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Dumpuary Is Dead. These Movies Killed It. Plus: The Best Movies at Sundance and the Catherine O’Hara Hall of Fame.
February 3, 2026 · 2:20:12 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · With Jack Fisk
Edition: Catherine O’Hara
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Movies Referenced (60)
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Directors Referenced (16)
12 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Punch-Drunk Love, Licorice Pizza, There Will Be Blood▶ 2:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
7 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Inland Empire▶ 2:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Days of Heaven, The Tree of Life▶ 2:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Taxi Driver, Killers of the Flower Moon, Mean Streets▶ 2:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Body Double, Dressed to Kill, The Bonfire of the Vanities▶ 2:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · · Known for Uncut Gems, Good Time, Marty Supreme▶ 1:25:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · · Known for The Silence of the Lambs, Apollo 13, Little Shop of Horrors▶ 2:02:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for A Beautiful Mind▶ 25:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for If I Stay, The Perks of Being a Wallflower▶ 42:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for People We Meet on Vacation, All the Bright Places▶ 44:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Causeway▶ 2:01:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (87)
16 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for The Running Man, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers▶ 48:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
14 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Tank Girl, Young Adult▶ 16:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗
10 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Bodies Bodies Bodies, Barbie▶ 1:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗
8 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for The Dark Knight Rises, Rachel Getting Married▶ 17:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
8 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for People We Meet on Vacation▶ 45:10IMDb ↗Lb ↗
7 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for The Legend of Tarzan▶ 1:09:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗
7 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Spaceballs▶ 26:39IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Network, Poltergeist▶ 2:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (10)
8 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for It's Complicated, Something's Gotta Give, Private Benjamin▶ 18:39IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Safe Haven▶ 48:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for It Ends with Us, Regretting You▶ 44:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for A Few Good Men, The Trial of the Chicago 7▶ 17:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Captain America: The First Avenger▶ 49:58IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Sense and Sensibility▶ 52:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Big Chill, Wyatt Earp▶ 25:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Julie & Julia, When Harry Met Sally...▶ 48:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral, About Time▶ 48:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Her, Three Kings, Where the Wild Things Are▶ 25:31IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Cinematographers Referenced (1)
1 mentions · · Known for Children of Men, Gravity, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)▶ 1:41:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗