Silence Movie Review: Five Movie, Flop Accents

About this episode

The hosts review Martin Scorsese's film Silence and discuss the upcoming season's theme.

It's the last bonus episode of season five! We watch and discuss Martin Scorsese's Silence, Letterboxd, and the theme for season six. Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsn And don't forget the Season Six Reading Challenge! Find it here: https://bit.ly/3Qvy6yY Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

People in this episode

Host: Five or Flop

Topics covered

• movie review
• historical fiction
• season finale
• reading challenge
• film discussion

Keywords

• Silence
• Martin Scorsese
• historical fiction
• movie review
• Five or Flop
• season six
• reading challenge

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Letterboxd, StoryGraph

Books & works: Silence

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