Top Five Movies of 2021 So Far. Plus: Questlove on ‘Summer of Soul’

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.2 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 80 minutes

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It’s been an odd movie year, but there have been a handful of standouts at the halfway mark. Sean and Amanda share their top fives of 2021 thus far and explore whether we need to define what qualifies (1:00). Then, Sean is joined by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the Roots drummer and now film director, to discuss his new documentary, ‘Summer of Soul (... or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),’ which is out now on Hulu and in theaters (47:03). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Producers: Bobby Wagner and Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Watch is the latest and greatest in pop culture from best friends Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald.
0:04.9	Join them as they discuss TV, movies, music, and much more.
0:08.6	Check out the Watch on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:18.4	I'm Sean Fennesee.
0:19.6	I'm Amanda Davene.
0:20.6	And this is the Big Picture, a conversation show about the best movies we've seen this year so far.
0:26.1	Later in the show I'll be chatting with a mere quest love Thompson, the drummer for the roots,
0:29.9	DJ extraordinaire author podcast host, and now film director, his new documentary Summer of Soul,
0:35.7	or when the revolution could not be televised, is out now, on Hulu and in theaters.
0:40.4	I hope you'll stick around for that conversation.
0:42.8	But first let's talk 2021 movies.
0:44.9	Let's start with Summer of Soul.
0:46.1	Amanda, we saw it at Sundance in January and we both kind of flipped for it and it's exciting
0:50.7	that it's coming out into the world.
0:51.9	I think we're going to talk about it a little bit more as we get down to our lists.
0:55.2	We sure are.
0:56.3	Have you had a chance to revisit this movie since you saw it in January?
0:58.7	Do you feel like it's going to become something that you do return to because it's as much
1:02.2	as basically an album as it is a movie?
1:04.1	Yeah, I haven't seen it again.
1:06.5	And that's kind of been purposeful because it is a movie that's being released in theaters
1:10.5	in addition to being released, I believe, on Hulu.
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