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“The flagship film podcast” featuring in-depth reviews, top 5 lists and interviews.
5. Challengers
4. Tuesday
3. Love Lies Bleeding
2. Hit Man
1. The People’s Joker
5. I Saw the TV Glow
4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
3. Challengers
2. The People’s Joker
1. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
5. Tuesday
4. We Grown Now
3. La Chimera
2. Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
1. Challengers
Zero For Conduct
Cooley High
Lady Bird
Adventureland
Will win: OPPENHEIMER
Should win: OPPENHEIMER
Should have been nominated: MAY DECEMBER
Replace: MAESTRO
Will win: OPPENHEIMER
Should win: ANATOMY OF A FALL
Should have been nominated: THE BOY AND THE HERON
Replace: MAESTRO
Will win: Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER
Should win: Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER
Should’ve been nominated: The Academy got it right.
Will win: Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER
Should win: Justine Triet, ANATOMY OF A FALL
Should have been nominated: Wes Anderson, ASTEROID CITY
Replace: Yorgos Lanthimos, POOR THINGS
Will win: Emma Stone, POOR THINGS
Should win: Sandra Hüller, ANATOMY OF A FALL
Should have been nominated: Natalie Portman, MAY DECEMBER
Replace: MAESTRO
Will win: Anette Bening, NYAD
Should win: Sandra Hüller, ANATOMY OF A FALL
Should have been nominated: Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, YOU HURTY MY FEELINGS
Replace: Annette Bening, NYAD
Will win: Paul Giamatti, THE HOLDOVERS
Should win: Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER
Should’ve been nominated: Andrew Scott, ALL OF US STRANGERS
Replace: Bradley Cooper, MAESTRO
Will win: Paul Giamatti, THE HOLDOVERS
Should win: Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER
Should have been nominated: Teo Yoo, PAST LIVES
Replace: Bradley Cooper, MAESTRO
Will win: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS
Should win: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS
Should’ve been nominated: Rachel McAdams, ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET
Replace: America Ferrera, BARBIE
Will win: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS
Should win: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS
Should have been nominated: Julianne Moore, MAY DECEMBER
Replace: Jodie Foster, NYAD
Will win: Robert Downey Jr., OPPENHEIMER
Should win: Ryan Gosling, BARBIE
Should’ve been nominated: Charles Melton, MAY DECEMBER
Replace: Robert De Niro, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Will win: Robert Downey Jr., OPPENHEIMER
Should win: Ryan Gosling, BARBIE
Should’ve been nominated: The Academy got it right.
Kurosawa, Ozu, and a giant, fire-breathing lizard make this week’s Top 5.
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1. DESERT ADVENTURES: DUNE: PART 2 v. FURIOSA
AK: FURIOSA
JL: FURIOSA
2. PRESTIGE HORROR: NOSFERATU v. WOLF MAN
AK: NOSFERATU
JL: NOSFERATU
3. QUEER THRILLERS: DRIVE AWAY DOLLS v. LOVE LIES BLEEDING
AK: DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS
JL: LOVE LIES BLEEDING
4. MACHO ‘80s REHEATS AKA ACTORS WE LOVE DOING DUMB SHIT WE ALSO LOVE: THE FALL GUY v. ROAD HOUSE
AK: ROAD HOUSE
JL: THE FALL GUY
5. CHILDREN OF RIDLEY: ALIEN: ROMULUS v. UNTITLED GLADIATOR SEQUEL
AK: UNTITLED GLADIATOR SEQUEL
JL: ALIEN: ROMULUS
6. THE BOYS ARE BACK: Richard Linklater’s HIT MAN v. Steven Soderbergh’s PRESENCE
AK: PRESENCE
JL: PRESENCE
7. IN A WORLD…: CIVIL WAR v. KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
AK: CIVIL WAR
JL: CIVIL WAR
8. JOKERS: JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX v. THE PEOPLE’S JOKER
AK: THE PEOPLE’S JOKER
JL: JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX
9. SEQUELS, PREQUELS, RE-HEATQUELS WE’D SKIP EXCEPT…WAIT, WHO’S DIRECTING THAT?: A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE v TWISTERS v MUFASA: THE LION KING
AK: MUFASA: THE LION KING
JL: A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
BROADWAY COMES TO THE ARTHOUSE: JANET PLANET v. THE PIANO LESSON
AK: THE PIANO LESSON
JL: JANET PLANET
JOSH:
5. CIVIL WAR (April 12)
4. THE NICKEL BOYS (TBD)
3. MEGALOPOLIS (TBD)
2. BLITZ (TBD)
1. FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (May 24)
ADAM:
5. THE BIKERIDERS (June 21)
4. CIVIL WAR (April 12)
3. PRESENCE (TBD)
2. DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS (Feb. 23)
1. FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (May 24)
Adam, Josh, and some very special guests with the funniest, most moving, and best music moments of the movie year.
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All of Us Strangers
Oppenheimer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Asteroid City
The Holdovers
The Taste of Things
Anatomy of a Fall
May December
The Teachers’ Lounge
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)
The Boy and the Heron
Anatomy of a Fall
Asteroid City (plus Dahl shorts)
You Hurt My Feelings
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
All of Us Strangers
Skinamarink
Priscilla
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
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
Past Lives
The Boy
Killers of the Flower Moon
Barbie
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
The Zone of Interest
Return to Seoul
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (plus Dahl shorts)
Oppenheimer
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
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Plan 75
Past Lives
Amanda/Fremont
The Blue Caftan
Godland
La Chimera
Kokomo City
Lakota Nation vs. United States
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
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
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
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