The Top 5 Ethan Hawke Movies and a Double Shot of Richard Linklater

On this action-packed episode, Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins kick things off reacting to Tom Cruise’s honorary Oscar, a new live-action Moana teaser, and a Sense and Sensibility remake starring Daisy Edgar-Jones. They then dig into Richard Linklater’s two latest films—calling Nouvelle Vague a fascinating experiment and hailing Blue Moon as one of 2025’s best.

Next up, they celebrate Ethan Hawke by ranking his top five performances and then bring Hawke and Linklater on to chat about reuniting for Blue Moon, how they’ve evolved over the years, and why they’re optimistic (but challenged) about the current state of moviegoing.

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