"The Flagship Film Podcast"
“The flagship film podcast” featuring in-depth reviews, top 5 lists and interviews.
PETITE MAMAN (Adam & Josh)
MEMORIA (Adam)
PASSING (Josh)
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (Adam)
COW (Josh)
MAJOR TITLES/FILMMAKERS
The French Dispatch
Dune
The Last Duel
The Power of the Dog
The Velvet Underground
King Richard
Spencer
Parallel Mothers
In Front of Your Face (Sangsoo)
A Hero
The Harder They Fall
Bergman Island
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Belfast
The Beta Test
Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter
Mayor Pete
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
THE CONFORMIST
HAROLD AND MAUDE
WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
A NEW LEAF
SHAFT
MCCABE & MRS. MILLER
Will BERGMAN ISLAND be my favorite film of 2021 – or of all time?
Who will I empathize with more: Jessica Chastain, after damaging her skin ‘for her art’ wearing makeup while shooting THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE, or her seemingly irredeemable televangelist character?
Will THE LAST DUEL’S he said/he said/she said battling POVs pay off?
How much more potent will THE POWER OF THE DOG be after we’ve completed our Jane Campion Oeuvre-view?
Will LANGUAGE LESSONS not make me regret watching a “pandemic movie”?
Is there a way to wipe my memory of DUNE before I see DUNE?
Can Wes Anderson master the anthology film format with THE FRENCH DISPATCH?
Will TOP GUN: MAVERICK deliver justice for Iceman?
Will THE HARDER THEY FALL do right by one of the best casts of the fall?
Will FINCH be more WALL-E or TURNER & HOOCH?
“Cleo can't swim,” ROMA
Rolling in the surf, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Walking into the sea, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Seaside silhouettes, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST
Jane’s dance, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
How ‘out of sight’ will NO SUDDEN MOVE be?
What will I see in ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE?
How fully will ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN satiate my post-pandemic appetite for food and travel–and make me miss its subject?
Will SIBERIA force me to finally reckon with “one of the more important directors currently living”? or Where will SIBERIA place Willem Dafoe and Abel Ferrara in the pantheon of cinema’s best actor-director collaborators?
What does Jafar Panahi meets “Pulp Fiction” look like (THERE IS NO EVIL)?
Will I catch GREEN KNIGHT fever?
Can LUCA live up to its influences?
Never mind Sia (or MUSIC) ... can Questlove direct? (SUMMER OF SOUL)
Am I too old for ZOLA?
Is UNDINE really about a mermaid?
Edith Bouvier Beale, GREY GARDENS (1975)
Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), THE EXORCIST (1973)
Mabel Longhetti (Gena Rowlands), A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)
Charlotte Andergast (Ingrid Bergman), AUTUMN SONATA (1978)
Mrs. Chasen (Vivian Pickles), HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971)
Catherine Scorsese, ITALIANAMERICAN (1974)
Jillian (Melinda Dillon), CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
Rebecca (Cicely Tyson), SOUNDER (1972)
Charlotte A. Cavatica (voiced by Debbie Reynolds), CHARLOTTE’S WEB (1973)
Preach’s mom (Mary Larkins), COOLEY HIGH (1974)
Will win: Nomadland
Should win: Sound of Metal
Should have been nominated: First Cow
Take out: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Will win: Mank
Should win: Sound of Metal
Should have been nominated: First Cow
Take out: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Will win: Nomadland
Should win: Judas and the Black Messiah
Egregious omission: First Cow
Take out: Promising Young Woman
Will win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Should win: David Fincher, Mank
Egregious omission: Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Take out: Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Will win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Should win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Egregious omission: Kitty Green, The Assistant
Take out: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Will win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Should win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Egregious omission: Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Take out: David Fincher, Mank
Will win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Should win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Carrie Coon, The Nest
Take out: n/a
Will win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Should win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Carrie Coon, The Nest
Take out: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Will win: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Should win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Julia Garner, The Assistant
Take out: Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Will win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Should win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami
Take out: Gary Oldman, Mank
Will win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Should win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Shaun Parkes, Mangrove
Take out: Gary Oldman, Mank
Will win: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Should win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Take out: Gary Oldman, Mank
Will win: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
Should win: Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Egregious omission: Margo Martindale, Blow the Man Down
Take out: n/a
Will win: Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Should win: Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Egregious omission: Yeri Han, Minari
Take out: Olivia Colman, The Father
Will Win: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
Should Win: Young Yuh-jung, Minari
Egregious omission: Talia Rider, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Take out:
Will win: Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7
Should win: Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Egregious omission: Orion Lee, First Cow
Take out: Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7
Will win: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Should win: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Egregious omission: Malachi Kirby, Mangrove
Take out: Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7
Will win: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Should Win: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Egregious omission: Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Take out: Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7
Roasted meats and rice balls, SPIRITED AWAY
Cailles en sarcophage, BABETTE’S FEAST
Sushi bento box, ISLE OF DOGS