<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ryan McQuade of AwardsWatch.com joins Christina to discuss the mega-hits &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obsession&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; (directed by 26-year-old Curry Barker) and &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Backrooms&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; (by 20-year-old Kane Parsons), the rise of YouTube content creators in cinema and more! Plus they talk basketball! :) Don’t miss it&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Ryan McQuade of AwardsWatch.com joins Christina to discuss the mega-hits Obsession (directed by 26-year-old Curry Barker) and Backrooms (by 20-year-old Kane Parsons), the rise of YouTube content creators in cinema and more! Plus they talk basketball! :) Don’t miss it

525: Backrooms, Obsession & The YouTube Creators Filling Cinemas! (Guest: Ryan McQuade)

<description>&lt;p&gt;524: Dispatch 10: Final Cannes Report! Guest Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Learn more about your ad choices. Visit &lt;a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices"&gt;megaphone.fm/adchoices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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524: Dispatch 10: Final Cannes Report! Guest Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

524:  Dispatch 10: Final Cannes Report & The Award Winners! Guest, Ryan McQuade

<description>&lt;p&gt;Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 9. Club Kid, Coward, The Man I Love &amp;amp; Jim Queen with guest: Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Video Anton Isiukov&lt;/p&gt;
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Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 9. Club Kid, Coward, The Man I Love &amp; Jim Queen with guest: Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch. 
https://awardswatch.com
Video Anton Isiukov
https://www.antonisiukov.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

523: Cannes Dispatch 9. Club Kid, Coward, The Man I Love & Jim Queen. Guest:Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch. 

<description>&lt;p&gt;Cannes Film Festival 2026 Dispatch nr 8. A Conversation with Sean Fennessey.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guest: Sean Fennessey&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/the-big-picture&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://substack.com/@seanfennessey&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Video: &lt;em&gt;Anton Isiukov&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;http://antonisiukov.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Learn more about your ad choices. Visit &lt;a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;megaphone.fm/adchoices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Cannes Film Festival 2026 Dispatch nr 8. A Conversation with Sean Fennessey.Guest: Sean Fennesseyhttps://www.theringer.com/podcasts/the-big-picturehttps://substack.com/@seanfennesseyVideo: Anton Isiukovhttp://antonisiukov.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

522: A Conversation with Sean Fennessey ('The Big Picture') at Cannes 2026

<description>&lt;p&gt;Guest Wendy Mitchell Contributing Editor for Screen International and ScreenDaily.com&lt;/p&gt;
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Guest Wendy Mitchell Contributing Editor for Screen International and ScreenDaily.com
 
https://www.filmwendy.com/writing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

521: Cannes Dispatch 7.  Cannes Unfiltered! Sales, Palme Buzz,  the Palm Dog &  Reviews! Guest Wendy Mitchell,  Screen International 

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