The “Should I See It in a Movie Theater?” Test: ‘Tron: Ares,’ ‘Roofman,’ and ‘After the Hunt.’ Plus, the Magic of ‘Mr. Scorsese.’

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Sean and Amanda begin the show by honoring the legendary actor Diane Keaton, who passed away at 79 last Saturday (3:19). Then, following a disappointing box office performance from a handful of new weekend releases, they have an extensive conversation around what audiences want from movies at the movie theater (9:54). They form a rubric from their main takeaways and apply it to ‘Tron: Ares’ (14:53), ‘Roofman’ (29:47), and ‘After the Hunt’ (0:00). Finally, they briefly cover Rebecca Miller’s new documentary miniseries, ‘Mr. Scorsese,’ a thorough exploration of Martin Scorsese’s fascinating and iconic career (46:54). They then have Miller herself on to talk through the incredible journey and process from start to finish (1:14:18). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Rebecca Miller Producer: Jack Sanders Unlock an extra $250 at linkedin.com/thebigpicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We're excited to share that we are partnering with American Cinematech to screen one of the top five movies from our 25 for 25 list on the big screen with you.
0:09.8	For those of you in LA, we'll be at the Egyptian theater in Hollywood on Saturday, November 8th.
0:14.4	We're keeping the movie a secret, but we promise you won't be disappointed.
0:18.3	We'll come out for a conversation right after to talk through
0:21.1	what we've all just watched together. Tickets go on sale this coming Monday, October 20th at 12 p.m.
0:26.9	Pacific time, and more information will be available at the ringer.com slash events very soon.
0:32.0	Again, we're going to be screening and talking about one of our top 525 for 25 list movies live at the Egyptian
0:38.4	theater in Hollywood on Saturday, November 8th, and you can join us.
0:42.3	Tickets go on sale this Monday, October 20th at 12 p.m. Pacific,
0:46.5	with details to come on the ringer.com slash events soon.
0:53.9	Music I'm Sean Fennessey.
1:02.9	And this is the Big Picture, a conversation show about going to the movies.
1:06.9	As always later in this episode, Rebecca Miller joins me.
1:10.6	She is the writer, director of a new documentary called Mr. Scorsese.
1:15.1	The way you said that made it sound like Rebecca Miller joins you on every episode.
1:18.6	So she doesn't. Maybe she should. Maybe she should. I'm excited for it.
1:23.3	She's great. Her new film is great. We're going to talk about Mr. Scorsese on this episode.
1:27.3	And she's great in the documentary just as a talking behind the camera, but she gets a lot out of people. I usually don't like that when documentarians do that, but she was very effective in her usage. Also a filmmaker. She is. Also has a lot of experience with great dads. So with the capital G. Absolutely. Her previous documentary
1:45.3	was about her father, Arthur Miller, the famed playwright. This new documentary is even more expansive.
1:50.2	It's a five-part miniseries really about arguably our favorite director in the history of movies.
1:56.2	It's now available on Apple TV. We had a long conversation about how she really got under the hood of his
2:01.0	whole life, not just his films, but his personal life, his childhood, his influences, and the
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