#616-617: Top 10 Films of 2016

Adam

1. Tower

2. Sing Street

3. O.J.: Made In America

4. Everybody Wants Some!!

5. Moonlight

6. The Handmaiden

7. Krisha

8. Born to Be Blue

9. La La Land

10. Sully

Josh

1. Hail, Caesar!

2. The Fits

3. The Lobster

4. Cemetery of Splendour

5. La La Land 

6. The Neon Demon

7. Moonlight

8. Cameraperson

9. Toni Erdmann

10. Loving

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Scott Tobias

1. Manchester by the Sea

2. Toni Erdmann

3. Silence

4. The Handmaiden

5. Paterson

6. Right Now, Wrong Then

7. Moonlight

8. Jackie

9. Elle

10. Aquarius

Genevieve Koski

1. The Handmaiden

2. Moonlight

3. Moana

4. Manchester by the Sea

5. 13th

6. The Fits

7. Loving

8. American Honey

9. Cloverfield Lane

10. Popstar

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Guest #1 Films

Pt. 1

Rian Johnson
Christine

Josh Youngerman (Listener)
Toni Erdmann

Tasha Robinson 
La La Land

Sam Smith
Cameraperson / Dekalog (Poster)

Ben Haworth (Listener)
A Monster Calls

Peter Labuza
O.J. Made In America / Cameraperson

Katey Rich
Jackie

Trey Shults
Arrival

Alissa Wilkinson
Moonlight

Max O'Connell
Happy Hour

Tina Hassannia
Certain Women

Pt. 2

Jim Pallini (Listener)
Green Room

Marya E. Gates
Moonlight

Randy Grimshaw (Listener)
The Handmaiden

Melissa Tamminga
Certain Women

Matt Singer
O.J.: Made In America

Odie Henderson
Fences

Alison Willmore
Toni Erdmann

Billy Ray Brewton (Listener)
Sing Street

Steven Hyden
The Nice Guys

#614: Top 5 Musical Numbers

Desiree Garcia

Director of Film and Media Studies, Associate Professor - Arizona State

1. “Bouncin’ the Blues,” THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY

2. “On Broadway,” ALL THAT JAZZ

3. “Trouble,” THE MUSIC MAN

4. Opening overture, THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT

5. The stair dance, THE LITTLE COLONEL

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Michael Phillips

1. “Singin’ in the Rain,” SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

2. “I’ll Be Hard to Handle,” ROBERTA

3. “The Man That Got Away,” A STAR IS BORN

4. “Isn’t It Romantic," LOVE ME TONIGHT

5. Jim Henry’s Paradise, CABIN IN THE SKY

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Adam

1. “On Broadway,” ALL THAT JAZZ

2. “Pick Yourself Up,” SWING TIME

3. “I Got Rhythm,” AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

4. "America," WEST SIDE STORY

5. “When Love Goes Wrong, Nothing Goes Right,” GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

#613: Top 5 Teen Girl Movies Directed by Women

ADAM

1. Fast Times at Ridgemont High

2. The Diary of a Teenage Girl

3. Eve's Bayou

4. The Edge of Seventeen

5. Fat Girl

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JOSH

1. Winter's Bone

2. An Education

3. Clueless

4. Sweetie/Holy Smoke

5. The Virgin Suicides

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MARYA E. GATES

1. Fish Tank

2. The Virgin Suicides

3. Clueless

4. Pariah

5. Bend It Like Beckham

#612: Top 5 Movies That Console and Restore Hope

ADAM

1. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

2. The World of Apu

3. A Moment of Innocence

4. Mad Max: Fury Road

5. The Martian

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JOSH

1. Lincoln

2. Children of Men

3. The Apu Trilogy

4. Tangerine

5. In Jackson Heights

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MICHAEL PHILLIPS

1. The Band Wagon

2. The Shop Around the Corner

3. Poetry

4. Ratatouille

5. Once

#609: Top 5 Childhood Movie Scares

Adam

5. Face peel in mirror, POLTERGEIST
4. “Get away!”, THRILLER
3. Demon in basement photo, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR
2. Regan with yellow eyes, THE EXORCIST
1. “Let me in. I’m your friend.” SALEM’S LOT

Josh

5. Skeksis stripping The Chamberlain of his robes, THE DARK CRYSTAL
4. Playing Russian roulette, THE DEER HUNTER
3. Bloody, bubbling water, PIRANHA
2. Stabbing on the stairs, PSYCHO
1. Jason emerging from the lake, FRIDAY THE 13TH

Ti West

5. Tina’s ceiling death, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
4. Kid killed in the bathroom, CANDYMAN (1992)
3. Kane, POLTERGEIST II
2. Zelda the dying sister, PET SEMATARY
1. “Come play with us, Danny”, THE SHINING

#605: Top 5 Denzel Washington Performances

W. Kamau Bell

1. Malcolm X

2. Training Day

3. Glory

4. A Soldier's Story

5. The Hurricane

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Adam

Josh

1. He Got Game

2. Glory

3. Devil in a Blue Dress

4. Malcolm X

5. Flight

1. Malcolm X

2. Inside Man

3. Devil in a Blue Dress

4. He Got Game

5. Deja Vu

#602: Top 5 21st Century Comedies

adam

5. WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
4. THE TRIP
3. ROLE MODELS
2. SHAUN OF THE DEAD
1. THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN

Honorable Mentions: KNOCKED UP, JUNO, EN BRUGES, EASY A, BEST IN SHOW, TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE

JOSH

5. TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY
4. MEAN GIRLS
3. SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR
2. CEDAR RAPIDS
1. BORAT

Honorable Mentions: TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE, THE PROMOTION, BARBERSHOP, I HEART HUCKABEES, NACHO LIBRE, YEAR OF THE DOG, BAMBOOZLED

#600: Top 5 Movies Future Historians Will Remember

Chuck Klosterman

1. Star Wars

2. Titanic

3. A Hard Day's Night + Over The Edge

4. The Matrix

5, Citizen Kane

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Josh

1. Amateur police shooting video

2. Unfriended

3. 28 Weeks Later

4. Under the Skin

5. The Happening

Adam

1. Inception

2. Dazed and Confused

3. The Wizard of Oz

4. The Passion of Joan of Arc

5. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance