Venice
Place
Venice is a historic Italian city built across islands in a lagoon, renowned for canals, bridges, architecture, and maritime heritage.
14 episodes featuring Venice

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
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
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

Watch What Crappens
Jen’s flower humiliation fuels a yacht-wide meltdown
The recap turns a romantic slight, crew rivalries, and operational mistakes into a portrait of a charter boat losing control.
Sep 15, 2026 · 1h 22m

Global News Podcast
Israel’s tunnel blast widens debates over accountability and war
The episode connects a dramatic military operation in Lebanon with disputes over political responsibility, civilian harm, democratic frustration, and institutional trust.
Sep 11, 2026 · 32 min

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

Watch What Crappens
Ariana’s boundaries collide with Next Gen NYC’s romantic chaos
The finale’s first half turns shifting friendships, career anxiety, and divorce into a portrait of young adults negotiating public and private expectations.
Sep 10, 2026 · 57 min

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
Onslaught revives the black-and-chrome action movie
The episode examines why a once-common strain of gritty, militaristic genre filmmaking has faded—and whether Onslaught can restore its cult appeal.
Sep 4, 2026 · 1h 57m

Pardon My Take
Clippers penalties collide with comedy, college football and Fyre Fest
The episode pairs a consequential NBA scandal with a revealing Stavros Halkias interview and the show’s unusually chaotic sports culture.
Sep 4, 2026 · 2h 41m

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

Watch What Crappens
BravoCon turns Next Gen NYC into a pressure cooker
The cast’s weekend exposes how flirtation, friendship, public scrutiny, and unresolved conflict collide when reality television becomes an event.
Aug 13, 2026 · 1h 27m

The Rewatchables
The Mini Coopers Steal The Italian Job
The discussion explains why a flawed 2003 heist movie remains unusually rewatchable, while testing its stunts, stars, representation, and logic.
Aug 11, 2026 · 1h 45m
