"The Flagship Film Podcast"
“The flagship film podcast” featuring in-depth reviews, top 5 lists and interviews.
“Send in the Clowns,” A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Prologue, INTO THE WOODS
Honorable Mention: “Bubbi,” ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM: COMPANY
“Someone in a Tree,” PACIFIC OVERTURES
“Ladies Who Lunch,” ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM: COMPANY
“Roses Turn,” GYPSY
“America,” WEST SIDE STORY (2021)
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
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
THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS
Runner-up: ANNETTE
Honorable Mentions: PASSING, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, RED ROCKET
PASSING
"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
Trish, BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
Wink from the bartender, FLEE
Runner-up: Bicycle ride, NINE DAYS
Honorable Mention: Goodbye and reunion, PETITE MAMAN
11 Years Later, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
“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
Mahalia and Mavis, SUMMER OF SOUL
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
Piano vs. Banjo, THE POWER OF THE DOG
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
The Power of the Dog
Identifying Features
The French Dispatch
Summer of Soul
Zola
Petite Maman
Memoria
Passing
About Endlessness
The Green Knight
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
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
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
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
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?