‘The Discovery’ Director Charlie McDowell | The Big Picture (Ep. 7)
The Ringer's Editor-in-Chief Sean Fennessey sits down with director Charlie McDowell to discuss his new film The Discovery (1:55), casting Robert Redford (12:58), being one of Netflix's first major fe...
31 Mar 201733min
Interview With 'Get Out' Director Jordan Peele | The Big Picture (Ep. 6)
Ringer editor-in-chief Sean Fennessey sits down with writer-director Jordan Peele (of 'Key & Peele' fame) to discuss his new hit film, 'Get Out,' how and why he made it, and its overwhelmingly positiv...
9 Mar 201738min
'A Cure for Wellness' Director Gore Verbinski on Making Something Outside the Box and the Future of the Industry | The Big Picture (Ep. 5)
Gore Verbinski has been directing movies for two decades now, including The Ring, Rango, The Lone Ranger, and the first three Pirates of the Caribbean features. His latest picture, A Cure for Wellness...
17 Feb 201731min
Barry Jenkins on Crafting the Sincerity of ‘Moonlight’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 4)
Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight is one of the heavyweights in this year’s Academy Awards race, racking up eight nominations. The film was the first movie for Jenkins in eight years, and provided particular ...
9 Feb 201732min
Interview With ‘O.J.: Made in America’ Director Ezra Edelman | The Big Picture (Ep. 3)
Ringer editor-in-chief Sean Fennessey sits down with filmmaker Ezra Edelman to discuss the making of O.J.: Made in America, his epic eight-hour Oscar-nominated documentary examining O.J. Simpson’s ris...
3 Feb 201756min
Interview With ‘20th Century Women’ Director Mike Mills | The Big Picture (Ep. 2)
Mike Mills’s past two films — Beginners and 20th Century Women — have both been semi-autobiographical. Beginners focuses on Mills’s father, who came out at age 75 shortly before his death, while 20th ...
19 Jan 201738min
Interview With 'Hidden Figures' Director Ted Melfi | The Big Picture (Ep. 1)
The Ringer's Sean Fennessey sits down with Ted Melfi to discuss the success of his latest film, Hidden Figures (1:10), and how it came about (3:19), as well as the difficulties of making an entertaini...
13 Jan 201741min
