"The Flagship Film Podcast"
“The flagship film podcast” featuring in-depth reviews, top 5 lists and interviews.
This is How Michael Caine Speaks Memorial Lists
“Now we glimpse the real man” (“What kind of illness?”), THE TRIP
Michael Parkinson, THE TRIP TO ITALY
David Bowie, THE TRIP TO SPAIN
“You look like a tentative Nazi” // “The good news is, it’s benign,” THE TRIP TO SPAIN
Eulogy, THE TRIP
Final shot, THE TRIP TO SPAIN
“Shall I follow him?” THE TRIP TO SPAIN
Solitary silence, THE TRIP TO ITALY
Competing Banes, THE TRIP TO ITALY
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Music Box Theatre, Chicago (Sept. 21, 2018)
Ebertfest - Virginia Theatre, Champaign - Urbana, Ill. (April 23, 2005)
Pulp Fiction - Billy Joe’s Pitcher Show - Des Moines, Ia. (Summer 1995)
Tombstone - Capitol II, Newton, Ia. (January 1993)
Star Wars: A New Hope - Drive-In, Grinnell, Ia. (Summer circa 1978-80*)
*Actually, it was almost certainly summer 1980 or 1981. Perhaps even a double feature with “Empire”? Confirmed that Christmas ‘81 was when I got the Falcon for Christmas.
Raiders of the Lost Ark with my dad in Pentwater, Mich. (Summer 1981)
Miller’s Crossing date night with Debbie (October 1990)
Midnight showing of The Witch (Sundance 2015)
Jungle Fever at Harlem Corners (Summer 1991)
The Force Awakens with four generations (December 2015)
Family Time – Miyazaki Marathon (SPIRITED AWAY, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, PRINCESS MONONKE)
TV Show Binging – BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
Blind Spots – Bruce Surtees Marathon (DIRTY HARRY, LENNY, NIGHT MOVES, PALE RIDER)
Random Rewatches – MOLLY'S GAME / ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
Comfort Food – CHEERS
Curb Your Enthusiasm/Seinfeld
Nailed It!
NBA Dynasty Series: Chicago Bulls (in anticipation of ESPN’s The Last Dance)
World’s Most Extraordinary Homes
Tiger King
Pantheon: The Wizard of Oz
2. Modern Times (1936)
3. The Rules of the Game (1939)
4. King Kong (1933)
1. Inside Llewyn Davis
2. The Master
3. The Tree of Life
4. Never Let Me Go
5. Lady Bird
6. Boyhood
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
8. Parasite
9. Take Shelter
10. The Act of Killing
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. The Tree of Life
3. Moonlight
4. Isle of Dogs
5. Get Out
6. Meek’s Cutoff
7. Leviathan
8. The Fits
9. Cemetery of Splendor
10. Hail, Caesar!
11. Ex Machina
12. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
13. Phantom Thread
14. Roma
15. The Florida Project
16. Winter’s Bone
17. The Bling Ring
18. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
19. Chi-Raq
20. The Act of Killing
11. Under the Skin
12. Certified Copy
13. Margaret
14. Meek’s Cutoff
15. If Beale Street Could Talk
16. Dogtooth
17. The Social Network
18. BlackKklansman
19. Tower
20. The Arbor
Adam Driver
Honorable Mentions: Ryan Gosling, Oscar Isaac, Rooney Mara, Elisabeth Moss, Lupita Nyong’o, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Pattinson, Michael Shannon, Emma Stone, Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron
Jennifer Lawrence
Scarlett Johansson
Joaquin Phoenix
Michael B. Jordan
Oscar Isaac
Lupita Nyong’o
Robert Pattinson
Tilda Swinton
Elisabeth Moss
Adam Driver
Honorable Mentions: Leonardo DiCaprio, Michelle Williams, Andy Serkis, Anna Paquin for MARGARET alone
1. #491 – Movie Tattoos (That We’d Get)
2. #678 – Filmspotting's Avengers
3. #600 – Top 5 Movies Future Historians Will Remember
4. #680 – Top 5 Too-Real Parenting Moments
5. #400 – Top 5 Things We Learned From The Movies / #694: Top 5 Things We Learned Podcasting (About Movies)
1. #589 – (Non-Kids) Movies to Show Your Kids (with Sam Van Hallgren)
2. #512 – Movie Costumes We'd Wear (with Michael Phillips)
3. #502 – Robin Williams Scenes
4. #686 – Movie Chrises (Chris Power Rankings)
5. #745 – Judy Garland Moments (with Michael Phillips)
Honorable Mention: #507 — Top 5 Movie Manimals
“She kidnapped herself,” THE BIG LEBOWSKI
“I got you,” HELL OR HIGH WATER
“Can I miss her now,” THE FISHER KING
“Goodbye, Carla,” FEARLESS
Stealing the car, THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT
“I’m the Dude,” THE BIG LEBOWSKI
“We’re still here,” THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS
“I bow out,” TRUE GRIT
Reacting to horrible news, THE FISHER KING
Crashing the car, FEARLESS