had on queer people. From memes to comedy routines, Carol was adored. For this conversation,
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Season 4
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Episode 46
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59:07
Cate Blanchett in ‘Don’t Look Up’
There’s a comet hurtling towards earth and a bunch of movie stars at trying to not look up at it. To discuss Cate Blanchett’s second movie this holiday season – Adam McKay’s climate change satire Don’t Look Up –
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Season 4
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Episode 45
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1:04:49
'Carol' Part One: The Love Story
In the first of multiple episodes about Carol (2015), the topic is the love story. How Therese and Carol fell in love, how Todd Haynes visualizes falling in love and the scorching chemistry between Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. For t...
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Season 4
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Episode 44
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1:04:09
Cate Blanchett in 'Nightmare Alley'
Cate Blanchett is back in cinemas this holiday season. And the podcast is back for a final season of episodes. We kick things off with the first of the two Cate movies coming out this month, Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley. For th...
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Season 4
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Episode 43
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56:52
Announcing The Final Season
The podcast returns on Sunday December 19th for a fourth and final season. Listen to this short announcement where the first film discussed will be revealed.Includes a snippet from
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2:27
Cate Blanchett in 'An Ideal Husband'
Cate Blanchett and Julianne Moore, two actresses linked in our minds as the muses of Todd Haynes, have only shared scenes on screen in 1999’s An Ideal Husband. For this episode Murtada welcomes...
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Season 3
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Episode 42
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57:41
Cate Blanchett in ‘Thank God He Met Lizzie’
We go way back for this episode, to Cate Blanchett’s early screen performance in the Australian film Thank God He Met Lizzie. We discuss the film, the perfomance and its link to Katharine Hepburn’s screen persona as well as Blanchett’s...
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Season 3
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Episode 41
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22:25
Cate Blanchett in 'Coffee and Cigarettes'
This week a double Cate Balnchett. In one of eleven vignettes included in Jim Jarmusch's anthology film Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Blanchett plays a version of herself as well as her ne'er do well "cousin," Shelly. We discu...
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Season 3
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Episode 40
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50:37
Special Episode: Carey Mulligan
To celebrate this year's Oscar nominations which were announced this week we have a special episode about one of the nominees for best actress; Carey Mulligan. We discuss her filmography, her screen persona and dig deeper into three films; ...
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Season 3
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Episode 39
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1:19:54