The fifth episode of our special retrospective 20th season looks back to the awesome movie year of 2007 with the first of our producer Dave’s three picks, the Lonely Island’s Hot Rod. Directed by Akiva Schaffer and starring Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Ian McShane, Jorma Taccone, Danny McBride and Bill Hader, Hot Rod was the first feature film from comedy troupe The Lonely Island.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hot-rod-2007), Wesley Morris in The Boston Globe, and A.O. Scott in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/movies/03hot.html).

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The fourth episode of our special retrospective 20th season looks back to the awesome movie year of 2012 with the second of two Christmas episodes, on Edward Burns’ The Fitzgerald Family Christmas. Written and directed by Edward Burns and starring Edward Burns, Michael McGlone, Kerry Bishé, Heather Burns, Marsha Dietlein Bennett and Caitlin FitzGerald, The Fitzgerald Family Christmas premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Stephen Holden in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/movies/the-fitzgerald-family-christmas-from-edward-burns.html), Frank Scheck in The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/fitzgerald-family-christmas-review-398753/), and Mary Pols in Time (https://entertainment.time.com/2012/12/06/3524768/).

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Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next retrospective episode, looking back to the awesome movie year of 2007 with the first of our producer Dave’s three picks, the Lonely Island’s Hot Rod.

The third episode of our special retrospective 20th season looks back to the awesome movie year of 1999 with the first of two Christmas episodes, on Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick (adapted from the novel by Arthur Schnitzler) and starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack and Todd Field, Eyes Wide Shut was the final movie that Kubrick directed before his death.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/eyes-wide-shut-1999), Manohla Dargis in The New York Times (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/071699eyes-film-review.html), and Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1999/07/23/eyes-wide-shut-5/).

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You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.

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Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next retrospective episode, looking back to the awesome movie year of 2012 with the second of two Christmas episodes, on Edward Burns’ The Fitzgerald Family Christmas.

The second episode of our special retrospective 20th season looks back to the awesome movie year of 1989 with the first of Josh’s three picks, J.F. Lawton’s Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death. Written and directed by J.F. Lawton (under the name J.D. Athens) and starring Shannon Tweed, Karen Mistal, Bill Maher and Adrienne Barbeau, Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death was a staple of basic cable programming in the 1990s.

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Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next retrospective episode, looking back to the awesome movie year of 1999 with the first of two Christmas episodes, on Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut.

The first episode of our special retrospective 20th season looks back to the awesome movie year of 1996 with the first of Jason’s three picks, Steve Buscemi’s Trees Lounge. Written and directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Buscemi, Mark Boone Junior, Chloë Sevigny, Anthony LaPaglia and Elizabeth Bracco, Trees Lounge was Buscemi’s debut feature as a writer and director.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/trees-lounge-1996), Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1996/10/11/trees-lounge/), and Marjorie Baumgarten in The Austin Chronicle (https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/1996-10-25/trees-lounge/).

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You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.

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Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next retrospective episode, looking back to the awesome movie year of 1989 with the first of Josh’s three picks, J.F. Lawton’s Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death.

In this special intro episode for our retrospective 20th season, we’re drafting picks of movies from the years we’ve covered in previous seasons, to set the upcoming episode lineup. Josh, Jason and our producer Dave each pick three movies for us to talk about this season.

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You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.

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Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in next time for Jason’s first retrospective pick, returning to the awesome movie year of 1996 for Steve Buscemi’s Trees Lounge.

In this special Thanksgiving holiday episode, we’re looking back to our recent season on the films of 1969, to talk about Arthur Penn’s Alice’s Restaurant. Directed and co-written by Arthur Penn and starring Arlo Guthrie, Pat Quinn, James Broderick and Michael McClanathan, Alice’s Restaurant is an adaptation of folk singer Guthrie’s signature song.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/alices-restaurant-1969), Andrew Sarris in the Village Voice, and Paul Schrader in The Los Angeles Image (https://paulschrader.org/articles/pdf/1969-AlicesRestaurant.pdf). 

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Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next episode, featuring our movie draft to pick the lineup for our retrospective 20th season.

This special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2000 features Christopher Nolan’s Memento. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Memento was Nolan’s breakthrough film.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/memento-2001), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-16-ca-38285-story.html), and A.O. Scott in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/16/movies/film-review-backward-reel-the-grisly-memories.html)

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You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed

You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.

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In this epilogue to our season on the awesome movie year of 1969, we talk about alternate movies we considered including in all of our different categories this season, and read suggestions from some listeners about their favorite 1969 movies.

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Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in next time for a 1969 Thanksgiving bonus episode, featuring Arthur Penn’s Alice’s Restaurant.

The finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 1969 features our audience choice poll winner, Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity. Directed by Bob Fosse (based on the Broadway production) and starring Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Chita Rivera, Ricardo Montalban and Paula Kelly, Sweet Charity defeated two other major Hollywood musicals in our audience choice poll.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1969/04/02/archives/screen-a-blowup-of-sweet-charity.html), Penelope Houston in The Spectator (https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/28th-february-1969/20/cinema), and Variety (https://variety.com/1968/film/reviews/sweet-charity-2-1200421841/).

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You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.

You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.

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Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next installment, the epilogue to our 1969 season.