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#1013: Top 25 Films of the Century

Adam

  1. Mulholland Drive

  2. Before Sunset

  3. Inside Llewyn Davis

  4. The Royal Tenenbaums

  5. Never Let Me Go

  6. No Country for Old Men

  7. Little Women

  8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  9. Interstellar

  10. There WIll Be Blood

  11. The Tree of Life

  12. In the Mood for Love

  13. Inside Man

  14. The Departed

  15. Memento

  16. Petite Maman

  17. A History of Violence

  18. Take Shelter

  19. Meek’s Cutoff

  20. Ex Machina

  21. Aftersun

  22. The Act of Killing

  23. Atonement

  24. Shoplifters

  25. Mad Max: Fury Road

Josh

  1. In the Mood for Love

  2. The Tree of Life

  3. Mad Max: Fury Road

  4. The Royal Tenenbaums

  5. Us

  6. True Grit

  7. A.I. Artificial Intelligence

  8. Finding Nemo

  9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  10. Lost in Translation

  11. Inception

  12. Bamboozled

  13. Volver

  14. Children of Men

  15. Phantom Thread

  16. Meek’s Cutoff

  17. Borat

  18. Ex Machina

  19. Cemetary of Splendor

  20. The Florida Project

  21. Dick Johnson is Dead

  22. The Boy and the Heron

  23. Aftersun

  24. Lovers Rock

  25. The Witch

#995: Top 10 Films of 2024

Adam

  1. All We Imagine as Light

  2. The Brutalist

  3. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

  4. The People’s Joker

  5. Anora

  6. Megalopolis

  7. Challengers

  8. Love Lies Bleeding

  9. National Anthem

  10. Red Rooms

Josh

  1. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

  2. The People’s Joker

  3. All We Imagine as Light

  4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

  5. Anora

  6. Challengers

  7. I Saw the TV Glow

  8. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

  9. Close Your Eyes

  10. Good One


Michael Phillips

  • All We Imagine as Light

  • Anora

  • The Brutalist

  • Challengers

  • Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

  • Green Border

  • Janet Planet

  • My Old Ass

  • Nickel Boys

  • A Real Pain

marya E. gates

  1. No Other Land

  2. Flow

  3. The Monk and the Gun

  4. Nickel Boys

  5. Slow

  6. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

  7. Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

  8. Sometimes I Think About Dying

  9. Green Border

  10. Hundreds of Beavers

Breakdown

4. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
3. All We Imagine As Light, Anora, Challengers
2. The Brutalist, Green Border, The People’s Joker, Nickel Boys
1. Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, Close Your Eyes, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Good One, Hundreds of Beavers, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, I Saw The TV Glow, Janet Planet, Love Lies Bleeding, Megalopolis, The Monk and The Gun, My Old Ass, National Anthem, No Other Land, A Real Pain, Red Rooms, Slow, Sometimes I Think About Dying


Guest ‘Film of the Year’ Picks

Amy Nicholson, DUNE: PART TWO
Chris Klimek, NICKEL BOYS
Ryan McQuade, THE BRUTALIST
David Chen, THE BRUTALIST
Mekado Murphy, THE SUBSTANCE
Billy Ray Brewton, CHALLENGERS
Veronica Phillips, LOVE LIES BLEEDING
Mitchell Beaupre, CHALLENGERS
Alison Willmore, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
Aisha Harris, A REAL PAIN
Isaac Feldberg, I SAW THE TV GLOW
Melissa Tamminga, GOOD ONE
Sam Van Hallgren, THE BIKERIDERS

#994: Best Performances of 2024

Adam

Supporting Actor

5. Denzel Washington, GLADIATOR II

4. Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN

3. Yura Borisov, ANORA

2. Josh O’ Connor, CHALLENGERS

1. Clarence Maclin, SING SING

Josh

Supporting Actor

5. Mike Faist, CHALLENGERS

4. Arinzé Kene, TUESDAY

3. Chris Hemsworth, FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

2. Josh O’Connor, CHALLENGERS

1. Clarence Maclin, SING SING

Supporting Actress

5. Rachel Sennott, SATURDAY NIGHT

4. Michele Austin, HARD TRUTHS

3. Felicity Jones, THE BRUTALIST

2. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, NICKEL BOYS

1. Katy O’Brian, LOVE LIES BLEEDING

Supporting Actress

5. Merve Dizdar, ABOUT DRY GRASSES

4. Divya Prabha, ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT

3. Danielle Deadwyler, THE PIANO LESSON

2. Felicity Jones, THE BRUTALIST

1. Ariana Grande, WICKED

Lead Actor

5. Aaron Pierre, REBEL RIDGE

4. Glen Powell, HITMAN

3. Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

2. Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST

1. Colman Domingo, SING SING

Lead Actress

5. Vera Drew, THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

4. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, TUESDAY

3. Kristen Stewart, LOVE LIES BLEEDING

2. Mikey Madison, ANORA

1. Ilinca Manolache, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD

Lead Actor

5. Justice Smith, I SAW THE TV GLOW

4. Jesse Plemons, KINDS OF KINDNESS

3. Aaron Pierre, REBEL RIDGE

2. Le Phong Vu, INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL

1. Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

Lead Actress

5. Zendaya, CHALLENGERS

4. Mikey Madison, ANORA

3. Kirsten Dunst, CIVIL WAR

2. Cynthia Erivio, WICKED

1. Ilinca Manolache, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD

#949: Top 10 Films of 2023

Adam

  1. All of Us Strangers

  2. Oppenheimer

  3. Killers of the Flower Moon

  4. Asteroid City

  5. The Holdovers

  6. The Taste of Things

  7. Anatomy of a Fall

  8. May December

  9. The Teachers’ Lounge

  10. The Zone of Interest

11-19 (Alphabetical order)
The Iron Claw
The Killer
Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troigros
Past Lives
Poor Things
Showing Up
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (plus Dahl shorts)

Josh

  1. The Boy and the Heron

  2. Anatomy of a Fall

  3. Asteroid City (plus Dahl shorts)

  4. You Hurt My Feelings

  5. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

  6. All of Us Strangers

  7. Skinamarink

  8. Priscilla

  9. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

  10. Barbie

11-20
11. Past Lives
12. The Zone of Interest
13. May December
14. Killers of the Flower Moon
15. Godzilla Minus One
16. The Holdovers
17. Suzume
18. Four Daughters
19. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
20. Rodeo


Michael Phillips

  1. Past Lives

  2. The Boy

  3. Killers of the Flower Moon

  4. Barbie

  5. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

  6. The Zone of Interest

  7. Return to Seoul

  8. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (plus Dahl shorts)

  9. Oppenheimer

  10. May December

11-20 (Alphabetical order)
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Fair Play
Four Daughters
I’m a Virgo
In the Rearview
Poor Things
The Royal Hotel
Showing Up
A Thousand and One
The Unknown Country

marya E. gates

  1. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

  2. Plan 75

  3. Past Lives

  4. Amanda/Fremont

  5. The Blue Caftan

  6. Godland

  7. La Chimera

  8. Kokomo City

  9. Lakota Nation vs. United States

  10. BlackBerry

12-20
12. May December
13. Blue Jean
14. Passages
15. Priscilla
16. Origin
17. Hannah Ha Ha
18. Brother
19. King Coal
20. Bottoms


Special Guests

Aisha Harris, MAY DECEMBER
Melissa Tamminga, MAY DECEMBER
Scott Tobias, THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Mitchell Beaupre, ANATOMY OF A FALL
David Chen, ANATOMY OF A FALL
Ryan McQuade, OPPENHEIMER
Chris Klimek, OPPENHEIMER
Matt Singer, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Keith Phipps, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Veronica Phillips, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Sam Van Hallgren, POOR THINGS
Amy Nicholson, FAIR PLAY
Betty Lavandero, THE HOLDOVERS
Roxana Hadadi, SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
Isaac Feldberg, THE TASTE OF THINGS

#948: Best Performances of 2023

Adam

Supporting Actor

5. Milo Machado Graner, ANATOMY OF A FALL

4. Glenn Howerton, BLACKBERRY

3. Mark Ruffalo, POOR THINGS

2. Robert Downey Jr., OPPENHEIMER

1. Ryan Gosling, BARBIE

Josh

Supporting Actor

5. Jacob Elordi, PRISCILLA

4. Donnie Yen, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4

3. Samuel Theis, ANATOMY OF A FALL

2. Charles Melton, MAY DECEMBER

1. Ryan Gosling, BARBIE

Supporting Actress

5. Julianne Moore, MAY DECEMBER

4. Juliette Binoche, THE TASTE OF THINGS

3. Da'Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS

2. Rachel McAdams, ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET

1. Scarlett Johannson, ASTEROID CITY

Supporting Actress

5. Iman Vellani, THE MARVELS

4. Danielle Brooks, THE COLOR PURPLE

3. Da'Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS

2. Scarlett Johansson, ASTEROID CITY

1. Julianne Moore, MAY DECEMBER

Lead Actor

5. Jason Schwartzman, ASTEROID CITY

4. Benoit Magimel, THE TASTE OF THINGS

3. Paul Giamatti, THE HOLDOVERS

2. Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER

1. Andrew Scott, ALL OF US STRANGERS

Lead Actress

5. Michelle Williams, SHOWING UP

4. Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

3. Emma Stone, POOR THINGS

2. Natalie Portman, MAY DECEMBER

1. Sandra Hüller, ANATOMY OF A FALL

Lead Actor

5. Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER

4. Dave Bautista, KNOCK AT THE CABIN

3. Jason Schwatrzman, ASTEROID CITY

2. Andrew Scott, ALL OF US STRANGERS

1. Teo Yoo, PAST LIVES

Lead Actress

5. Ayo Edibiri, BOTTOMS

4. Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

3. Natalie Portman, MAY DECEMBER

2. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, YOU HURT MY FEELINGS

1. Sandra Hüller, ANATOMY OF A FALL


 
 

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