The Smartest People in the Room

Episode 17 - We're All Obsessed with the Spoon

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Our topics this week include the 8th Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll, Avatar: The Way of Water, White Noise, and "nepo babies." Maddie will be back in March!

Sight & Sound poll

Sight & Sound 2022 Films poll

Movies discussed (* indicates spoilers):

  • Avatar: The Way of Water*
  • Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles*, Vertigo, Citizen Kane, Marie Antoinette, Safe (1995), Saute ma ville*, Bicycle Thieves, Get Out, Nope, Parasite, Moonlight, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Beau Travail, Mulholland Drive, Yi Yi, Tropical Malady, Y Tu Mamá También, All About My Mother, Apocalypse Now
  • The Godfather, Stalker, Persona, Sunset Boulevard, A Brighter Summer Day, The Godfather Part II
  • Barry Lyndon, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Apartment, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, The Master, Brokeback Mountain, Erin Brockovich
  • Avatar (2009), Iron Man, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • White Noise* (2022), Inherent Vice
  • Moneyball

    • The Smartest People in the Room is hosted by Rachel Casey and Maddie Weiner. It is edited by Maddie Weiner. Original theme and interstitial music is by Scott Boice - follow him on Instagram @sc00gle and find more of his work on Bandcamp.

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