#866: Top 5 Hitchcockian Movies
#865: Oscars Special 2022
Best Picture
Adam
Will win: The Power of the Dog
Should win: The Power of the Dog
Should have been nominated: The Worst Person in the World
Take out: Belfast
Josh
Will win: Belfast
Should win: The Power of the Dog
Should have been nominated: Identifying Features
Take out: Don’t Look Up
Best Director
Adam
Will win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Should win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Joachim Trier, The Worst Person in the World
Take out: Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Josh
Will win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Should win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch
Take out: Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Best Actress
Adam
Will win: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Should win: Olivia Coleman, The Lost Daughter
Egregious omission: Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Take out: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Josh
Will win: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Should win: Olivia Coleman, The Lost Daughter
Egregious omission: Taylour Paige, Zola
Take out: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Actor
Adam
Will win: Will Smith, King Richard
Should win: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Nicolas Cage, Pig
Take out: Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Josh
Will win: Will Smith, King Richard
Should win: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Simon Rex, Red Rocket
Take out: Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…BOOM!
Best Supporting Actress
Adam
Will win: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Should win: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Egregious omission: Ruth Negga, Passing
Take out: Judi Dench, Belfast
Josh
Will win: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Should win: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Egregious omission: Ruth Negga, Passing
Take out: Judi Dench, Belfast
Best Supporting Actor
Josh
Will win: Troy Kotsur, CODA
Should win: Kodi Smith-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Take out: Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Adam
Will win: Troy Kotsur, CODA
Should win: Kodi Smith-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Take out: Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
#860: Top 5 Sondheim Screen Moments
Adam and Josh
“Send in the Clowns,” A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Prologue, INTO THE WOODS
Honorable Mention: “Bubbi,” ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM: COMPANY
Michael
“Someone in a Tree,” PACIFIC OVERTURES
“Ladies Who Lunch,” ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM: COMPANY
“Roses Turn,” GYPSY
“America,” WEST SIDE STORY (2021)
#858: 2022 Movie Preview
Adam
Which ‘change of pace’ movie about an artist - and starring Michelle Williams – will be my #1 film of the year – SHOWING UP or THE FABELMANS?
Can there be such a thing as too much Tilda Swinton (answer: of course not) or Who has better taste: Tilda Swinton or the directors who cast her? (h/t David Hudson)
How will the director who reimagined the biopic with “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” reimagine the tragic tale of Marilyn Monroe (BLONDE)?
Will DISAPPOINTMENT BLVD. be the first time Ari Aster doesn’t disappoint me? or Will Joaquin Phoenix and Meryl Streep finally help me appreciate Ari Aster? or Can I possibly handle four hours of Ari Aster?
Will the match of Sam Raimi and Doctor Strange get me out of my Marvel rut following "Spider-Man: No Way Home" with DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS?
Most Anticipated
Killers of the Flower Moon
After Yang
Showing Up
Asteroid City
Knives Out 2 or Nope
Josh
Will people stop making fun of me for loving AVATAR?
Will Guillermo del Toro’s PINOCCHIO become my favorite stop-motion animated film of all time?
Will Adam, as a new Bradley Cooper fan, take the next step and rejoin me as a David O. Russell appreciator? (CANTERBURY GLASS)
Which Cronenberg family member will mess me up more: David with CRIMES OF THE FUTURE or Brandon with INFINITY POOL?
Can Olivia Wilde do funny and scary? (DON’T WORRY DARLING)
Most Anticipated
Nope
Asteroid City
After Yang
God’s Creature
Pinocchio / Showing Up
#857: Best Scenes of 2021
Opening Scene
Adam
THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS
Runner-up: ANNETTE
Honorable Mentions: PASSING, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, RED ROCKET
Josh
PASSING
Funniest Moment
Adam
"A woman's body...", C'MON C'MON
Runner-up (Tie): “Do you know how much ass I get?”, LICORICE PIZZA / Barb’s float escape, BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
Honorable Mentions: Stefani’s version, ZOLA; Stealing the bike, PIG; Film and Television sign, THE SOUVENIR: PART II; “White Woman’s Instagram,” BO BURNHAM'S INSIDE
Josh
Trish, BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
Moving Moment
Adam
Wink from the bartender, FLEE
Runner-up: Bicycle ride, NINE DAYS
Honorable Mention: Goodbye and reunion, PETITE MAMAN
Josh
11 Years Later, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Music Moment
Adam
“Let Me Roll It,” LICORICE PIZZA
Runner-up: The duet, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Honorable Mentions: Fifth Dimension redemption, SUMMER OF SOUL; “96,000,” IN THE HEIGHTS; Gymnasium dance, WEST SIDE STORY; “All I Need Is a Miracle,” SPENCER; “Boobies,” BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR; “The Winner Takes it All,” BERGMAN ISLAND; “Glory, glory, Hallelujah,” THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE; Duet without sound, CODA
Josh
Mahalia and Mavis, SUMMER OF SOUL
Scene of the Year
Adam
Time stands still, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Runner-up: Lunch at Eurydice/“We don’t get a lot of things to really care about,” PIG
Honorable Mentions: Cuba, NO TIME TO DIE; Final shot, THE SOUVENIR: PART II; Entering the ‘60s, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO; Truck down hill, LICORICE PIZZA; Vision of the future, THE GREEN KNIGHT; Date night, THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS; Date night, THE CARD COUNTER; “That’s the reason for it to be written,” THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Josh
Piano vs. Banjo, THE POWER OF THE DOG
#854-855: Top 10 Films of 2021
Adam
Petite Maman
The Worst Person in the World
The Power of the Dog
Pig
Licorice Pizza
Summer of Soul
The Killing of Two Lovers
Drive My Car
The Card Counter
Annette
Josh
The Power of the Dog
Identifying Features
The French Dispatch
Summer of Soul
Zola
Petite Maman
Memoria
Passing
About Endlessness
The Green Knight
Michael Phillips
A Night of Knowing Nothing
The Underground Railroad
Drive My Car
Passing
West Side Story
The Lost Daughter
Licorice Pizza
Summer of Soul
It's a Sin
The Green Knight
Dana Stevens (alphabetical order)
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
The Disciple
The Green Knight
A Hero
Licorice Pizza
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog
Summer of Soul
The Velvet Underground
West Side Story
Special Guest #1s
Pt. 1:
Katie Rife - The Power of the Dog
Sam Van Hallgren - Annette
Isaac Feldberg - This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
Cat Sullivan - C'mon, C'mon
Sarah Welch-Larson - Pig
Carlos Aguilar - Identifying Features
Pt. 2:
Matt Singer - Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Alison Willmore - The Lost Daughter
Mekado Murphy - Drive My Car
Mitchell Beaupre - Titane
Scott Tobias - Drive My Car
Marya Gates - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
Keith Phipps - The Power of the Dog
Sean Baker - Titane / Benedetta
Roxana Hadadi - The Green Knight
Chris Klimek - Licorice Pizza
Melissa Tamminga - The Power of the Dog
Aisha Harris - Summer of Soul
#853: Best Performances of 2021
Adam
Supporting Actor
Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Mike Faist, West Side Story
David Alvarez, West Side Story
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza / Anders Danielsen Lie, The Worst Person in the World
Josh
Supporting Actor
Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Benicio Del Toro, The French Dispatch
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Colman Domingo, Zola
Supporting Actress
Ruth Negga, Passing
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Cate Blanchett, Nightmare Alley
Zazie Beetz, Nine Days
Gaby Hoffmann, C'mon C'mon
Supporting Actress
Ruth Negga, Passing
Pamela Adlon, Holler
Alicia Vikander, The Green Knight
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Kathryn Hunter, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Lead Actor
Simon Rex, Red Rocket
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Oscar Isaac, The Card Counter
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick...BOOM!
Lead Actress
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Joséphine Sanz, Petite Maman
Agathe Rousselle, Titane
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Rachel Sennott, Shiva Baby
Promising Performer
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Joséphine Sanz, Petite Maman
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Suzanna Son, Red Rocket
Cooper Hoffman / Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Lead Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Hidetoshi Nishijima, Drive My Car
LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Dev Patel, The Green Knight
Simon Rex, Red Rocket
Lead Actress
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Taylour Paige, Zola
Tessa Thompson, Passing
Tilda Swinton, Memoria
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Promising Performer
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza