Home/Episodes/The Movie Business Freak-Out Mailbag and ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,’ With Rian Johnson!
The Big Picture
The Movie Business Freak-Out Mailbag and ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,’ With Rian Johnson!
December 16, 2025 · 2:02:18 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey · With Rian Johnson, Amanda Dobbins
Chapters
Movies Referenced (87)
Directors Referenced (12)
6 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for This Is Spinal Tap, The Wolf of Wall Street▶ 1:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Tenet, Interstellar, Inception▶ 42:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for A Beautiful Mind▶ 45:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Schindler's List, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Saving Private Ryan▶ 22:14IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, Unforgiven▶ 52:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for It Follows, Under the Silver Lake▶ 45:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Hancock▶ 41:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Uncut Gems, Good Time, Marty Supreme▶ 14:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Waking Life, Before Midnight, Slacker▶ 28:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon▶ 52:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · · Known for Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Traffic, Behind the Candelabra▶ 32:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride▶ 52:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (54)
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for No Country for Old Men, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War▶ 1:11:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for No Time to Die, Casino Royale, Skyfall▶ 1:11:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Raw Deal, The Blues Brothers▶ 25:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Legend of Tarzan▶ 40:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for All of Us Strangers, Spectre▶ 1:11:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Dark Knight Rises, Rachel Getting Married▶ 43:15IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Bodies Bodies Bodies, Barbie▶ 39:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Lego Batman Movie▶ 32:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York▶ 1:19:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Fight Club, American History X, Primal Fear▶ 54:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Vampires, Hercules, The Virgin Suicides▶ 7:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (11)
8 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Knives Out, Looper, Glass Onion▶ 0:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Witness for the Prosecution▶ 1:12:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio▶ 1:04:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Maximum Overdrive, Creepshow▶ 5:37IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for It Ends with Us, Regretting You▶ 44:33IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · · Known for Shaun of the Dead, The World's End, Baby Driver▶ 2:00:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Wuthering Heights, Saltburn, Promising Young Woman▶ 22:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · · Known for Julie & Julia, When Harry Met Sally...▶ 6:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Her, Three Kings, Where the Wild Things Are▶ 28:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Child's Play▶ 1:06:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Cinematographers Referenced (1)
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Taking of Pelham 123, The Other Guys▶ 26:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗