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Why 'Dark Phoenix' Flopped and 'Late Night' Works, Plus Joe Talbot on 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco' | The Big Picture

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.35.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2019

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

We go over Mindy Kaling’s feature screenwriting debut, ‘Late Night, before reviewing the box office flop of ‘Dark Phoenix,’ the most recent and final release of this generation of the X-Men franchise (1:00). Then, ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ director Joe Talbot joins to talk about his directorial debut—a picturesque examination of his hometown in the face of rapid gentrification (55:45). Host: Sean Fennessey Guests: Amanda Dobbins and Joe Talbot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, this is Liz Kelly here to tell you about some changes to the Ringer podcast network.

0:06.1

The press box with Brian Curtis and David Schumaker is moving into its very own feed and will

0:10.3

now be coming to you twice a week.

0:12.3

So to keep up with the media's biggest news stories, from sports to politics to everything

0:16.4

in between, subscribe to the press box on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts

0:21.4

and look for new episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays.

0:30.0

I'm Sean Fantasy and I'm Amanda Dobbins.

0:49.2

And this is the big picture, a conversation show about our long career working in the

0:53.0

writing room of a late night talk show.

0:55.4

Amanda, we're here to talk about the movie late night among other interesting subjects

0:59.2

later in the show.

1:00.2

I'll have an interview with the writer and director Joe Talbot, who made an absolutely

1:03.8

beautiful film called The Last Black Man in San Francisco that is in limited release right

1:07.3

now and will be expanding through the month.

1:08.9

I would highly encourage you to listen to that conversation.

1:11.7

And before we get to that point, we will talk about The Last Black Man in San Francisco

1:14.2

a bit on the show and a couple of other films that have seen release over the last few days.

1:18.3

First and foremost is the aforementioned late night.

1:20.9

Amanda, this movie premiered its Sundance in January to what I would say is a great deal

1:25.6

of fanfare.

1:26.6

I would say it was probably the noisiest release that came out of that festival.

1:30.3

It was purchased for a tidy sum of $13 million by Amazon Studios.

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