Filmspotting

Adam and Josh get out the Allen wrench and reassemble the Filmspotting roundtable for the Top 10 Films of 2024 with Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) and film and culture writer Marya Gates.  
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Opening (00:00:00-00:13:57)
Top Outliers (00:13:58-00:41:58)
Consensus Picks – Pt. 1 (00:41:59-01:25:21)
Notes, Polls (01:25:22-01:40:16)
Golden Brick Finalists (01:40:17-02:02:38)
Consensus Picks – Pt. 2 (02:02:39-02:38:10)
More Outliers (02:38:11-02:58:42)
Notes/Links:
Top 10 Films of 2024
https://www.filmspotting.net/top-5-lists-archive/995-top-10-films-of-2024
Filmspotting Fest
https://filmspottingfest.com
2024 Wrap Party Live
https://filmspotting.eventbrite.com/
2024 Golden Brick Finalists/Vote
https://www.filmspotting.net/bricks
Michael Phillips at the Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/author/michael-phillips/
Marya Gates's Substack: Cool People Have Feelings, Too
https://oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/
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The best of 2024 conversation begins with Adam and Josh sharing their favorite lead and supporting performances, plus thoughts on the acclaimed animated film FLOW and Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in MARIA.
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Opening (00:00:00-00:01:41)
Big Announcement (00:01:42-00:14:32)
Supporting Actor (00:14:33-00:32:20)
Supporting Actress (00:32:21-00:47:54)
Review (JL): “Flow” (00:47:55-00:51:44)
Review (AK): “Maria” (00:51:45-00:59:06)
Next Week, Notes (00:59:07-01:06:07)
Polls (01:06:08-01:12:40)
Lead Actress (01:12:41-01:27:46)
Lead Actor (01:27:47-01:44:52)
Notes/Links:
Filmspotting Fest
https://www.filmspotting.net/filmspotting-fest
Chicago Film Critics Association Winners
https://chicagofilmcritics.org/blog/2024winners
2024 Wrap Party
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/filmspottings-2024-wrap-party-live-at-regal-city-north-tickets-1096469994269
Richard Brody’s review of “Maria”
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/maria-angelina-jolie-review
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Thoughts on Robert Eggers’ NOSFERATU (coming 12/25) and Marielle Heller’s NIGHTBITCH, plus the Top 5 Movie Moms Going Through It with Adam and guest Marya Gates.
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Opening (00:00:00-00:01:26)
Review (JL): “Nosferatu” (00:01:27-00:11:11)
Review (AK): “Nightbitch” (00:11:12-00:16:29)
Next Week, Notes (00:16:30-00:21:49)
Top 5: Movie Moms Going Through It (00:21:50-01:04:00)
Notes/Links:
Filmspotting 2024 Wrap party in Chicago
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/filmspottings-2024-wrap-party-live-at-regal-city-north-tickets-1096469994269?aff=oddtdtcreator
“Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors In Their Own Words”
https://www.rizzoliusa.com/buy-online/9780847846610/
Refocus Film Festival
https://refocusfilmfestival.org/
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MUBI’s Rico Gagliano joins Adam and Josh for a review of Ridley Scott’s GLADIATOR II, plus Josh’s take on MOANA 2 and Adam on the new political thriller from Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG. 
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Opening (00:00:00-00:02:49)
MUBI's Box Office Poison (00:03:34-00:09:45)
Review: “Gladiator II” (00:09:46-00:43:14)
Next Week, Notes (00:43:14-00:46:19)
Polls (00:46:20-00:54:34)
Review (JL): “Moana 2” (00:54:35-00:57:54)
Review (AK): “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (00:57:55-01:05:42)
Notes/Links:
MUBI Podcast
https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/author/842
Cinema Interruptus: "Phantom Thread"
https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/interruptus
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It’s review roundup time as Adam and Josh cover several releases new to theaters and streaming, including the screen adaptation of Broadway’s WICKED, Steve McQueen’s WWII-set BLITZ, John David Washington in THE PIANO LESSON, and Brick nominee ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT. 
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Opening (00:00:00-00:03:34)
Review (JL): “Wicked” (00:03:34-00:12:42)
Review: “Blitz” (00:12:43-00:29:38)
Next Week / Notes (00:29:39-00:43:08)
Massacre Theatre (00:43:09-00:44:34)
Review (AK): “All We Imagine as Light” (00:44:34-00:52:24)
Review (JL): “The Piano Lesson” (00:52:25-01:04:36)
Notes/Links:
L.A. Times Payal Kapadia Feature
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-11-12/payal-kapadia-all-we-imagine-as-light-india
Cinema Interruptus: "Phantom Thread"
https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/interruptus
Funny or Die's "American Psycho"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk15H6PjBis
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Mikey Madison’s Ani is another memorable Sean Baker hustler but one defined by her defiance. Along with a review of Baker’s euphoric and often hilarious ANORA, thoughts on Hugh Grant in HERETIC and the latest from Robert Zemeckis, HERE.
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Opening (00:00:00-00:01:42)
Review: “Anora” (00:01:42-00:37:53)
Next Week / Notes (00:37:54-00:43:08)
Polls (00:43:09-00:50:42)
Reviews: “Heretic,” “Here” (00:50:43-01:11:39)
“Anora” Spoiler Talk (01:11:40-01:28:34)
Notes/Links:
High-quality, royalty-free music, sound effects, and stock footage for creators
https://soundstripe.com/filmspotting
Josh hosts Cinema Interruptus at Siskel Film Center
https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/interruptus
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Back in 2019, Adam and Josh took another look at David Fincher's FIGHT CLUB as part of the 9 From '99 series. Well, another five years have passed and Fincher's cult film is 25. A skilled craftsman and legendary perfectionist, Fincher's films are always a pleasure to look at, but for their Top 5 Fincher Scenes, Adam and Josh focus on how the director's style – even at its flashiest – serves the story and his characters.
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Opening (00:00:00-00:02:05)
9 From '99: "Fight Club" (00:02:06-00:28:37)
Top 5: David Fincher Scenes (00:28:38-01:22:48)
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Along with a review of the new papal thriller CONCLAVE, Adam and Josh share their Top 5 Ralph Fiennes Performances, celebrating the actor’s 30 years on screen. 
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Opening (00:00:00-00:04:17)
Top 5: Ralph Fiennes Performances (00:01:29-00:33:40)
Review: “Conclave” (00:33:41-00:52:09)
Next Week, New Poll (00:52:10-00:57:49)
In Memoriam Teri Garr, Notes (00:57:50-01:03:11)
Top 5, cont. (01:03:12-01:32:22)
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Josh hosts Cinema Interruptus at Siskel Film Center
https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/interruptus
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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE still has it. 50 years later, Tobe Hooper’s seminal horror film continues to mess us up. Plus, the best of the Sidney Lumet Marathon, and Josh recommends the new stop-motion feature MEMOIR OF A SNAIL.
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Opening (00:00:00-00:01:29)
Sacred Cow: “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (00:01:29-00:47:26)
Review (JL): “Memoir of a Snail” (00:47:26-00:51:11)
AK at Chicago/Refocus Film Fest (00:51:12-01:01:02)
Next Week, Notes (01:01:03-01:07:32)
Massacre Theatre (01:07:33-01:14:59)
Lumet Marathon Awards (01:15:00-01:47:37)
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Josh hosts Cinema Interruptus at Siskel Film Center
https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/interruptus
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With Wes Craven's A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET back in theaters for its 40th anniversary, we're sharing Adam and Josh's 2016 "Blind Cow" review of the film that Josh considers the best horror movie of all time—and Adam catches up with first the first time.
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