‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Is the End of 'Star Wars' As We Know It. Plus: The Winners and Losers at Cannes.
5/27/20262 hr 7 min
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away … we used to have good ‘Star Wars’ movies. Before diving into ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’, Sean and Amanda give a final recap of their trip to the Cannes Film Festival, and cover a handful of movie news headlines they missed while they were overseas (2:28). Then, they are joined by ‘Star Wars’ superfan Van Lathan to discuss who the movie was actually made for, why it doesn’t feel special for one of cinema’s biggest movie franchises, and how this film marks an end of an era for ‘Star Wars’ at large (32:02). Finally, Sean is joined by Daniel Roher to discuss why he felt his new film ‘Tuner’ was an exercise to prove to himself that he could broaden his horizons outside of the documentary genre (1:28:33). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Daniel Roher and Van Lathan Producer: Jack Sanders Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsAmanda Dobbins· Host0:01
[drum music] Toronto movie lovers, we are coming for you. This summer, for the first time ever, The Big Picture is going to Canada.
Sean Fennessey· Host0:13
The kind folks at TIFF invited us to participate in this summer's TIFF Lightbox series, Christopher Nolan: Grand Designs. We can't wait to join their slate of programming.
Amanda Dobbins· Host0:23
On July 8th, you can join us for a live recording of a very special draft episode with some friends of the pod, Canadian and not Canadian.
Sean Fennessey· Host0:32
And then we'll run it back on July 9th with a screening and discussion of one of our Nolan favorites, Tenet.
Amanda Dobbins· Host0:37
Now pay attention. There will be special limited pre-sales for Big Picture listeners and TIFF members for both of these events. The pre... I'm still pointing. The pre-sale for the July 8th live show will be on June 3rd at noon Eastern, and the link will be available at theringer.com/events. If tickets remain after that, there will be a general on sale on June 5th at noon Eastern.
Sean Fennessey· Host1:03
Then the pre-sale for the July 9th Tenet screening will go live on June 11th at noon Eastern, and the link will also be at theringer.com/events. If tickets remain, there will be a general on sale on June 12th at noon Eastern. Further ticketing information will be available at theringer.com/events soon, and more programming details are at tiff.net/nolan. See you in Canada.
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