In 1999, Paul Thomas Anderson dazzled audiences with Magnolia, a meditation on celebrity, dysfunctional families and frogs in the San Fernando Valley. How has its mosaic structure and melodrama ages 20 years on? Join Ben, Ellisha and guest Tasha Kappler (PTA Aficionado™) as we dissect the frogs, the performances and Magnolia’s place in the canon.  

This episode is part of The ‘99 Project.

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Its boys boys boys as Judge Movie returns to Sheffield Doc/Fest to survey the documentary landscape, flanked by Angel of the North Rhys Handley (@RhysHandley2113), and the verbose insights of Jack King (@_jarking). 

But has Asif Kapadia's Diego Maradonna been blessed by the Hand of God? Is the investigative journalism on display in One Child Nation and For Sama a revelation? And how did we survive the 4+ hour Watergate? 

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Films Mentioned

Don't Be a Dick About It  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6703 

For Sama  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6696 

Watergate  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6790 

The Sound is Innocent  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6723 

Hey Bro!  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6737 

Danny  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6742 

Diego Maradona  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6829 

Property  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6738 

Norie https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6785 

Sundance London is going off this weekend so Judge Movie grabbed some critics, camped out in a Pret, and delivered some of the hottest takes this side of Utah. 

But does The Farewell live up to the hype? Can Apollo 11 stick the landing? And why did so many people walk out of The Nightingale?

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With Claire Denis' outer space epic High Life hitting UK cinemas at last, what better time to evaluate the French auteur's work and her 1999 classic, Beau Travail?  With the robust support of Joseph Owen ( @josephowen30 ) on board, we dissect Denis' depiction of the body, science fiction, the post-colonial gaze... and that's before we even get to the 'fuck-box'.

This episode is part of The ‘99 Project, where we review movies released in that year, and explore their legacy 20 years on.

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Does Vox Fux or Vox Sux? We enlisted the help of Thomas Atkinson (@Nosniktamot) of The Favourite Podcast to dissect Brady Corbet's latest, the Natalie Portman starring 21st Century portrait of pop stardom...

But what exactly does it tell us about modern life? How does it match up to the recent spate of music themed filmic odysseys? And is Willem Dafoe's narration a waste of time? 

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In 1999 Mel Gibson rose from the dead in Payback, Brian Helgeland's violent spin on Point Blank. Join Ellisha and Ben as they compare the theatrical edition to the Director's Cut, and sus out whether Mel's career has itself risen again with his reactionary new film Dragged Across Concrete!

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What was the best teen movie released in 1999? From American Pie to The Virgin Suicides to 10 Things I Hate About You we turned to the Jury (our listeners) to vote for their favourite in 1999 TEEN MOVIE MADNESS a brackets tournament hosted on our social media. We look at the actors and trends that dominated the era including Natasha Lyonne, James Van Der Beek, makeovers, classic literature and of course, nostalgia. Fighting for their favourite teen movie, we have clips from critics Cathy Brennan and Megan Christopher.

This episode is part of The ‘99 Project, where we review movies released in that year, and explore their legacy 20 years on.

And if this episode wasn’t packed enough we also have reports from our time at Chronic Youth Film Festival and BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival.

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With the release of the divisive Under the Silver Lake, Ben and Ellisha take a look at the impact, influence, and legacy of Neo-Noir, to figure out just what is so offensive about Silver Lake and the Nicole Kidman starring Destroyer. 

But is Andrew Garfield giving a great performance, or merely a silly one? How does Destroyer subvert genre convention? And just what does Southland Tales have to do with all this! 

Plus the inclusion of our patented Death Row Take of the Week segment, this week featuring one of the British cinema greats!

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Steven Soderbergh and Lem Dobbs took the gangster movie to a haunting place with The Limey. But it wasn’t a smooth collaboration, as you can tell from the candid - and at times fraught - commentary track they recorded for the DVD release of the film. Join Judge Movie as we explore both the stunning film, the infamous commentary track and the culture of DVD extras.

This is the next episode in our monthly series The ‘99 Project, where we review movies released in that year, and explore their legacy 20 years on.

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Ben and Ellisha are back from their travels, and just in time! With Green Book winning the big prize at last week's Oscars, they dissect just how we got here. 

So how are the oscars voted on?  Why IS anyone voting Bohemian Rhapsody? And is Mahershala Ali really criticproof?

Not only that, but we introduce a new segment WORST TAKE OF THE WEEK... what will the inaugural howler be!?

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