The Juggernaut

It's our annual tradition! Harris and Cousin Josh will count down their favorite movies of 2023 and talk about why they work (and sometimes why they don't). Maybe you'll enjoy our opinions, or maybe we'll just put a few different movies on your radar screen. Thanks for listening!   Josh's Top 10 Movies Of 2023:

10. Bottoms

9. You Hurt My Feelings

8. The Deepest Breath

7. The Holdovers

6. Anatomy Of A Fall

5. The Zone Of Interest

4. Rye Lane

3. Past Lives

2. How To Blow Up A Pipeline

1. Oppenheimer  

Chris's Top 20 Movies Of 2023: 20. The Teachers' Lounge

19. Across The Spider-Verse

18. The Delinquents

17. The Holdovers

16. American Fiction

15. Blue Jean

14. Past Lives

13. Close Your Eyes

12. Oppenheimer

11. All Of Us Strangers

10. About Dry Grasses

9. Fremont

8. Amanda

7. Showing Up

6. Return To Seoul

5. Anatomy Of A Fall

4. Killers Of The Flower Moon

3. The Zone Of Interest

2. How To Blow Up A Pipeline

1. Poor Things

Are we the last podcast to do a year-in-review for cinema in 2022? Probably! But that just means you've already forgotten all the films you saw last year. Today, we'll remind you, and hopefully give you some leads on movies from around the world you might've missed. 

We have an annual tradition of reviving our beloved Juggernaut podcast to list our favorite movies of the previous year. So let's do it! These are our top films for 2019, counted down in order. Will Harris go artsy? Will Josh go populist? You'll have to listen to this super-sized podcast to find out! Thanks for checking in with the ol' Juggernaut! Guest: Cousin Josh.

NOTES:

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Josh's Top 10 Of 2019:

1. Parasite

2. 1917

3. Joker

4. The Irishman

5. Booksmart

6. High Life

7. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

8. Under The Silver Lake

9. Uncut Gems

10. Knives Out

Chris's Top 10 Of 2019:

1. Under The Silver Lake

2. High Life

3. The Last Black Man In San Francisco

4. Knives Out

5. Marriage Story

6. The Irishman

7.  Her Smell

8. Uncut Gems

9. Little Women

10. Parasite

Let's count down our favorite movies of 2018 with our traditional guest on such occasions, Josh Fischberg, a.k.a. Cousin Josh from the Harris Football Podcast. We've watched a lot of films -- some even in black-and-white! some even in non-English languages! -- and winnowed our lists. Our hope is you'll find it fun to hear us talk about your favorites, and maybe that you'll be introduced to some new films you haven't seen. Thanks for listening!

Josh's Top 10 Movies Of 2018:

10. A Quiet Place

9. Roma

8. BlacKKKlansman

7. Game Night

6. Isle Of Dogs

5. Bad Times At The El Royale

4. The Favourite

3. Minding The Gap

2. Eighth Grade

1. Burning

Chris's Top 10 Movies Of 2018:

10. If Beale Street Could Talk

9. American Animals

8. Cold War

7. Can You Ever Forgive Me?

6. BlacKKKlansman

5. First Man

4. The Favourite

3. Roma

2. Burning

1. First Reformed

Our annual tradition of counting down our favorite movies of calendar years continues, with a discussion of the best in cinema from 2017. We're firmly of the opinion that ranking art -- and even giving awards for art -- is stupid, but people like lists! And what's great about shows like this is: hopefully it exposes you to stuff you've not seen, and it makes your world a little bigger and a little more empathic. We hope you enjoy!

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Josh's Top 10 Films Of 2017:

10. Dunkirk

9. Brigsby Bear

8. Lady Macbeth

7. Wind River

6. Good Time

5. Call Me By Your Name

4. A Ghost Story 

3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2. Get Out

1. Phantom Thread

Chris's Top 10 Films Of 2017:

10. Lady Bird

9. I, Tonya

8. Good Time

7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

6. The Lost City Of Z

5. Personal Shopper

4. Phantom Thread

3. Dunkirk

2. A Ghost Story

1. The Florida Project

In just three seasons and 28 episodes, "The Leftovers" has taken a place among the great series ever created. Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta discuss grief and the unknown, and how they translated a fringe HBO series about what's left behind after The Rapture into a sci-fi, psychological, spy, family drama that resonates so loudly in our connection-free times.

Notes:

Learn more about Tom - tomperrotta.net

Learn more about Damon - www.imdb.com/name/nm0511541/ 

Check out Chris's new novel - WarOnSoundbook.com

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Damani Baker was a little kid when his family got caught up in the U.S. invasion of Grenada. That's a crazy story: Ronald Reagan invading a tiny island nation for flimsy reasons. But that's only part of Damani's documentary, "The House On Coco Road." Damani also digs into his family's history and his mother's activism in what is legitimately one of 2017's most moving films.

Notes:

Check out Damani's website - damanibaker.com

Follow Damani Baker - @damanibaker

Check out Chris's new novel - WarOnSoundbook.com

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Our buddy Josh Larsen has a new book entitled "Movies Are Prayers," and it's the jumping-off point for a fun conversation about films that give us "religious experiences." Whether that means a connected feeling to God (if that's something you believe in) or simply an understanding of the world beyond your own skin, we think you'll take away a deeper sense of how powerful cinema can be.

Notes:

Check out Josh's site - larsenonfilm.com

Follow Josh - @LarsenOnFilm

Check out Chris's new novel - WarOnSoundbook.com

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"Then We Came To The End" is one of the greatest and funniest novels about having your soul crushed at work that's ever been written. Joshua Ferris came by his knowledge of office life legitimately: though he always wanted to be a fiction writer, he spent time in an ad agency, understanding how tough it is to give away your creativity to a big company. Now it's ten years later, and Josh has written two more novels and a short story collection called "The Dinner Party." Thank heavens he got out.

Notes: 

Check out Joshua's new book - The Dinner Party

Learn more about Joshua - joshuaferris.com

Check out Chris's new novel - WarOnSoundbook.com

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Carl Newman is the beating heart of the New Pornographers, and the New Pornographers are amazing. They've been around since 2000's "Mass Romantic," and seven great records later, they're still going strong. We talk with Carl about how the music industry has changed, the role of the artist in discouraging political times, and how musical boredom has redefined his personal musical outlook.

Notes:

Follow Carl on Twitter - @ACNewman

Check out The New Pornographers Here - www.thenewpornographers.com/

For more on Carl - http://www.acnewman.net/

Check out Chris's new novel - WarOnSoundbook.com

Follow The Juggernaut - @JuggernautPod

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Music Used:

"That's No Way to Say Goodbye" by Leonard Cohen 

The New Pornographers Songs:

"War on the East Coast" - Brill Bruisers

"The Laws Have Changed" - Electric Version

"Valkyrie In The Roller Disco" - Together

"Whiteout Conditions" - Whiteout Conditions

"Play Money" - Whiteout Conditions