#413: Top 5 Films of 1981
Josh
1. Das Boot
2. The Road Warrior
3. My Dinner with Andre
4. Excalibur
5. An American Werewolf in London
Adam
1. Escape From New York
2. Reds
3. Thief
4. Body Heat
5. The Evil Dead
#410: Sight & Sound / Top 10 Films of All-Time
Adam
8 1/2
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Blue Velvet
Citizen Kane
Double Indemnity
The Godfather
Jules et Jim
Raging Bull
Rashomon
Josh
Au Hasard Balthazar
Chinatown
Citizen Kane
La Dolce Vita
Do the Right Thing
Modern Times
Pinocchio
Rear Window
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Michael Phillips
Citizen Kane
The Earrings of Madame de…
His Girl Friday
L’Atalante
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Rear Window
Sherlock Jr.
Singin' in the Rain
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Taxi Driver
Guest Essential Films
Rian Johnson - Citizen Kane
Jeff Nichols - Cool Hand Luke
Matt Singer, Filmspotting: SVU - Citizen Kane
Dana Stevens, Slate - The General
The Next 10
Adam
Badlands
Chinatown
Crimes and Misdemeanors
The Godfather: Part II
Goodfellas
Mulholland Dr.
Rio Bravo
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Vertigo
Wild Strawberries
Josh
Apocalypse Now
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
King Kong
The Last Laugh
Metropolis
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Rules of the Game
The Tree of Life
The Wizard of Oz
Michael
The Band Wagon
Duck Amuck
The Godfather: Part II
I Know Where I’m Going!
The Magnificent Ambersons
My Darling Clementine
The Rules of the Game
Shame (1968)
The Third Man
Vertigo
#400: Top 5 Things We Learned From The Movies
Adam
1. "Be a mensch!" (THE APARTMENT)
2. Allow yourself to appear weak and vulnerable. (TAKE SHELTER)
3. I want to be John Wayne but I'm not even Jimmy Stewart. (THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE)
4. Make time to be a kid. (TOY STORY 3)
5. "Will I lie to myself to be happy?" (MEMENTO + RASHOMON)
Josh
1. Watch carefully (REAR WINDOW)
2. "Find something you love and do it for the rest of your life." (RUSHMORE)
3. Conduct yourself as if someone's watching. (AU HASARD BALTHAZAR)
4. Grow up. (TOY STORY 3)
5. The world existed before me. (BACK TO THE FUTURE)
Michael Phillips
1. Sight: How to truly see someone, while your heart is breaking (CITY LIGHTS)
2. Taste: How cinema can be so beautiful you can almost taste it (THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS)
3. Sound: How to enjoy the joyous racket of life all around you: the dialogue (HIS GIRL FRIDAY)
4. Smell: How to run through life in a malodorous panic but look cool (SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS)
5. Touch: How to enjoy close physical proximity with a woman when you don't know her well (ROBERTA)
Dana Stevens
1. Slow down and look at what's around you, in the theater and out. (I WAS BORN, BUT...)
2. Keep on going, no matter what. (ONE WEEK)
3. Trust yourself--you're not crazy. (GASLIGHT)
4. Let the past be the past. (THE VANISHING)
5. "Take it back and get the more expensive one, honey. The more expensive ones always fit better." (VALLEY GIRL)
#390: Top 5 Films of 1994
The Pulp Fiction Memorial List
ADAM
1. Chungking Express
2. Hoop Dreams
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Natural Born Killers
5. Caro Diario
JOSH
1. Forrest Gump
2. Ed Wood
3. Hoop Dreams
4. Chungking Express
5. Heavenly Creatures
#380: Top 10 Films of 2011
Adam
1. The Tree of Life
2. Take Shelter
3. Drive
4. Certified Copy
5. Meek's Cutoff
6. The Arbor
7. Hugo
8. A Separation
9. The Artist
10. Super 8
#11-30 (Alphabetical): Bill Cunningham New York, Bridesmaids, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, The Descendants, Hanna, The Interrupters, Margaret, Margin Call, Melancholia, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Project Nim, Senna, The Skin I Live In, Source Code, Tabloid, The Trip, Warrior, War Horse, Weekend, Win Win.
Josh
1. The Tree of Life
2. Cedar Rapids
3. Meek's Cutoff
4. The Muppets
5. Take Shelter
6. Certified Copy
7. The Interrupters
8. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
9. Drive
10. Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michael Phillips
1. Poetry
2. Moneyball
3. Certified Copy
4. The Descendants
5. The Interrupters
6. Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
7. A Separation
8. The Tree of Life
9. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
10. Weekend
Scott Tobias
1. Meek's Cutoff
2. Certified Copy
3. A Separation
4. The Tree of Life
5. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
6. Martha Marcy May Marlene
7. Drive
8. Weekend
9. Margaret
10. The Arbor
Guest's #1 Picks
Rian Johnson
The Tree of Life
Edward Burns
Midnight in Paris
Peter Labuza
Certified Copy
Steve Prokopy
Drive
Alison Willmore
Melancholia
Matt Singer
Take Shelter
Filmspotting Advisory Board
Shame / The Muppets
Chris Klimek
Midnight in Paris
#364: Top 5 Steven Soderbergh Scenes
Adam
1. "What if," OUT OF SIGHT
2. Father's return, KING OF THE HILL
3. Car accident, ERIN BROCKOVICH
4. "She was magic," THE LIMEY
5. Graham’s Project/Cynthia’s Interview, SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE
Matty
1. "You're a liar and a thief," OCEAN'S ELEVEN / "What if," OUT OF SIGHT
2. Death scene, CHE
3. Confrontation with PG&E lawyers, ERIN BROCKOVICH
4. "Addicts don't vote," TRAFFIC
5. Confronting DEA officer, THE LIMEY
#346: Top 5 Films of 1995
Matty
1. Get Shorty
2. 12 Monkeys
3. Before Sunrise
4. To Die For
5. Toy Story
Adam
1. Se7en
2. Before Sunrise
3. The Usual Suspects
4. Heat/Devil in a Blue Dress
5. To Die For
#331: Top 10 Films of 2010
ADAM
1. Never Let Me Go
2. A Prophet
3. The Social Network
4. Dogtooth
5. Rabbit Hole
6. Black Swan
7. Winter's Bone
8. Toy Story 3
9. Exit Through the Gift Shop
10. Inception
MATTY
1. The Social Network
2. A Prophet
3. Rabbit Hole
4. Restrepo
5. Mother
6. Please Give
7. Tiny Furniture
8. Exit Through The Gift Shop
9. 127 Hours
10. I Love You, Phillip Morris
MICHAEL PHILLIPS
1. The Kids Are All Right
2. The Secret In Their Eyes
3. Boxing Gym
4. Greenberg
5. Last Train Home
6. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
7. The Social Network
8. The King's Speech
9. The Ghost Writer
10. The Fighter
SCOTT TOBIAS
1. Dogtooth
2. Winter’s Bone
3. Carlos
4. The Social Network
5. Exit Through The Gift Shop
6. Everyone Else
7. Shutter Island
8. Mother
9. Toy Story 3
10. Restrepo