#807-808: Top 10 Films of 2020

Josh

1. Lover’s Rock
2. Soul
3. First Cow
4. Vitalina Varela
5. Relic
6. Dick Johnson Is Dead
7. The Assistant
8. The Forty-Year-Old Version
9. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
10. Mangrove

Adam

1. Lover's Rock
2. First Cow
3. One Night in Miami
4. Sound of Metal
5. The Painter and the Thief
6. The Truffle Hunters
7. Mank
8. The Trip to Greece
9. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
10. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

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MICHAEL PHILLIPS

1. Lover’s Rock
2. First Cow
3. David Byrne’s American Utopia
4. Nomadland
5. City So Real
6. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
7. The Assistant
8. Mangrove
9. The Vast of Night
10. Never Rarely Sometimes Always

TASHA ROBINSON

1. Small Axe
2. Boys State
3. Nomadland
4. The Trial of the Chicago 7
5. The Platform
6. Wolfwalkers
7. David Byrne’s American Utopia
8. First Cow
9. Dick Johnson Is Dead
10. Kajillionaire

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Special Guest Picks

Chris Klimek: Tenet
Cat Sullivan: The Invisible Man
Melissa Tamminga: The Assistant
Scott Tobias: Dick Johnson Is Dead
Alison Willmore: Bacarau
Dave Chen: Sound of Metal
Mekado Murphy: Soul
Josh Youngerman (Listener): Nomadland
Aisha Harris: Lover's Rock

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Summary

1 List: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets; Boys State; City So Real; The Forty-Year-Old Version; I'm Thinking of Ending Things; Kajillionaire; Mank; Never Rarely Sometimes Always; One Night in Miami; The Painter and the Thief; The Platform; Relic; Soul; Sound of Metal; The Trial of the Chicago 7; The Trip to Greece; The Truffle Hunters; The Vast of Night; Vitalina Varela; Wolfwalkers
2 Lists: The Assistant; David Byrne's American Utopia; Dick Johnson Is Dead; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Mangrove; Nomadland
3 Lists: n/a
4 Lists: First Cow, Lover's Rock/Small Axe

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#758-759: Top 10 Films of 2019

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ADAM

1. Parasite

2. Little Women

3. Marriage Story

4. The Irishman

5. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

6. Ad Astra

7. Her Smell

8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

9. Uncut Gems

10. Knives Out

Adam’s Top 30 on Letterboxd

JOSH

1. Us

2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

3. Parasite

4. The Irishman

5. A Hidden Life

6. Pain and Glory

7. Jojo Rabbit

8. The Souvenir

9. Knives Out

10. High Life

Josh’s Top 30 on Letterboxd

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TASHA ROBINSON

1. Parasite

2. The Farewell

3. A Hidden Life

4. The Nightingale

5. Honey Boy

6. Hail, Satan?

7. The Last Black Man in San Francisco

8. I Lost My Body

9. Wild Rose

10. Knives Out

MICHAEL PHILLIPS

1. Parasite

2. Marriage Story

3. Ash Is Purest White

4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

5. The Irishman

6. One Child Nation

7. Waves

8. Present. Perfect.

9. The Last Black Man in San Francisco

10. Little Women

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Summary

Films that made 2 lists: Little Women, Marriage Story, A Hidden Life, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Films that made 3 lists: The Irishman, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Knives Out
Film that made all 4 lists: Parasite

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GUEST #1 Films

Rian Johnson (Writer/Director, "Knives Out") - The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Alison Willmore (Vulture) - Uncut Gems / The Hottest August

Andy Mitchell (outgoing Filmspotting PA) - Homecoming

Jim Pallini (FS Listener) - Marriage Story

Cat Sullivan (incoming Filmspotting PA) - Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Alissa Wilkinson (Vox) - Parasite / The Hottest August

Sean Gilman (Seattle Screen Scene) - First Love

Matt Singer (ScreenCrush.com) - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Nick E. (FS Listener) - The Farewell

Sarah Welch-Larson (Think Christian, Bright Wall/Dark Room) - The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Aisha Harris (New York Times) - Us

Sam Van Hallgren (FS Producer) - Marriage Story / The Dead Don't Die

Dave Chen (/Filmcast, Culturally Relevant) - Parasite

Daniel Nava (Chicago Cinema Circuit) - Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Scott Tobias (The Next Picture Show) - The Irishman

Griffin Newman (Blank Check) - Parasite, Us

#736: Top 5 Horror Performances

JOSH

1. Toni Collette, HEREDITARY

2. Max Schreck, NOSFERATU

3. Lupita Nyong’o, US

4. Tippi Hedren, THE BIRDS

5. Elsa Lanchester, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

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TASHA ROBINSON

1. Ensemble, ALIEN

2. Anthony Perkins, PSYCHO

3. Elena Anaya, THE SKIN I LIVE IN

4. Belén Rueda, THE ORPHANAGE

5. Edward Woodward, THE WICKER MAN

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ANGELICA JADE BASTIEN

1. Isabelle Adjani, POSSESSION

2. Bette Davis, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?

3. Tony Todd, CANDYMAN

4. Jada Pinkett Smith, DEMON KNIGHT

5. Natalie Portman, JACKIE

#712: Best Scenes of 2018

Opening Scene

ADAM

THUNDER ROAD

Runners-Up: THE DEATH OF STALIN, FIRST MAN

JOSH

HEREDITARY

Runners-Up: FIRST REFORMED, ROMA

Matt Singer

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT

Alison Willmore

CAM

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Music Moment

ADAM

“Helplessly Hoping,” ANNIHILATION

Runners-Up:
Sunset dance, BURNING; “Hearts Beat Loud,” HEARTS BEAT LOUD

JOSH

Sharing earbuds, A QUIET PLACE

Runners-Up:
Royal Dance, THE FAVOURITE; “La Vie En Rose,” A STAR IS BORN

Michael Phillips

“Eros,” IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Runners-Up:
Judy Garland tribute, A STAR IS BORN; Zhukov’s entrance, THE DEATH OF STALIN

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Funniest Moment

ADAM

“Not with that ass” + "Oh no, he died", GAME NIGHT

Runners-Up:
X-Force, DEADPOOL 2; Most Quiet, EIGHTH GRADE

JOSH

Removing the bullet, GAME NIGHT

Runners-Up:
Truth serum, ANT-MAN & THE WASP; Bikini contest, I FEEL PRETTY

Tasha Robinson

“Profitable for Frito Lay?,” GAME NIGHT

Runners-Up:
Martha Wayne’s Pearl Necklace, TEEN TITANS GO TO THE MOVIES; “Sawzall!,” MOM & DAD

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Moving Moment

ADAM

Confessions / catharsis, MINDING THE GAP

Runners-Up:
“If they loved you…” SHOPLIFTERS; “Grab the reins,” THE RIDER + Nightmares, LEAN ON PETE

JOSH

“Black and beautiful,” BLACKKKLANSMAN

Runners-Up:
“Dad!”, A WRINKLE IN TIME; Duet with Jeff, WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

Angelica Bastien

Sex argument, PRIVATE LIFE

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Scene of the Year

ADAM

Crib shopping / Protest, ROMA

Runners-Up:
“Black Power / White Power,” BLACKKKLANSMAN; Family showdown, IF BEALE STREET…

JOSH

“Fetch it,” ISLE OF DOGS

Runners-Up:
Doppelganger dance, ANNIHILATION; Pop-up book, PADDINGTON 2

Tasha Robinson

“He did it,” AVENGERS: INFINITY WARS

Michael Phillips

Race to Svetlana, THE DEATH OF STALIN

Angelica Bastien

Bear scene, ANNIHILATION

#710-711: Top 10 Films of 2018

ADAM

1. If Beale Street Could Talk

2. Minding the Gap

3. The Rider

4. First Reformed

5. Roma

6. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

7. BlackKklansman

8. Isle of Dogs

9. Can You Ever Forgive Me?

10. The Death of Stalin

View Adam’s Top 35 on Letterboxd

JOSH

1. Isle of Dogs

2. Roma

3. First Reformed

4. Sorry to Bother You

5. Zama

6. BlacKkKlansman

7. Private Life

8. Game Night

9. Hale County This Morning, This Evening

10. Leave No Trace

View Josh’s Top 25 on Letterboxd

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TASHA ROBINSON

1. BlacKkKlansman

2. The Death of Stalin

3. The Favourite

4. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

5. Bad Times at the El Royale

6. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

7. Mid90s

8. Marrowbone

9. Apostle

10. If Beale Street Could Talk

MICHAEL PHILLIPS

1. The Rider

2. Roma

3. Can You Ever Forgive Me?

4. The Favourite

5. Minding the Gap

6. Widows

7. First Reformed

8. Sorry to Bother You

9. Zama

10. Black Panther

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Summary

Films that made 2 lists: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Death of Stalin, The Favourite, If Beale Street Could Talk, Isle of Dogs, Minding the Gap, The Rider, Sorry to Bother You
Films that made 3 lists: BlacKkKlansman, First Reformed, Roma
Film that made all 4 lists: n/a

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Guest #1 Films

Rian Johnson - Roma

Daniel Nava - First Reformed

Sean Baker - Border / Vox Lux / Let the Corpses Tan

Aisha Harris - The Favourite

Dave Chen - The Favourite

Amy Nicholson - The Favourite

Christopher Harris - First Reformed

Scott Tobias - Roma

Alison Willmore - The Rider

Nathaniel Myers - Minding the Gap

#675: Top 5 Movie Homages

ADAM

1. “Touch of Evil’s” opening tracking shot, THE PLAYER

2. “Night of the Hunter’s” Love vs. hate monologue, DO THE RIGHT THING

3. “Battleship Potemkin’s” Odessa steps sequence, THE UNTOUCHABLES

4. “Nights of Cabiria’s” final shot, THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO

5. “2001: A Space Odyssey’s” bone toss, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY

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TASHA ROBINSON

1. E.T. watches The Quiet Man, E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

2. The Duke brothers from Trading Places return, COMING TO AMERICA

3. Watching Snow White, GREMLINS

4. Quentin Tarantino quotes the entirety of John Carpenter’s The Thing, THE HATEFUL EIGHT

5. [Pixar tie] The carpet from The Shining, TOY STORY / Samuel L. Jackson and Die Hard With A Vengeance, THE INCREDIBLES

#661-662: Top 10 Films of 2017

Adam

1. Lady Bird

2. The Florida Project

3. Columbus

4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

5. Faces Places

6. Get Out

7. Dunkirk

8. The Big Sick

9. Wonderstruck

10. Personal Shopper

Josh

1. Dunkirk

2. Get Out

3. The Florida Project

4. Raw

5. The Beguiled

6. The Shape of Water

7. The Breadwinner

8. Blade Runner 2049

9. Your Name

10. A Ghost Story

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Tasha Robinson

1. Get Out

2. Phantom Thread

3. A Ghost Story

4. Brigsby Bear

5. I, Tonya

6. mother!

7. Mary and the Witch's Flower

8. The Breadwinner

9. Lady Bird

10. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

Michael Phillips

1. Lady Bird

2. A Ghost Story

3. Get Out

4. Phantom Thread

5. Rat Film

6. Mudbound

7. Good Time

8. Raw

9. The Florida Project

10. Call Me By Your Name

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Summary

Films that made 2 lists: The Breadwinner, Dunkirk, Phantom Thread, Raw
Films that made 3 lists: The Florida Project, A Ghost Story, Lady Bird
Film that made all 4 lists: Get Out

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Guest #1 Films

David Ehrlich - Call Me By Your Name

K. Austin Collins - Good Time

Alissa Wilkinson - The Work

Vikram Murthi - Nocturama

Genevieve Koski - Lady Bird

Dana Stevens - Phantom Thread / BPM

Jeff Milo (Listener) - The Big Sick

David Chen - I, Tonya

Rian Johnson - Phantom Thread

Sean Baker - BPM

Scott Tobias and Keith Phipps - Phantom Thread

Alicia Malone - Call Me By Your Name

Amy Nicholson - Casting Jon Benet

Mekado Murphy - The Florida Project

Matt Singer - Lady Bird

Alison Willmore - The Florida Project

Aisha Harris - Get Out