The Cate Blanchett Hall of Fame and the Delightfully Sleek ‘Black Bag’

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Sean and Amanda discuss their upcoming trip to Las Vegas for CinemaCon (1:00) before taking stock of Steven Soderbergh’s 36th feature film, ‘Black Bag,’ starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender (8:30). Then, they build a Hall of Fame for Blanchett by selecting the 10 most important performances by the two-time Oscar winner (27:00). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner Video Producers: John Richter and Jon Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When you hear the word Seattle Supersonics, what comes to mind?
0:05.0	Maybe it's Sean Kemp, The Rain Man, or Gary Payton, the glove,
0:09.0	or maybe an image of a tall and skinny 19-year-old rookie, Kevin Duran.
0:14.0	For fans in Seattle, it's something else.
0:16.0	It's tragedy, it's theft, an iconic team with an incredible fan base that packed its bags
0:22.5	and shipped off for Oklahoma City.
0:24.9	From Spotify and the Ringer, I'm Jordan Ritter-Con, and in my podcast, Sonic Boom, I talk
0:30.3	to players, politicians, owners, and fans about how Seattle lost the Sonics.
0:36.4	You can listen to it on the Book of Basketball feed, on Spotify or wherever you get your
0:40.4	podcast.
0:51.3	I'm Sean Fennessey.
0:52.6	And this is the Big Picture A Conversation show about BlackBag.
0:56.6	Today we are talking about Steven Soderberg's newest film, his second of 2025.
1:01.9	And honestly, one of his best in years.
1:03.7	We're also talking about the amazing career of one of this movie stars Kate Blanchett.
1:08.3	We will build her Hall of Fame, long overdue, I would say, as an episode on this show.
1:13.0	I'm not sure what the fuck I was thinking, waiting this long to do a Kate.
1:16.3	Hall of Fame.
1:16.8	She's had quite a career.
1:18.0	She loves to work.
1:18.8	My goodness.
1:19.5	Yes.
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