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Top Five Mark Wahlberg Movies: Say Hi to Your Mother for Us
March 6, 2020/ 92 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean and Amanda bring in Chris Ryan to make sense of Mark Wahlberg's strange, prolific career and rank their favorite performances, then Sean talks to Kelly Reichardt about First Cow.
20 films across 5 segments.
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Who Is Mark Wahlberg?with Chris Ryan
The Basketball Diaries 1995
an early example of the undeveloped, violently adolescent young men Wahlberg played before he became a movie star.
Chris Ryan's Top Five performances, not movies
Picked by Chris Ryan
The Other Guys 2010
his favorite Wahlberg comedy, and Adam McKay's most underrated.
Picked by Chris Ryan
The Perfect Storm 2000
the most rewatchable Wahlberg movie, he argues, prompting a reading of Diane Lane's letter in a Ted Kennedy voice.
Picked by Chris Ryan
The Gambler 2014
his number one, a bizarre, self-immolating remake he treats as an all-timer.
Amanda Dobbins' Top Five performances, not movies
Picked by Amanda Dobbins
Fear 1996
a genuinely menacing performance she calls Wahlberg's Talented Mr. Ripley.
Picked by Amanda Dobbins
The Fighter 2010
a rare quiet, emotional performance, with real chemistry against Amy Adams and Christian Bale.
Picked by Amanda Dobbins
I ♥ Huckabees 2004
her number two: 'if I had the courage of my convictions, it would be higher.'
Sean Fennessey's Top Five performances, not movies
Picked by Sean Fennessey
The Yards 2000
a James Gray movie he calls the best version of Wahlberg: the naive lead getting pushed around by a powerhouse cast.
Picked by Sean Fennessey
Three Kings 1999
David O. Russell using Wahlberg as the empathy center of an ensemble war movie.
In Conversation: Kelly Reichardt
Kelly Reichardt on
First Cow 2020
adapting Jonathan Raymond's novel, inventing the cow heist that isn't in the book, and building a five-day shooting week for the first time.
Kelly Reichardt on
Old Joy 2006
the smaller film she made instead when the First Cow adaptation wasn't yet workable.
Kelly Reichardt on
Meek's Cutoff 2010
where she started working with cinematographer Chris Blauvelt.
Kelly Reichardt on
Certain Women 2016
her hardest shoot: brutally cold, three different casts back to back.
Kelly Reichardt on
Midnight Traveler 2019
the last great thing she'd seen: a documentary shot on cell phones by a family fleeing a Taliban hit.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Peter Berg collaborations Lone SurvivorDeepwater HorizonPatriots Day
The B-movie run Shooter2 GunsBroken CityMile 22
Comedies and hits TedTed 2The Italian JobPain & Gain
Also mentioned Boogie NightsMojaveThe Talented Mr. RipleySpanking the MonkeyGerryPromised LandRangoThe Happening
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV EntourageWahlburgers
Web video Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals (SNL digital short)Good Vibrations (music video)
Podcast promo Winging It