Jacqueline Soller, Charles Hinshaw, and J. McVay close out their series of segments on films from 2009 by discussing their favorite films and performances of that year, as well as discussing their thoughts on the year overall (along with a few films they didn’t like so much) and how movies have changed since then. Among the films discussed:

500 Days of Summer

Avatar (listen to our segment)

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

Broken Embraces

Carriers

The Cove

Crazy Heart

District 9

Dogtooth (listen to our segment)

Drag Me To Hell

An Education

The Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Hangover (listen to our segment)

The Hurt Locker (listen to our segment)

I Love You, Man

In The Loop

The Informant!

Inglourious Basterds (listen to our segment)

Jennifer’s Body

Moon

Nowhere Boy

Precious (listen to our segment)

Ponyo

Public Enemies

A Serious Man

Taken

The Taking of Pelham 123

Two Lovers

Up In The Air

The White Ribbon (listen to our segment)

Zombieland

Later in the episode, Jacqueline Soller and J. McVay discuss the new movie, ‘Late Night,’ directed by Nisha Ganatra and starring Emma Thompson and screenwriter Mindy Kaling.

And we’ll take an exclusive early listen to a performance by Los Angeles band James Supercave, from their upcoming BTR Live Studio session.

Music composed by and show edited by Hansdale Hsu.

00:00 - Intro

01:11 - START /// 10yr Film Retro: 2009 In Review (w/ J. McVay, Jacqueline Soller, & Charles Hinshaw)

02:05 - Our number 5 picks

06:30 - Our number 4 picks

16:27 - Our number 3 picks

20:05 - Our number 2 picks

27:10 - Our number 1 picks

30:32 - Runners Up (numbers 6 - 10)

35:12 - Favorite Performances

38:36 - Reviewing the films we previously covered in this series

39:40 - Overall impressions of 2009 and how movies have changed since then /// END

48:28 - “Alarm Will Sound” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) - James Supercave

53:05 - Movie Review: Jacqueline Soller on ‘Late Night’

54:27 - Movie Chat w/ Jacqueline Soller & J. McVay (Spoiler Alert)

69:26 - Outro / Credits

70:17 - Finish.