Adam and Josh praise Harrison Ford’s farewell to Indy with their review of DIAL OF DESTINY and narrow down their favorite scenes in the franchise with their Top 5 Indiana Jones Moments. 

-Top 5: Indiana Jones Moments (01:52)

-Next Week/Notes/Poll (48:52)

-Review: “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (01:03:20)

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The space race and method acting collide in Wes Anderson’s '50s-set ASTEROID CITY, and former sweethearts reunite in Celine Song’s acclaimed debut PAST LIVES.

-Review: “Asteroid City” (01:42)

-Notes (38:21)

-Massacre Theatre (40:30)

-Review: “Past Lives” (47:42)

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Aisha Harris’s new book - “Wannabe: Reckoning With the Pop Culture that Shapes Me” - inspires this week’s show. Adam, Josh, and Aisha share the Top 5 Movie Characters Who Shaped Us. Plus, Josh’s take on Pixar’s ELEMENTAL.

-Interview: Aisha Harris (02:01)

-Top 5: Characters Who Shaped Us (10:13)

-Review (JL): Pixar’s “Elemental” (56:40)

-Notes/Polls (1:00:45)

-Top 5, cont. (1:17:35)

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“Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture that Shapes Me”

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/wannabe-aisha-harris?variant=40679574437922

Upcoming in-person events with Aisha Harris

https://twitter.com/craftingmystyle/status/1658526875629797376?s=20

"There was no one better to watch a movie with than Casey Tourangeau"

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dq56B-YAhI41dBCSXgaA_9JRXDY6KF83/view

Casey Tourangeau's 5-Star Films

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Adam and Josh celebrate Pride Month with the Top 5 LGBTQ+ Movies that were formative in shaping their understanding of queer life. Plus, ‘The BFIs’ recognize the best of the Sight & Sound Top 100 Marathon.

-Pride Top 5: LGBTQ+ Movies (02:01)

-Next Week/Notes (31:28)

-Review (AK): “Close To Vermeer” (39:42)

-Massacre Theatre (44:42)

-Top 5, cont. (56:18)

-Sight & Sound Top 100 Awards (1:16:00)

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-”All That Heaven Allows” made the Sight & Sound Critcs’ Top 250 – not the Top 100.

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“Garp, Forty Years Later”

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/08/23/garp-forty-years-later/

“The Top 175 Essential Films of All Time for LGBT Viewers”

https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2014/06/23/top-175-essential-films-all-time-lgbt-viewers

“Kenneth Anger Never Cooled Off”

https://www.vulture.com/2023/05/kenneth-anger-filmmaker-obituary-appreciation.html

826CHI: A Nonprofit Creative Writing, Tutoring, and Publishing Center

https://www.826chi.org/

“The Grace of Keanu Reeves”

https://www.rogerebert.com/features/bright-walldark-room-february-2016-the-grace-of-keanu-reeves-by-angelica-jade-basti%C3%A9n

“Oscar Nominee Chris Sarandon Remembers His Groundbreaking Role in Dog Day Afternoon”

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This week, a pair of very different, but also surprisingly similar, coming-of-age stories: the electrifying new “Across the Spider-Verse” and Edward Yang’s ‘91 masterpiece “A Brighter Summer Day.” Plus Adam on the new doc “Lynch/Oz.”  

-Review: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (02:28)

-Review (AK): “Lynch/Oz” (29:29)

-Next Week/Notes (38:14)

-Polls (45:19)

-Marathon Review: “A Brighter Summer Day” (55:26)

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Michael Phillips drops in for a look back at the first half of the year in film, including praise for "Showing Up," Nicole Holofcener's "You Hurt My Feelings," "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and more. 

-Top 5 Films of 2023 (So Far) (03:29)

-Next Week/Notes (46:16)

-Massacre Theatre (55:30)

-Top 5 Films of 2023, cont. (01:00:22)

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-”Living With the Men of Paul Schrader’s ‘Man in a Room’ Trilogy”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/movies/master-gardener-paul-schrader-joel-edgerton-oscar-isaac-ethan-hawke.html

-”Showing Up: A Masterwork About an Artist’s Life”

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/showing-up-reviewed-a-masterwork-about-an-artists-life

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What seemed like a one-off, late-career masterpiece from ‘70s icon Paul Schrader (2017’s “First Reformed”) has now become a loose series of films about solitary men struggling with past sins. Where does the new MASTER GARDENER rank among the director’s “Man in a Room” trilogy?

-Review: “Master Gardener” (04:49)

-Review (AK): “BlackBerry” (30:46)

-Next Week/Notes (39:03)

-Marathon Review: “Sans Soleil” (42:41)

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-"Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson discovers what it means to examine the world as she reflects on her profession”

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New films from Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig, and Wes Anderson may be the auteur-driven must-sees of the summer, but Adam and Josh go deeper for their Top 5 Summer Movie Questions.  

-Summer Movie Preview (02:51)

-Next Week/Notes, Polls (43:43)

-Marathon Review: “Mirror” (56:15)

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-“Greta Lee Couldn’t Touch Teo Yoo While Filming Past Lives”

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It's been six years since the last "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie, and while Josh finds VOL. 3 wildly misguided, Adam will slow-motion strut with the crew. Plus, Draft Day for Killmonger and Thanos.  

-Draft: MCU Villains (02:16)

-Review: “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3” (50:13)

-Massacre Theatre (01:10:24)

-Chicago Critics Film Fest w/Steve Prokopy (01:13:01)

-Doc10 Film Festival / AK on “Subject” (01:20:29)

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-Who won the MCU Villains Draft?

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-MCU Ranked, Adam 

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Enigmatic, tortured, funny. It’s the Oscar-winning actor’s best from his '90s breakthrough to his partnerships with Shyamalan, Gray, PTA—and Todd Phillips.

-Top 5: Joaquin Phoenix Performances (03:21)

-R.I.P. Harry Belafonte (28:00)

-Review (JL): “R.M.N.” (30:53)

-Review: “Beau Is Afraid” (50:59)

-Top 5, cont. (01:18:07)

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-Joaquin Phoenix on David Letterman (Feb. 2009)

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-”What’s Really Going On In Beau Is Afraid”

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