The Top 10 Movies Scenes of 2023 and ‘American Fiction’ With Cord Jefferson

Sean and Amanda open the show by talking about their five favorite scenes of the 2023 movie year (1:00), before digging into one of the most exciting directorial debuts of the year: Cord Jefferson’s ‘American Fiction’ (24:00). They talk about the state of family dramas and satires as genres and how ‘American Fiction’ succeeds as a refreshing mix of the two. Then, Sean is joined by Jefferson to talk about the expected and unexpected challenges of directing a film when you have a background as a writer, the movie’s deep and wonderful cast, what kinds of things he’s gravitating toward working on next, and more (38:00).


Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins

Guest: Cord Jefferson

Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner

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