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A Recast of ‘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.

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1. Interview With 'Hidden Figures' Director Ted Melfi | The Big Picture (Ep. 1) Jan. 13, 2017
2. Interview With ‘20th Century Women’ Director Mike Mills | The Big Picture (Ep. 2) Jan. 19, 2017
3. Interview With ‘O.J.: Made in America’ Director Ezra Edelman | The Big Picture (Ep. 3) Feb. 3, 2017
4. Barry Jenkins on Crafting the Sincerity of ‘Moonlight’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 4) Feb. 9, 2017
5. 'A Cure for Wellness' Director Gore Verbinski on Making Something Outside the Box and the Future of the Industry | The Big Picture (Ep. 5) Feb. 17, 2017
6. Interview With 'Get Out' Director Jordan Peele | The Big Picture (Ep. 6) March 9, 2017
7. ‘The Discovery’ Director Charlie McDowell | The Big Picture (Ep. 7) March 31, 2017
8. Jake Johnson and Joe Swanberg on Their New Film ‘Win It All’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 8) April 7, 2017
9. ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) April 13, 2017
10. 'Free Fire’ Director Ben Wheatley | The Big Picture (Ep. 10) April 21, 2017
11. ‘Sleight’ Director J.D. Dillard | The Big Picture (Ep. 11) April 28, 2017
12. Guy Ritchie and the Challenges of Making ‘King Arthur’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 12) May 11, 2017
13. Doug Liman on ‘The Wall’ and Making Movies His Way | The Big Picture (Ep. 13) May 15, 2017
14. Amy Schumer’s Career Arc, and ‘Snatched’ Director Jonathan Levine | The Big Picture (Ep. 14) June 1, 2017
15. Modern Horror and ‘It Comes at Night’ Director Trey Edward Shults | The Big Picture (Ep. 15) June 8, 2017
16. Female-Powered Comedy With ‘Rough Night’ Creators Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs | The Big Picture (Ep. 16) June 16, 2017
17. David Lowery’s Strange and Beautiful ‘A Ghost Story’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 17) July 6, 2017
18. Matt Reeves Puts Humanity in ‘The Planet of the Apes’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 18) July 14, 2017
19. Jenny Slate, Gillian Robespierre, and Elisabeth Holm on ‘Landline’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 19) July 21, 2017
20. Taylor Sheridan, 'Wind River,' and How to Write a Killer Movie | The Big Picture (Ep. 20) Aug. 4, 2017
21. The Safdie Brothers and ‘Good Time,’ an Instant New York Classic | The Big Picture (Ep. 21) Aug. 11, 2017
22. Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 22) Aug. 18, 2017
23. Jay Baruchel’s Directorial Debut and Making an Authentic Hockey Movie | The Big Picture (Ep. 23) Sept. 1, 2017
24. 'It' Director Andy Muschietti on Adapting Stephen King | The Big Picture (Ep. 24) Sept. 8, 2017
25. Danny Strong and the Recipe for a Classic Biopic | The Big Picture (Ep. 25) Sept. 15, 2017
26. Dissecting 'Mother!,' the Most Controversial Movie of the Year | The Big Picture (Ep. 26) Sept. 22, 2017
27. Stephen Frears and the Inner Workings of the Royal Family | The Big Picture (Ep. 27) Sept. 29, 2017
28. Darren Aronofsky on Pushing the Envelope | The Big Picture (Ep. 28) Oct. 11, 2017
29. Noah Baumbach and Capturing the American Family | The Big Picture (Ep. 29) Oct. 16, 2017
30. Todd Haynes on Growing Up and Going ‘Wonderstruck’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 30) Oct. 20, 2017
31. Ruben Östlund Is Trying to Provoke You | The Big Picture (Ep. 31) Oct. 27, 2017
32. How to Make a Marvel Movie Funny With ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Director Taika Waititi | The Big Picture (Ep. 32) Nov. 3, 2017
33. Passing Time With Richard Linklater | The Big Picture (Ep. 33) Nov. 10, 2017
34. Greta Gerwig on ‘Lady Bird,’ One of the Year’s Best Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 34) Nov. 13, 2017
35. The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) Nov. 17, 2017
36. Joe Wright Bounces Back From His Darkest Hour | The Big Picture (Ep. 37) Nov. 22, 2017
37. Errol Morris's Catnip for Conspiracy Theorists | The Big Picture (Ep. 38) Dec. 1, 2017
38. Sean Baker’s Wondrous ‘The Florida Project’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 39) Dec. 8, 2017
39. Was 2007 the Best Year for Film? | The Big Picture (Ep. 40) Dec. 15, 2017
40. ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Is Just the Beginning for Rian Johnson | The Big Picture (Ep. 41) Dec. 18, 2017
41. The Best Movies of 2017 | The Big Picture (Ep. 42) Dec. 22, 2017
42. The Urgency of ‘The Post’ With Screenwriters Liz Hannah and Josh Singer | The Big Picture (Ep. 43) Dec. 29, 2017
43. Making Kick-Ass Liam Neeson Movies With Director Jaume Collet-Serra | The Big Picture (Ep. 44) Jan. 12, 2018
44. Oscar Season: The Snubs and Surprises of the Academy Awards Nominations | The Big Picture (Ep. 45) Jan. 23, 2018
45. The Art of True Crime Documentary with Erin Lee Carr | The Big Picture (Ep. 46) Feb. 2, 2018
46. 'Icarus’ Filmmaker Bryan Fogel on Why Russia Won’t Be at the Olympics | The Big Picture (Ep. 47) Feb. 9, 2018
47. The Rise of Alex Ross Perry: From the Art House to the Mouse House | The Big Picture (Ep. 48) Feb. 12, 2018
48. Why Stop-Motion Animation Takes Forever to Make, With Nick Park | The Big Picture (Ep. 49) Feb. 16, 2018
49. Yance Ford Made ‘Strong Island’ to Face Down the Past | The Big Picture (Ep. 50) Feb. 19, 2018
50. 'Annihilation,’ ‘Ex Machina,’ and Alex Garland’s Disturbing Sci-Fi Vision | The Big Picture (Ep. 51) Feb. 23, 2018
51. Is ‘Three Billboards’ Actually Just ‘Crash’ 2.0? Plus, Other Oscars Takes | The Big Picture (Ep. 52) Feb. 27, 2018
52. Jennifer Lawrence’s ‘Red Sparrow’ Transformation With Francis Lawrence | The Big Picture (Ep. 53) March 2, 2018
53. Cory Finley Breaks From the Stage with ‘Thoroughbreds’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 54) March 9, 2018
54. The Best Movies at the SXSW Film Festival | The Big Picture (Ep. 55) March 16, 2018
55. Cults, Sex, and the American Dream in 'Wild Wild Country' I The Big Picture (Ep. 56) March 27, 2018
56. Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) March 30, 2018
57. 'Blockers’ and the Revival of the Studio Comedy With Kay Cannon | The Big Picture (Ep. 58) April 6, 2018
58. Life and Death in the American West With ‘Lean on Pete’ Director Andrew Haigh | The Big Picture (Ep. 58) April 13, 2018
59. 4/20 Special: Jay Chandrasekhar’s ‘Super Troopers’ Return | The Big Picture (Ep. 60) April 20, 2018
60. William Friedkin Meets a Real-Life ‘Exorcist’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 61) April 23, 2018
61. Emergency ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Breakdown I The Big Picture (Ep. 62) April 27, 2018
62. Jason Reitman Is Not Here to Make a Blockbuster | The Big Picture (Ep. 63) May 10, 2018
63. Making the Melissa McCarthy Machine, With Ben Falcone | The Big Picture (Ep. 64) May 14, 2018
64. Emergency ‘Deadpool 2’ Debate | The Big Picture (Ep. 65) May 18, 2018
65. Making ‘First Reformed,’ the Best Movie of the Year So Far, With Paul Schrader | The Big Picture (Ep. 66) May 21, 2018
66. 'Solo: A Star Wars Story’: Instant Analysis | The Big Picture (Ep. 67) May 25, 2018
67. Truth, Fiction, and a Hollywood Heist Movie, With Bart Layton | The Big Picture (Ep. 68) June 1, 2018
68. Hereditary’ Is the Most Disturbing Horror Movie in Years, With Ari Aster | The Big Picture (Ep. 69) June 8, 2018
69. Morgan Neville’s Mister Rogers Documentary Reminds Us to Be a Good Neighbor | The Big Picture (Ep. 70) June 13, 2018
70. ‘Incredibles 2’ and Brad Bird’s Super-Powered Return to Pixar | The Big Picture (Ep. 71) June 15, 2018
71. Do You Love Scary Dinosaurs? J.A. Bayona’s 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' Has Scary Dinosaurs | The Big Picture (Ep. 72) June 22, 2018
72. Why ‘Sicario’ Needed a Sequel, With Stefano Sollima | The Big Picture (Ep. 73) June 29, 2018
73. 'Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Goes Big, With Peyton Reed | The Big Picture (Ep. 74) July 6, 2018
74. Boots Riley’s ‘Sorry to Bother You’ Is a Cinematic Acid Trip | The Big Picture (Ep. 75) July 9, 2018
75. What Inspires Gus Van Sant? | The Big Picture (Ep. 76) July 13, 2018
76. Bo Burnham’s ‘Eighth Grade’ Captures the Experience of Middle School and Right Now | The Big Picture (Ep. 77) July 20, 2018
77. Making ‘Mission: Impossible’ the Best Movie Franchise, With Christopher McQuarrie | The Big Picture (Ep. 78) July 27, 2018
78. We Actually Fixed the Oscars | The Big Picture (Ep. 79) Aug. 9, 2018
79. How ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Director Jon M. Chu Earned His Spot | The Big Picture (Ep. 80) Aug. 17, 2018
80. The Summer Movie Awards | The Big Picture (Ep. 81) Aug. 24, 2018
81. Aneesh Chaganty on Leaving Google to Make ‘Searching’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 82) Aug. 31, 2018
82. Michel Gondry Reunites With Jim Carrey in ‘Kidding’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 83) Sept. 7, 2018
83. Nicole Holofcener, 'The Land of Steady Habits,' and the Characters From Her Own Life | The Big Picture (Ep. 84) Sept. 14, 2018
84. Ethan Hawke Will 'Blaze' a Trail as a Director, Too | The Big Picture (Ep. 85) Sept. 21, 2018
85. David Lowery on Directing Robert Redford's Final Film, 'The Old Man and the Gun' | The Big Picture (Ep. 86) Sept. 28, 2018
86. ‘A Star Is Born’: Instant Analysis | The Big Picture (Ep. 87) Oct. 8, 2018
87. 'The Oath’ and Ike Barinholtz’s Response to the Chaotic News Cycle | The Big Picture (Ep. 88) Oct. 12, 2018
88. The Big Picture: A Ringer Movies Podcast Oct. 18, 2018
89. Paul Dano on Directing His First Film and Adapting Richard Ford's 'Wildlife' | Interview (Ep. 89) Oct. 25, 2018
90. The Top 5 Streaming Horror Films Right Now with Bill Simmons | Discussion (Ep. 90) Oct. 26, 2018
91. Introducing 'The Oscars Show' and the 2018 Oscar Narratives I The Oscars Show (Ep. 91) Oct. 30, 2018
92. Luca Guadagnino on the Gory Glory of 'Suspiria' | Interview (Ep. 92) Nov. 1, 2018
93. The Top Five Westerns Since 1993 | Discussion (Ep. 93) Nov. 2, 2018
94. Bohemian Rhapsody I Exit Survey (Ep. 94) Nov. 5, 2018
95. Greg Kinnear on The Bill Simmons Podcast | Interview (Ep. 95) Nov. 7, 2018
96. Body Horror to the Extreme With ‘Overlord’ Director Julius Avery | Interview (Ep. 96) Nov. 9, 2018
97. ‘Outlaw King’ Is Netflix’s Foray Into Prestige. Did It Work? | The Oscars Show (Ep. 97) Nov. 13, 2018
98. The Top Five Coen Brothers Films | Discussion (Ep. 98) Nov. 15, 2018
99. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Exit Survey (Ep. 99) Nov. 16, 2018
100. Steve McQueen on ‘Widows’ and Reinventing the Heist Movie | Interview (Ep. 100) Nov. 19, 2018
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