#995: Top 10 Films of 2024

Adam

1. All We Imagine as Light

2. The Brutalist

3. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

4. The People’s Joker

5. Anora

6. Megalopolis

7. Challengers

8. Love Lies Bleeding

9. National Anthem

10. Red Rooms

Josh

1. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

2. The People’s Joker

3. All We Imagine as Light

4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

5. Anora

6. Challengers

7. I Saw the TV Glow

8. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

9. Close Your Eyes

10. Good One

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Michael Phillips

• All We Imagine as Light

• Anora

• The Brutalist

• Challengers

• Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

• Green Border

• Janet Planet

• My Old Ass

• Nickel Boys

• A Real Pain

marya E. gates

1. No Other Land

2. Flow

3. The Monk and the Gun

4. Nickel Boys

5. Slow

6. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

7. Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

8. Sometimes I Think About Dying

9. Green Border

10. Hundreds of Beavers

Breakdown

4. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
3. All We Imagine As Light, Anora, Challengers
2. The Brutalist, Green Border, The People’s Joker, Nickel Boys
1. Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, Close Your Eyes, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Good One, Hundreds of Beavers, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, I Saw The TV Glow, Janet Planet, Love Lies Bleeding, Megalopolis, The Monk and The Gun, My Old Ass, National Anthem, No Other Land, A Real Pain, Red Rooms, Slow, Sometimes I Think About Dying

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Guest ‘Film of the Year’ Picks

Amy Nicholson, DUNE: PART TWO
Chris Klimek, NICKEL BOYS
Ryan McQuade, THE BRUTALIST
David Chen, THE BRUTALIST
Mekado Murphy, THE SUBSTANCE
Billy Ray Brewton, CHALLENGERS
Veronica Phillips, LOVE LIES BLEEDING
Mitchell Beaupre, CHALLENGERS
Alison Willmore, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
Aisha Harris, A REAL PAIN
Isaac Feldberg, I SAW THE TV GLOW
Melissa Tamminga, GOOD ONE
Sam Van Hallgren, THE BIKERIDERS

#994: Best Performances of 2024

Adam

Supporting Actor

5. Denzel Washington, GLADIATOR II

4. Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN

3. Yura Borisov, ANORA

2. Josh O’ Connor, CHALLENGERS

1. Clarence Maclin, SING SING

Josh

Supporting Actor

5. Mike Faist, CHALLENGERS

4. Arinzé Kene, TUESDAY

3. Chris Hemsworth, FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

2. Josh O’Connor, CHALLENGERS

1. Clarence Maclin, SING SING

Supporting Actress

5. Rachel Sennott, SATURDAY NIGHT

4. Michele Austin, HARD TRUTHS

3. Felicity Jones, THE BRUTALIST

2. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, NICKEL BOYS

1. Katy O’Brian, LOVE LIES BLEEDING

Supporting Actress

5. Merve Dizdar, ABOUT DRY GRASSES

4. Divya Prabha, ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT

3. Danielle Deadwyler, THE PIANO LESSON

2. Felicity Jones, THE BRUTALIST

1. Ariana Grande, WICKED

Lead Actor

5. Aaron Pierre, REBEL RIDGE

4. Glen Powell, HITMAN

3. Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

2. Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST

1. Colman Domingo, SING SING

Lead Actress

5. Vera Drew, THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

4. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, TUESDAY

3. Kristen Stewart, LOVE LIES BLEEDING

2. Mikey Madison, ANORA

1. Ilinca Manolache, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD

Lead Actor

5. Justice Smith, I SAW THE TV GLOW

4. Jesse Plemons, KINDS OF KINDNESS

3. Aaron Pierre, REBEL RIDGE

2. Le Phong Vu, INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL

1. Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

Lead Actress

5. Zendaya, CHALLENGERS

4. Mikey Madison, ANORA

3. Kirsten Dunst, CIVIL WAR

2. Cynthia Erivio, WICKED

1. Ilinca Manolache, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD

#949: Top 10 Films of 2023

Adam

1. All of Us Strangers

2. Oppenheimer

3. Killers of the Flower Moon

4. Asteroid City

5. The Holdovers

6. The Taste of Things

7. Anatomy of a Fall

8. May December

9. The Teachers’ Lounge

10. The Zone of Interest

11-19 (Alphabetical order)
The Iron Claw
The Killer
Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troigros
Past Lives
Poor Things
Showing Up
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (plus Dahl shorts)

Josh

1. The Boy and the Heron

2. Anatomy of a Fall

3. Asteroid City (plus Dahl shorts)

4. You Hurt My Feelings

5. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

6. All of Us Strangers

7. Skinamarink

8. Priscilla

9. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

10. Barbie

11-20
11. Past Lives
12. The Zone of Interest
13. May December
14. Killers of the Flower Moon
15. Godzilla Minus One
16. The Holdovers
17. Suzume
18. Four Daughters
19. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
20. Rodeo

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Michael Phillips

1. Past Lives

2. The Boy

3. Killers of the Flower Moon

4. Barbie

5. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

6. The Zone of Interest

7. Return to Seoul

8. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (plus Dahl shorts)

9. Oppenheimer

10. May December

11-20 (Alphabetical order)
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Fair Play
Four Daughters
I’m a Virgo
In the Rearview
Poor Things
The Royal Hotel
Showing Up
A Thousand and One
The Unknown Country

marya E. gates

1. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

2. Plan 75

3. Past Lives

4. Amanda/Fremont

5. The Blue Caftan

6. Godland

7. La Chimera

8. Kokomo City

9. Lakota Nation vs. United States

10. BlackBerry

12-20
12. May December
13. Blue Jean
14. Passages
15. Priscilla
16. Origin
17. Hannah Ha Ha
18. Brother
19. King Coal
20. Bottoms

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Special Guests

Aisha Harris, MAY DECEMBER
Melissa Tamminga, MAY DECEMBER
Scott Tobias, THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Mitchell Beaupre, ANATOMY OF A FALL
David Chen, ANATOMY OF A FALL
Ryan McQuade, OPPENHEIMER
Chris Klimek, OPPENHEIMER
Matt Singer, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Keith Phipps, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Veronica Phillips, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Sam Van Hallgren, POOR THINGS
Amy Nicholson, FAIR PLAY
Betty Lavandero, THE HOLDOVERS
Roxana Hadadi, SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
Isaac Feldberg, THE TASTE OF THINGS

#948: Best Performances of 2023

Adam

Supporting Actor

5. Milo Machado Graner, ANATOMY OF A FALL

4. Glenn Howerton, BLACKBERRY

3. Mark Ruffalo, POOR THINGS

2. Robert Downey Jr., OPPENHEIMER

1. Ryan Gosling, BARBIE

Josh

Supporting Actor

5. Jacob Elordi, PRISCILLA

4. Donnie Yen, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4

3. Samuel Theis, ANATOMY OF A FALL

2. Charles Melton, MAY DECEMBER

1. Ryan Gosling, BARBIE

Supporting Actress

5. Julianne Moore, MAY DECEMBER

4. Juliette Binoche, THE TASTE OF THINGS

3. Da'Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS

2. Rachel McAdams, ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET

1. Scarlett Johannson, ASTEROID CITY

Supporting Actress

5. Iman Vellani, THE MARVELS

4. Danielle Brooks, THE COLOR PURPLE

3. Da'Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS

2. Scarlett Johansson, ASTEROID CITY

1. Julianne Moore, MAY DECEMBER

Lead Actor

5. Jason Schwartzman, ASTEROID CITY

4. Benoit Magimel, THE TASTE OF THINGS

3. Paul Giamatti, THE HOLDOVERS

2. Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER

1. Andrew Scott, ALL OF US STRANGERS

Lead Actress

5. Michelle Williams, SHOWING UP

4. Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

3. Emma Stone, POOR THINGS

2. Natalie Portman, MAY DECEMBER

1. Sandra Hüller, ANATOMY OF A FALL

Lead Actor

5. Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER

4. Dave Bautista, KNOCK AT THE CABIN

3. Jason Schwatrzman, ASTEROID CITY

2. Andrew Scott, ALL OF US STRANGERS

1. Teo Yoo, PAST LIVES

Lead Actress

5. Ayo Edibiri, BOTTOMS

4. Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

3. Natalie Portman, MAY DECEMBER

2. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, YOU HURT MY FEELINGS

1. Sandra Hüller, ANATOMY OF A FALL

#854-855: Top 10 Films of 2021

Adam

1. Petite Maman

2. The Worst Person in the World

3. The Power of the Dog

4. Pig

5. Licorice Pizza

6. Summer of Soul

7. The Killing of Two Lovers

8. Drive My Car

9. The Card Counter

10. Annette

Josh

1. The Power of the Dog

2. Identifying Features

3. The French Dispatch

4. Summer of Soul

5. Zola

6. Petite Maman

7. Memoria

8. Passing

9. About Endlessness

10. The Green Knight

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Michael Phillips

1. A Night of Knowing Nothing

2. The Underground Railroad

3. Drive My Car

4. Passing

5. West Side Story

6. The Lost Daughter

7. Licorice Pizza

8. Summer of Soul

9. It's a Sin

10. 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

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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

#807-808: Top 10 Films of 2020

Josh

1. Lover’s Rock
2. Soul
3. First Cow
4. Vitalina Varela
5. Relic
6. Dick Johnson Is Dead
7. The Assistant
8. The Forty-Year-Old Version
9. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
10. Mangrove

Adam

1. Lover's Rock
2. First Cow
3. One Night in Miami
4. Sound of Metal
5. The Painter and the Thief
6. The Truffle Hunters
7. Mank
8. The Trip to Greece
9. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
10. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

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MICHAEL PHILLIPS

1. Lover’s Rock
2. First Cow
3. David Byrne’s American Utopia
4. Nomadland
5. City So Real
6. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
7. The Assistant
8. Mangrove
9. The Vast of Night
10. Never Rarely Sometimes Always

TASHA ROBINSON

1. Small Axe
2. Boys State
3. Nomadland
4. The Trial of the Chicago 7
5. The Platform
6. Wolfwalkers
7. David Byrne’s American Utopia
8. First Cow
9. Dick Johnson Is Dead
10. Kajillionaire

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Special Guest Picks

Chris Klimek: Tenet
Cat Sullivan: The Invisible Man
Melissa Tamminga: The Assistant
Scott Tobias: Dick Johnson Is Dead
Alison Willmore: Bacarau
Dave Chen: Sound of Metal
Mekado Murphy: Soul
Josh Youngerman (Listener): Nomadland
Aisha Harris: Lover's Rock

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Summary

1 List: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets; Boys State; City So Real; The Forty-Year-Old Version; I'm Thinking of Ending Things; Kajillionaire; Mank; Never Rarely Sometimes Always; One Night in Miami; The Painter and the Thief; The Platform; Relic; Soul; Sound of Metal; The Trial of the Chicago 7; The Trip to Greece; The Truffle Hunters; The Vast of Night; Vitalina Varela; Wolfwalkers
2 Lists: The Assistant; David Byrne's American Utopia; Dick Johnson Is Dead; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Mangrove; Nomadland
3 Lists: n/a
4 Lists: First Cow, Lover's Rock/Small Axe

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