693 episodes
The Big Picture The Ringer
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- TV & Film
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4.3 • 4.7K Ratings
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Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins review the movies you need to see. Plus: Top 5s, Movie Drafts, Oscars analysis, and more, featuring a rotating cast of Ringer colleagues like Chris Ryan, Van Lathan, and Bill Simmons.
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An Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag, and ‘I Saw the TV Glow,’ with Jane Schoenbrun
Sean and Amanda answer your questions about the 2024 box office, roasts, YouTube movie clips, repertory theaters, and more (1:00). Then, Sean is joined by Mean Pod Guy Adam Nayman to discuss an exciting new release, Jane Schoenbrun’s ‘I Saw the TV Glow,’ and its unique blend of body horror, nostalgia, and identity (1:15:00). Finally, Sean is joined by Schoenbrun to discuss the making of the movie, growing up hooked in to television, and what kind of films they’re interested in making moving forward (1:45:00).
Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Guests: Jane Schoenbrun and Adam Nayman
Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner
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Five Ways We’ll Watch Movies in the Future and ‘The Idea of You’
Sean and Amanda share some exciting announcements about the show (1:00), then dig into their experience at four different premium large-format movie theater experiences over the last few weeks (4:00). They later discuss the weekend’s biggest streaming film, the Anne Hathaway vehicle ‘The Idea of You’ (1:00:00). Does the movie work, should it have been in theaters, and what does this signal for Hathaway—one of their favorite stars in Hollywood.
Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner
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‘The Fall Guy’ and Top Five Ryan Gosling Movies
Sean and Amanda reflect on the reaction to the 35 Under 35 movie stars list they put together on Tuesday’s episode (1:00), before discussing the new Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt action-comedy-romance movie, ‘The Fall Guy’ (5:00). Then, they revisit the highs of Gosling’s career by each sharing their five favorite performances from his long and chaptered career (51:00).
Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner
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The 2024 Movie Star Ranking: 35 Under 35
Sean and Amanda reconvene the movie star committee to rank the 35 most important movie stars under the age of 35, using their proprietary blend of what a star has done already, what they have on their slate next, and what they could turn into in the future. Zendaya, Margot Robbie, Timothée Chalamet, Tom Holland, Jacob Elordi, Florence Pugh … Who will come out on top?
Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner
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‘Challengers’ Is Sexy, Sweaty, and Undeniable
Sean and Amanda gather to discuss the 2024 film perfectly situated at the center of their respective tastes: ‘Challengers.’ They discuss the thrilling trio of actors at its center, underrated director Luca Guadagnino, its pulsing score, and its thrilling ending (1:00). Then, Sean interviews Justin Kuritzkes, the writer of the movie, about writing this script on spec, the balance of power dynamics among the characters, why he chose to set it in the world of tennis, and more (1:35:00).
Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Guest: Justin Kuritzkes
Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner
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‘Abigail,’ ‘Late Night With the Devil,’ and the 10 Best Horror Movies of 2024 … So Far
Sean is joined by Chris Ryan to discuss the current state of horror in theaters (1:00). They run through a list of movies that are out right now, then dive into what they did and did not like about them (10:00). Later, they’re joined by a special guest to explain the plot of ‘Imaginary’ (27:00) to Chris, who hasn’t yet seen the film. Finally, Sean and Chris discuss the directors they’d most like to see work in the horror genre (1:00:00) and discuss their most-anticipated upcoming releases (1:10:00).
Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Guest: Chris Ryan
Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner
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Customer Reviews
The implicit racism is baffling, also Giving takes when they haven’t watched it
I was listening to the most recent pod 35 under 35. One the disrespect to Justice smith and his acting by Amanda was appalling especially when she hasn’t watched the things he’s been in. He’s a great actor. Two their take on Lessons in Chemistry when neither of them have watched it and the watch only covered like 4 episodes maybe. While the show itself to other people besides the cynics on this podcast was a major hit. Also just the lack of people of color in this list and the lack of them covering/even watching smaller films is annoying to me.
They don’t watch any small good films on streaming platforms. And I feel a good idea for some pods would be to cover actor/actress movies that are a blind spot for them and dedicate a specific pods to these actors that they easily dismiss and give no credit to, (ahem Amanda, cough cough).
Sorry it’s really grinding my gears the implicit racism of this pod constantly. And the way Amanda says thing as if they’re fact and they are not.
Does Amanda even like movies?
Just wondering…? I get that this is a place for critique but like- not once have I heard her talk about a movie without complaining about more than half of it. Even when she starts out saying she liked the movie. Today listened to her take on both Civil War and The Idea of You and her unwillingness to enjoy any aspect of a movie that she would have done differently is, to quote John Ralphio, THE WoOoOoOorst!! Currently listening to her complain about how she thinks a 40 year old woman, no matter how gorgeous, could never be insecure or fearful of the clarity of aging (like all of us- ugly, gorgeous, fat, thin, rich poor). Welcome to womanhood girly.
Soooooo Pretentious
If you want to be talked down to for an hour or so about how you really don't understand what the movie you have just seen is about because you didn't watch an obscure film from 1973, then this is the place to be.