#461: Top 5 Films of 1993
Josh
1. The Piano
2. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
3. Groundhog Day
4. Three Colors: Blue
5. Schindler’s List
Adam
1. Dazed and Confused
2. The Remains of the Day
3. Naked
4. True Romance
5. Short Cuts
#459: Top 5 Kubrick Scenes
ADAM
1. From bone to satellite, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
2. The Faithful Hussar, PATHS OF GLORY
3. Big Wheel/Come play with us, THE SHINING
4. Bootcamp/Gunnery Sgt. Hartman, FULL METAL JACKET
5. Lord Bullingdon's satisfaction / Final duel, BARRY LYNDON
JOSH
1. HAL reading lips, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
2. Nicole Kidman’s confession, EYES WIDE SHUT
3. Bloody elevators, THE SHINING
4. Tour of the trenches, PATHS OF GLORY
5. Lord Bullingdon's satisfaction / Final duel, BARRY LYNDON
MICHAEL PHILLIPS
1. Jupiter mission sequence, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
2. Peter Sellers and James Mason on the porch, LOLITA
3. Kirk Douglas striding through the trenches, PATHS OF GLORY
4. Peter Sellers on the phone with Dimitri, DR. STRANGELOVE
5. Robbery planning sequence, THE KILLING
#457: Top 5 Elmore Leonard Characters
adam
5. JESSIE, HOMBRE
4. CHARLIE PRINCE, 3:10 TO YUMA
3. ORDELL ROBBIE, JACKIE BROWN
2. GLENN MICHAELS, OUT OF SIGHT
1. CHILI PALMER, GET SHORTY
Honorable Mentions: Snoopy Miller, Ray Barboni, Jack Foley, John Russell
JOSH
5. RAY NICOLETTE, JACKIE BROWN
4. CICERO GRIMES, HOMBRE
3. BO CATLETT, GET SHORTY
2. JACKIE BROWN, JACKIE BROWN
1. CHILI PALMER, GET SHORTY
Honorable Mentions: Marshall Sisco, Jack Ryan, Bobby Shy
#456: Top 5 Nature Movies
adam
5. TASTE OF CHERRY
4. NANOOK OF THE NORTH
3. PRINCESS MONONOKE
2. KELLY REICHARDT’S OREGON TRILOGY: OLD JOY, WENDY AND LUCY, & MEEK’S CUTOFF
1. KOYAANISQATSI
JOSH
5. UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES
4. THEM
3. THE LION KING
2. MICROCOSMOS
1. KING KONG (1933)
#426: Top 10 Films of 2012
Adam
1. The Master
2. Django Unchained
3. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. Killer Joe
6. Photographic Memory
7. Oslo August 31st
8. Footnote
9. Holy Motors
10. Wuthering Heights
Josh
1. Beasts of the Southern Wild
2. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
3. The Secret World of Arrietty
4. Amour
5. Casa de mi Padre
6. Moonrise Kingdom
7. The Master
8. Queen of Versailles
9. The Hunger Games
10. Wuthering Heights
Michael Phillips
1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Lincoln
3. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
4. The Master
5. Amour
6. Chico & Rita
7. The Color Wheel
8. Searching for Sugar Man
9. Flight
10. Moonrise Kingdom
Scott Tobias
1. The Master
2. The Turin Horse
3. The Deep Blue Sea
4. Holy Motors
5. The Loneliest Planet
6. Moonrise Kingdom
7. Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
8. Zero Dark Thirty
9. The Comedy
10. Amour
Guest #1 Films
Matt Singer, Filmspotting: SVU
Holy Motors
Alison Willmore, Filmspotting: SVU
This Is Not a Film
Kamaria Porter, FS Advisory Board
Silver Linings Playbook
Jason Eaken, FS Advisory Board
The Master
Calum Marsh, Slant
The Color Wheel
Steve Prokopy, Ain't It Cool News
Beasts of the Southern Wild
David Ehrlich, Criterion Corner
Holy Motors
Rian Johnson, Filmmaker
The Master
Ed Burns, Filmmaker
Lincoln
Katey Rich, Cinemablend
The Master
Sam Van Hallgren, FS Producer
The Master
Greg Burland, FS Advisory Board
Holy Motors
Sean Gilman, FS Advisory Board
In Another Country / The Day He Arrives / Oki's Movie
#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)