Sean Fennessey on Covering Movies, Sight and Sound, and the State of the Top 10 List

The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Bryan is joined by The Ringer's Sean Fennessey to discuss his approach to covering movies in the year 2022. They dive into media critics' top 10 year-end lists, discuss how lists reflect the current culture, weigh in on the journalistic shift towards list-making, and wrap things up with thoughts on Sight and Sound. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Sean Fennessey Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Learn more about the Alms You Love with Disect.
0:02.9	A music analysis podcast hosted by me, Cole Kushner, a lifelong musician and composer.
0:08.1	Each season of Disect dives deep into a single album, forensically dissecting the music, lyrics,
0:13.0	and meaning of one song per episode.
0:15.2	Our newest season is covering Tyler the Creator's Igor, a beautifully honest album in which
0:19.5	Tyler explores love, communication, masculinity, and truth.
0:23.8	Listen to Disect today only on Spotify, because great art deserves more than a swipe.
0:32.6	Happy Holidays, media consumers.
0:34.6	Welcome to Pressbox final edition.
0:37.4	Ryan Curtis of the Ring are here along with producer Erika Servantes.
0:41.5	We are joined today by the host of the Big Picture podcast, a guy you're always seeing
0:46.8	at the movies.
0:48.2	My friend, Sean Finese, welcome to the Pressbox, Sean.
0:52.0	Hi, Brian.
0:53.0	Happy to be back.
0:54.0	Love to talk about lists and year end list making.
0:57.4	So thanks for having me.
0:59.1	I want to do a little check in on lists, because you released your top 10 movies of the year,
1:05.7	earlier this month of the big pick.
1:07.8	Come for the list, stay for the Top Gun Maverick versus Nope Anx between you and the co-host.
1:14.0	I listened to your pod and then it looked over at the top 10 lists of the New York Times
1:18.4	movie critics.
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