‘You Can See Everything’ Mania and Best Picture Power Rankings. Plus: ‘Whalefall,’ ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ and Kyle MacLachlan!

Sean Fennessey (0:15)

Today on the show, we are making sense of a wild weekend at the movies, including the release of several Oscar contenders, some mainstream hits, and some journeys into our movie-loving past. We're talking about the movie, the movie that we're going to be watching, and the movie that we're going to be watching, and the movie that we're going to be watching, and the movie that we're going to be watching, Some mainstream hits and some journeys into our movie-loving past. We're talking about the new adaptation of Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, and also Whalefall, a literary adaptation of a different sort. We'll also be taking our monthly stock of the Best Picture power rankings, account for the surge by a couple of new movies, including You Can See Everything, and start crossing off some prospective contenders. Later in this episode, I'll be joined by legendary actor Kyle MacLachlan for a new series I'm calling One Year. Kyle has been talking about his life after publishing a new memoir called Fictional Selves, so I thought we should zero in on that magical period between 1985 and 1986, 40 years later, when he made Blue Velvet with the late, great David Lynch. Kyle and I talked about so many details of his life as a young actor, the set of that extraordinary movie, his relationships with Lynch, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, and more. Longtime listeners know how much I love Blue Velvet and MacLachlan and Lynch's collaborations, so this was very special. Please stick around for it. But first, some movie news right after this.

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You think these intros are getting longer?

Amanda Dobbins (2:34)

That one was particularly long. I was honestly checking my texts. I'm sorry, but you did a good job.

Sean Fennessey (2:39)

Thank you, yeah.

Amanda Dobbins (2:40)

Did you notice that you started like 2Xing your own voice at the end? Sure, I always do that. Yeah, yeah.

Sean Fennessey (2:45)

I mean, that's unfortunately the one thing that Billy Evans and I have in common is we listen to podcasts fast. And there's...

Amanda Dobbins (2:52)

I... keep it moving.

Sean Fennessey (2:57)

So, a lot of news.

Amanda Dobbins (2:59)

Yeah.

Sean Fennessey (3:01)

Box office Street Fighter, you saw it, you say what?

Amanda Dobbins (3:05)

I didn't see it, yeah.

Sean Fennessey (3:07)

So funny, I've not had this experience before where a movie comes in at number one, it's a big new wide release. And not only are we not talking about it today on the show, but I feel like it is really not a thing that happened. I did see it.

Amanda Dobbins (3:17)

Did you have a nice time? A big spag, I'll say. You were looking forward to it.

Sean Fennessey (3:23)

I was.

Amanda Dobbins (3:24)

And you've programmed another episode to talk about it and to talk about your passions and your childhood.

Sean Fennessey (3:31)

What I did was I crunched that episode into another episode.

Amanda Dobbins (3:35)

Well again, to talk about your passions and your childhood.

Sean Fennessey (3:38)

Later this week on the show, we will talk about the best horror movies of the year with CR and we'll talk about Street Fighter with Shay Serrano, which will be fun. But Street Fighter made 30 million, which I think is maybe like a little bit of a disappointment and maybe some of our video game adaptation dreams have been slightly diminished.