‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Is the End of 'Star Wars' As We Know It. Plus: The Winners and Losers at Cannes.

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 126 minutes

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away … we used to have good ‘Star Wars’ movies. Before diving into ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’, Sean and Amanda give a final recap of their trip to the Cannes Film Festival, and cover a handful of movie news headlines they missed while they were overseas (2:28). Then, they are joined by ‘Star Wars’ superfan Van Lathan to discuss who the movie was actually made for, why it doesn’t feel special for one of cinema’s biggest movie franchises, and how this film marks an end of an era for ‘Star Wars’ at large (32:02). Finally, Sean is joined by Daniel Roher to discuss why he felt his new film ‘Tuner’ was an exercise to prove to himself that he could broaden his horizons outside of the documentary genre (1:28:33). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Daniel Roher and Van Lathan Producer: Jack Sanders Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Toronto movie lovers, we are coming for you.
0:09.4	This summer, for the first time ever, the big picture is going to Canada.
0:13.7	The kind folks at TIF invited us to participate in this summer's TIF lightbox series,
0:18.6	Christopher Nolan, colon, Grand Designs. We can't wait to join
0:22.4	their slate of programming. On July 8th, you can join us for a live recording of a very
0:27.1	special draft episode with some friends of the pod, Canadian and not Canadian. And then we'll
0:32.8	run it back on July 9th with a screening and discussion of one of our Nolan favorites, Tenet.
0:37.8	Now pay attention. There will be special limited presales for big picture listeners and TIF members for both of these events.
0:46.3	The pre-s, I'm still pointing, the presale for the July 8th live show will be on June 3rd at noon eastern.
0:56.8	And the link will be available at the ringer.com slash events.
0:58.5	If tickets remain after that, there will be a general on sale on June 5th at noon eastern.
1:04.1	Then the presale for the July 9th tenant screening will go live on June 11th at noon
1:08.8	eastern, and the link will also be at the ringer.com slash events.
1:12.6	If tickets remain, there will be a general on sale
1:14.8	on June 12th at noon eastern.
1:17.1	Further ticketing information will be
1:18.7	available at the ringer.com
1:20.2	slash events soon and more programming details
1:22.8	are at tiff.net
1:24.5	slash Nolan.
1:26.2	See you in Canada.
1:38.1	Music TIF.net slash Nolan. See you in Canada. I'm Sean Fennacy.
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