Green Book 2018
Spielberg's own Best Picture vote, admitted in the same message: the profile Amanda pictured for a Green Book voter, confirmed.
The Big Picture · Discussion · Interview · Roundtable
'Leaving Neverland,' Spielberg's Oscar Battle with Netflix, and the Best Movies of 2019 So Far
March 5, 2019/ 57 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins on Spielberg's push to keep Netflix out of the Oscars, then Rob Harvilla joins for 'Leaving Neverland,' and a run through the best movies of 2019 so far.
13 films across 3 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Spielberg, Netflix, and the Oscarsthe streaming-vs-theaters fight
Roma 2018
The Netflix release that set off the theatrical-window argument.
First Reformed 2017
Schrader's example: A24 kept it in theaters and festivals for a year, a run he doubts Netflix would have given it.
The Irishman 2019
Scorsese's Netflix film, the marquee title on a 2019 slate they'd love to see in a theater for an extra buck a month.
The Last Thing He Wanted 2020
Dee Rees's Netflix film, cited as a true-blue awards contender headed to streaming.
Triple Frontier 2019
Seen in a Netflix screening room, loud; they agreed it was the right place for it.
The Heiress 1949
Sean caught it on TCM the night before; a detour into which corporate arm gets to show old movies.
'Leaving Neverland'
Rob Harvilla on
Leaving Neverland 2019
Dan Reed's HBO documentary on James Safechuck and Wade Robson; the Jackson estate sued HBO for $100 million. Just the two men and their families for four hours, no talking heads. They land on Rob's line: there is no canceling Michael Jackson.
The Best Movies of 2019 So Far one host, one film
Picked by Amanda Dobbins
Everybody Knows 2018
Farhadi's Spanish-set drama with Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, sold as a thriller but closer to a psychological one.
Picked by Sean Fennessey
Transit 2018
Petzold's refugee story set in an unnamed year, a WWII plot shot as if it were happening now.
Picked by Amanda Dobbins
Apollo 11 2019
Archival-only moon-landing doc; she saw it in IMAX, $45 for two tickets.
Picked by Sean Fennessey
Alita: Battle Angel 2019
Rodriguez's cyborg spectacle, Oscar winners reading ridiculous dialogue: his big-dumb-loud pick.
Picked by Amanda Dobbins
High Flying Bird 2019
Soderbergh's basketball movie that went by faster than either of them wanted.
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