Madonna: The Movies With Amanda Dobbins and Sean Fennessey

Bandsplain

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4.4 • 582 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Yasi is joined by Amanda Dobbins and Sean Fennessey of The Big Picture to reconsider Madonna’s life on film, including her breakout role in Desperately Seeking Susan, box office hits like Dick Tracy and A League of Their Own, polarizing works like Body of Evidence, and of course her most critically acclaimed film work, Evita. They discuss Madonna the cinephile, the vulnerability required to be a great artist, the unfair criticism that followed Madonna the actress, and what they think her best film is. CREDITS:Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalekGuests: Amanda Dobbins @akdobbins and Sean Fennessey @seanfennesseyProducer: Rob SundermannEditor: Adrian BridgesAdditional Production Supervision: Justin SaylesTheme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:07.0	I don't get it, can you please explain?
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0:16.0	Never heard this band in my life.
0:20.0	Oh, you haven't? I love that. Really? Why?
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0:30.6	I really hate this band!
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0:42.4	Hello and welcome to bandsplain I am your host yassi solid this is usually a show where I invite
0:50.0	an expert guest on to help me explain a cult band or iconic artist. Today's episode is about the filmography of the one and only Madonna.
0:59.5	You guys, my guest today, the esteemed hosts of the Big Picture podcast, Amanda Dobbins and Sean Fennessee.
1:05.9	Thank you so much for joining me here.
1:07.7	Thanks for having us.
1:08.9	I needed people who understood movies,
1:15.9	cinephiles. Sure. Critics. I don't know if you actually did for this filmography,
1:20.0	but that said, I'm thrilled to be here. I want to do some, I want to do some renegotiation of history here. All right. I think that people have been wrong and wronged.
1:24.5	Interesting. So you're going to reclaim roughly the entire filmography of Madonna?
1:29.5	No, there's some parts where they were right. Okay. I was having a good time prepping for this
1:34.6	until yesterday morning when I was going through a couple, like, I don't want to deal with that
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