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Aug 2024
1h 52m

Sicko Movie Mode: Five F**ked-Up Feature...

The Ringer
About this episode

Sean and Amanda return to the feed in triumphant fashion by talking about, among other things, Oasis, the ‘Megalopolis’ trailer, and their weeks away (1:00). Then, they run through five recently released features and their “sicko” natures, measuring the quality of each film and the state of the release calendar in the doldrums of summer (18:00). Finally, Sean is joined by JT Mollner, the director of ‘Strange Darling’, to discuss the long gap between his first feature at Sundance and ‘Strange Darling,’ the twists and turns of his movie, and the way he conceives of making movies within genres that come with audience expectation (1:09:00).


Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins

Guest: JT Mollner

Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner

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