We’re so back at the movies… with head of content at The Ringer and co-host of The Big Picture), Sean Fennessey!
At the top, Sam and Sean discuss Sean Wang’s Dìdi)* (8:52), the father-daughter story at the heart of M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap) (15:52), and why the documentaries Brats) (19:39) and Faye) *(22:35) make the perfect weekend watch.
Then, they talk about the real-life story behind A24’s Sing Sing) (27:45), what Borderlands)* reveals about post-strike Hollywood (29:57), the anticipation building around Sean Baker’s triumphant upcoming feature Anora) (32:13), Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night) (33:17), Joshua Oppenheimer’s apocalyptic musical film The End) (35:49), and James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown) *(37:17).
On the back-half, we dive into Sean’s childhood in Long Island (43:37), his early writing at Ithaca College (44:15), working at Complex Magazine in the mid-aughts (53:00), his pivot to Grantland (1:02:10), launching The Ringer (1:15:50), his on-mic personality on *The Big Picture *(1:11:50), the future of his podcast(s) (1:18:31), and why he remains optimistic about the film industry (1:27:09).
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