"The Flagship Film Podcast"
“The flagship film podcast” featuring in-depth reviews, top 5 lists and interviews.
1. Humpday
3. My Winnipeg
4. Extraordinary Stories
Honorable Mentions: Man Push Cart, Mysterious Skin, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus, Shotgun Stories, Enemies of the People, Fast Food Nation, Black Snake Moan, Son of Rambow
1. The Promotion
3. My Life Without Me
4. Baby Boy
5. Nacho Libre
Honorable Mentions: Dinosaur, Unfaithful, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Auto Focus, Roll Bounce, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
1 The Tramp’s high-wire act, THE CIRCUS
2. Prince Randian lighting a cigarette, FREAKS
3. Dumbo’s flight, DUMBO
4. The “Terrible Elephant Man” unveiled, THE ELEPHANT MAN
5. Il Matto on the tightrope, La Strada
1. Guilded cage, LOLA MONTEZ
2. The tunnel of love, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
3. Circus geek, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
4. Lon Chaney’s titular circus act, HE WHO GETS SLAPPED
5. W.C Fields, SALLY OF THE SAWDUST
1. Ordinary People
2. The Ice Storm
3. Far From Heaven
4. Bye Bye Birdie
5. Revolutionary Road
1. Elevator Beatdown, DRIVE
2. Prologue, ANTICHRIST
3. Holdo’s Sacrifice, THE LAST JEDI
4. Therese and Carol lock eyes, CAROL
5. Triple Axel, I, TONYA
1. The cafeteria explosion, INCEPTION
2. The opening scene, THE FALL
3. The opening credits, WATCHMEN
4. Running for the train, THE DARJEELING LIMITED
5. The opening sequence, MELANCHOLIA
Kelly Reichardt
1. What movie will be my No. 1 of 2019? (FIRST COW)
2. Will WENDY prove that Benh Zeitlin is a true talent, or expose BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD as a fluke?
3. Should we trust that Regina Hall makes smart choices and knows how to make questionable premises sparkle? (LITTLE)
4. Can Pedro Almodovar’s PAIN & GLORY possibly be as good as Michael Bay’s PAIN & GAIN?
5. Will zombies be as good for Jim Jarmusch as vampires? (THE DEAD DON’T DIE)
Most Anticipated
1. First Cow
2. Wendy
3. The Nightingale
4. Us
5. Knives Out
Josephine Decker (left) and “Madeline’s Madeline” star Helena Howard
1. What movie will be my No. 1 of 2019? (SHIRLEY)
2. Will the 5th woman ever nominated for Best Director also become the 6th? (Greta Gerwig, LITTLE WOMEN)
3. The Hawkesance will resume most resoundingly with which film (THE TRUTH, THE KID, TONIGHT AT NOON, ADOPT A HIGHWAY, STOCKHOLM)?
4. What will the world’s greatest living actor - sorry, Daniel Day-Lewis - do with JOKER?
5. Which movie about industry disruptors playing on industry-disrupting platform Netflix will be better, HIGH FLYING BIRD or VELVET BUZZSAW?
Most Anticipated
1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2. The Irishman
3. Knives Out
4. Us
5. Toy Story 4
THUNDER ROAD
Runners-Up: THE DEATH OF STALIN, FIRST MAN
HEREDITARY
Runners-Up: FIRST REFORMED, ROMA
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT
CAM
“Helplessly Hoping,” ANNIHILATION
Runners-Up:
Sunset dance, BURNING; “Hearts Beat Loud,” HEARTS BEAT LOUD
Sharing earbuds, A QUIET PLACE
Runners-Up:
Royal Dance, THE FAVOURITE; “La Vie En Rose,” A STAR IS BORN
“Eros,” IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Runners-Up:
Judy Garland tribute, A STAR IS BORN; Zhukov’s entrance, THE DEATH OF STALIN
“Not with that ass” + "Oh no, he died", GAME NIGHT
Runners-Up:
X-Force, DEADPOOL 2; Most Quiet, EIGHTH GRADE
Removing the bullet, GAME NIGHT
Runners-Up:
Truth serum, ANT-MAN & THE WASP; Bikini contest, I FEEL PRETTY
“Profitable for Frito Lay?,” GAME NIGHT
Runners-Up:
Martha Wayne’s Pearl Necklace, TEEN TITANS GO TO THE MOVIES; “Sawzall!,” MOM & DAD
Confessions / catharsis, MINDING THE GAP
Runners-Up:
“If they loved you…” SHOPLIFTERS; “Grab the reins,” THE RIDER + Nightmares, LEAN ON PETE
“Black and beautiful,” BLACKKKLANSMAN
Runners-Up:
“Dad!”, A WRINKLE IN TIME; Duet with Jeff, WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?
Sex argument, PRIVATE LIFE
Crib shopping / Protest, ROMA
Runners-Up:
“Black Power / White Power,” BLACKKKLANSMAN; Family showdown, IF BEALE STREET…
“He did it,” AVENGERS: INFINITY WARS
1. If Beale Street Could Talk
2. Minding the Gap
3. The Rider
4. First Reformed
5. Roma
6. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
7. BlackKklansman
8. Isle of Dogs
9. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
10. The Death of Stalin
1. Isle of Dogs
2. Roma
3. First Reformed
4. Sorry to Bother You
5. Zama
6. BlacKkKlansman
7. Private Life
8. Game Night
9. Hale County This Morning, This Evening
10. Leave No Trace
1. BlacKkKlansman
2. The Death of Stalin
3. The Favourite
4. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
5. Bad Times at the El Royale
6. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
7. Mid90s
8. Marrowbone
9. Apostle
10. If Beale Street Could Talk
1. The Rider
2. Roma
3. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
4. The Favourite
5. Minding the Gap
6. Widows
7. First Reformed
8. Sorry to Bother You
9. Zama
10. Black Panther
Films that made 2 lists: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Death of Stalin, The Favourite, If Beale Street Could Talk, Isle of Dogs, Minding the Gap, The Rider, Sorry to Bother You
Films that made 3 lists: BlacKkKlansman, First Reformed, Roma
Film that made all 4 lists: n/a
Rian Johnson - Roma
Daniel Nava - First Reformed
Sean Baker - Border / Vox Lux / Let the Corpses Tan
Aisha Harris - The Favourite
Dave Chen - The Favourite
Amy Nicholson - The Favourite
Christopher Harris - First Reformed
Scott Tobias - Roma
Alison Willmore - The Rider
Nathaniel Myers - Minding the Gap
1. RAN
2. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
3. SUSPIRIA (1977)
4. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL/PADDINGTON 2
5. LOLA MONTES
