The Big Picture
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins review the movies you need to see. Plus: Top 5s, Movie Drafts, Oscars analysis, and more. Subscribe to Sean's newsletter, Projections, here.
2 episodes
Episodes
The Big Picture
Primetime turns media spectacle into a moral nightmare
The episode examines how Primetime transforms To Catch a Predator and its culture of humiliation into a warning about entertainment’s moral blind spots.
Sep 25, 2026 · 1h 54m
The Big Picture
A cinematic disaster becomes a test of auteur mythology
The discussion uses John Boorman’s failed Exorcist sequel to examine creative authority, New Hollywood’s collapse, and how artists should be judged.
Sep 23, 2026 · 1h 47m