The Big Picture
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.
Latest Episode
Five Burning Questions About Awards Season, and Our Golden Globes Predictions. Plus: The Ingenious ‘No Other Choice,’ with Park Chan-wook! (08.01.2026)
Previous Episodes
- The 26 Most Anticipated Movies of 2026
- The 25 for ’25 Selection Show Special
- The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 1 - 'The Social Network’
- F---, Marry, Kill at the Movies: ‘The Housemaid,’ ‘Song Sung Blue,’ and ‘Anaconda’
- The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 2 - 'There Will Be Blood’
- ‘Marty Supreme’ Is the Moment, With Josh Safdie!
- The Top 10 Underseen and Overlooked Movies of 2025. Plus: ‘Is This Thing On?,’ ‘Ella McCay,’ and Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.
- ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Burns Bright Before Flaming Out. Plus: Best Picture Power Rankings and the Oscar Short Lists!
- The 2022 Movie Draft
- The Movie Business Freak-Out Mailbag and ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,’ With Rian Johnson!
- ‘Hamnet’ and the 10 Best Performances of 2025. Plus: Kleber Mendonça Filho on ‘The Secret Agent.’
- The Adam Sandler Hall of Fame and ‘Jay Kelly’ With Noah Baumbach!
- The Truth About Netflix Buying Warner Bros. Plus: Snubs and Surprises of the Golden Globe Nominations and Jafar Panahi on ‘It Was Just an Accident.’
- The Top Five Movies of 2025
- The ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Watch-Along!
- The Robert Redford Hall of Fame
- The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 3 - '25th Hour’
- Best Picture Power Rankings and the Super-Sincerity of ‘Sentimental Value,’ With Joachim Trier! Plus: Regretting ‘Regretting You.’
- ‘Wicked: For Good’ Is No Good. But ‘Train Dreams’ Is.
- The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 4 - 'Inglourious Basterds’
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