#1044: Top 10 Films of 2025 (Pt. 1) with Alison Willmore and Michael Phillips
Adam and Josh’s Top 10 Films of 2025 conversation with Michael Phillips and Vulture critic Alison Willmore went so long that it had to be split into two parts. In this offering, the roundtable shares their "outlier" choices, and we hear film of the year picks from Matt Singer, Amy Nicholson, Roxana Hadadi, Mitchell Beaupre, and more. Plus, the finalists for the 2025 Golden Brick Award.
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(Timecodes will not be precise with ads; chapters may start early.)
Intro (00:00:00-00:06:16)
The Year in Movies (00:06:17-00:25:06)
'Outest' Outliers (00:25:07-01:00:22)
'Expected' Outliers (01:00:23-01:53:52)
More Top 10s / Brick Finalists (01:53:53-02:21:55)
LINKS:
-Matt Zoller Seitz on Rob Reiner
https://www.vulture.com/article/rob-reiner-was-good.html
-Ted Gioia On the Future's Demand for Human Curators
https://youtu.be/OF8kBtVNJXI?si=dF0akmcpGBJlvf4F&t=1750
-"Derek Cianfrance’s Midlife Crisis" | Roxana Hadadi
https://www.vulture.com/article/roofman-director-derek-cianfrance-interview.html
-Poll: 2025 Golden Brick
-Filmspotting's Top 10s
https://www.filmspotting.net/top10lists
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