Digger
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Discussed alongside Digger
- Telluride
Place · 2 episodes together · 1 show
- A24
Organization · 2 episodes together · 1 show
- Dune Part 3
Work · 3 episodes together · 1 show
- David Fincher
Person · 4 episodes together · 1 show
- Christopher Nolan
Person · 4 episodes together · 2 shows
- Tom Cruise
Person · 3 episodes together · 2 shows
- The Odyssey
Work · 4 episodes together · 2 shows
13 episodes featuring Digger

WSJ What’s News
Brazil’s right gains ground as global risks multiply
The episode connects Brazil’s election, security failures, market uncertainty, shipping disruptions and food-supply risks across an unusually volatile news cycle.
Oct 5, 2026 · 13 min

Morning Brew Daily
A weak jobs report meets Hollywood’s high-stakes gamble
The episode connects a stalled hiring market with corporate bets in film, aviation, offices, media, and retail.
Oct 5, 2026 · 28 min

The Big Picture
Tom Cruise turns vulnerability into Digger’s biggest gamble
The discussion tests whether Cruise’s most exposed dramatic performance can redeem a divisive film about art, ego, and ecological collapse.
Oct 2, 2026 · 1h 56m

The Big Picture
Baseball movies turn a long season into myth and memory
The draft reveals why baseball remains unusually fertile cinematic material, even as analytics, changing media habits, and modern baseball complicate its cultural reach.
Sep 30, 2026 · 1h 45m

Morning Brew Daily
A resilient economy meets rogue AI and football’s financial reckoning
The episode connects elevated borrowing costs, autonomous-AI risks, and Manchester City’s financial charges to larger questions about economic and institutional resilience.
Sep 28, 2026 · 32 min

The Big Picture
Endgame Encore tests Hollywood’s appetite for theatrical nostalgia
The episode uses one weekend’s releases to examine whether eventized rereleases can compete with new films and reshape theatrical economics.
Sep 28, 2026 · 2h 24m

The Big Picture
Cregger’s Resident Evil gambles on spectacle with a personal edge
The episode connects a volatile awards season and TIFF’s shifting influence with a filmmaker testing how far ambitious genre cinema can go.
Sep 22, 2026 · 2h 15m

The Big Picture
Resident Evil revives unapologetic horror comedy
The discussion makes a case for Zach Cregger’s film as both a sharp video-game adaptation and a corrective to overly solemn modern horror.
Sep 17, 2026 · 1h 43m

The Big Picture
Oasis reunites while Sandra Bullock weighs her next act
The episode connects nostalgia’s limits, from a hollow legacy sequel to a reunion documentary that makes fandom feel newly alive.
Sep 15, 2026 · 1h 36m

The Big Picture
Summer movies reclaim cultural ground as franchises lose their grip
The episode tests whether theatrical moviegoing is broadly recovering or merely being carried by a few familiar properties, then applies the same scrutiny to Abel Ferrara’s unruly career.
Sep 11, 2026 · 3h 2m

The Big Picture
Festival films turn awards buzz into a high-wire act
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins show how Telluride and Venice transform films, performances, and documentaries into competing Oscar narratives.
Sep 8, 2026 · 1h 53m

The Big Picture
Fall movies turn the Oscar race into an open field
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins map the fall release calendar, its box-office bets, and the awards narratives already taking shape.
Sep 1, 2026 · 1h 32m

The Rewatchables
Speed still defines the ideal action movie
The discussion explains why Speed’s practical spectacle, efficient storytelling, and star chemistry remain unusually durable as original action films decline.
Aug 18, 2026 · 2h 18m
