Sean Fennessey joins Yasi to build the Music Biopic Hall of Fame, from the 1940s to today. Along the way, they consider what makes a great music biopic, why rock and roll lends itself so well to the genre, and why a great central performance doesn’t always mean a great movie. Plus: Yasi’s cocurated Criterion Channel collection, the movies that belong in the trash, and the TV movie that ‘Odyssey’ star Matt Damon really deserved an Oscar for.

Check out the curated Criterion Channel collection here.

Plus: Yasi and Sean on 24 Hour Party People

And the Top 20 on Letterboxd

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CREDITS:
Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek
Guest: Sean Fennessey @seanfennessey
Producer: Rob Sundermann
Editor: Jon Jones
Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles
Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino

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