The Revisionist’s Almanac

I had the chance to sit down with the incredibly talented Sam Davis, director of the Oscar-qualified short film The Singers (2025). 

We discussed his background in cinematography, his work on films like Didi (2024), the unusual but ingenious approach he took adapting a 19th century Russian short story using first-time actors found on the internet, and much more.  

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Last season, we created twelve Revised Best Picture winners in the episodes covered, one of those being Saving Private Ryan back in 1998. 

This Steven Spielberg film is a seminal piece of work in the war film genre. 

Over the course of this episode, you'll hear these contributors talk about their relationship to the film, what their Mt. Rushmore of war films is, if they think this deserved Best Picture over Shakespeare in Love, and much more. Enjoy!

Introduction (0:00)

Melissa D'Agostino & Matt Campagna (2:27)

CineKyle (39:48)

Morgan from Hall of Film (52:06)

Darin Lundberg from NostalgiaCast (1:03:22)

Myke Emal from CineMusts (1:16:36)

Peterson W. Hill from The War Starts at Midnight (1:38:22)

Aaron Case (2:11:42)

Nick Sheist from Bad Movies We Love (2:35:49)

Wrapping Things Up (2:48:53)

And in a few days' time I'll be back with the second part in this series. 

Tom and Dana Duncan over at The Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast have assembled a slew of podcast voices and content creators to each submit a list of their personal Top 50 best movies - and once those lists were submitted, they used a ranked points system to determine what are the BEST movie ever made. 

Alongside their weekly releases of the 120 movies on the official Cinema Legacy Poll list, I asked others that submitted lists to share some of what they picked, why they picked those films, and then I give a bit of my feedback about some of their selections. 

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Tom and Dana Duncan over at The Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast have assembled a slew of podcast voices and content creators to each submit a list of their personal Top 50 best movies - and once those lists were submitted, they used a ranked points system to determine what are the BEST movie ever made. 

Alongside their weekly releases of the 120 movies on the official Cinema Legacy Poll list, I asked others that submitted lists to share some of what they picked, why they picked those films, and then I give a bit of my feedback about some of their selections. 

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Check out Scott's GMOAT Guest Spot covering Nashville - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5UUexfpSVjDibEWKWSs0Zj?si=9d7977b1acc44c55 

Check out Scott's 1991 RevAlmanac Guest Spot - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0HFny9950YiS6FkgF3watj?si=2a6be8def2674aa6 

Check out my GMOAT Guest Spot covering Barry Lyndon - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4BwebqzpBKW77n5yj0ThDx?si=3ec695ec2ff64466 

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Tom and Dana Duncan over at The Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast have assembled a slew of podcast voices and content creators to each submit a list of their personal Top 50 best movies - and once those lists were submitted, they used a ranked points system to determine what are the BEST movie ever made. 

Alongside their weekly releases of the 120 movies on the official Cinema Legacy Poll list, I wanted to share my own top 50 and why I selected the movies I did. 

Check out Part One of this series - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6U3Xndm4ZOmlz98ueR1BQ9?si=31e09a5295ad47bb 

Check out Part Two of this series - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3q57aZaqBvFLHeSRs1YPzk?si=H2gRZTrMSzqzBvhdtLk4ng 

Check out Part Three of this series - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0dNiFLz0UzrmAIvgr0Ucov?si=cc73729ca9f14a7a 

Check out Part Four of this series - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3y8E8TeCNj37tUqZP54v2f?si=16f0f7f0e8584d5a 

Check out the 1982 Almanac episode with Tom & Dana Duncan - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3E0PzqCAAwxpC8tvB39wfZ?si=c11d51a9f33543a9 

Follow along with the CLP by following The Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5SMF6WdlBTmDGCW66s9jlI?si=3fb19104ea234e66 

Stay tuned for part five of this series on Friday, November 21st  

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Tom and Dana Duncan over at The Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast have assembled a slew of podcast voices and content creators to each submit a list of their personal Top 50 best movies - and once those lists were submitted, they used a ranked points system to determine what are the BEST movie ever made. 

Alongside their weekly releases of the 120 movies on the official Cinema Legacy Poll list, I asked others that submitted lists to share some of what they picked, why they picked those films, and then I give a bit of my feedback about some of their selections. 

Follow Betsy & Trent Gorham's Never Seen It Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5FnNOzJieiW2qelxhACFm1?si=d9a97f6295714a7a 

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Tom and Dana Duncan over at The Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast have assembled a slew of podcast voices and content creators to each submit a list of their personal Top 50 best movies - and once those lists were submitted, they used a ranked points system to determine what are the BEST movie ever made. 

Alongside their weekly releases of the 120 movies on the official Cinema Legacy Poll list, I asked others that submitted lists to share some of what they picked, why they picked those films, and then I give a bit of my feedback about some of their selections. 

Follow Joe Boukhari on Instagram - @gettoitwhenigettoit

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Tom and Dana Duncan over at The Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast have assembled a slew of podcast voices and content creators to each submit a list of their personal Top 50 best movies - and once those lists were submitted, they used a ranked points system to determine what are the BEST movie ever made. 

Alongside their weekly releases of the 120 movies on the official Cinema Legacy Poll list, I asked others that submitted lists to share some of what they picked, why they picked those films, and then I give a bit of my feedback about some of their selections. 

Follow Jaylan at InSession Film - https://open.spotify.com/show/5LIi40D5BTFnsRMP57O5nG?si=41ceb7e8bc6f485e 

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Tom and Dana Duncan over at The Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast have assembled a slew of podcast voices and content creators to each submit a list of their personal Top 50 best movies - and once those lists were submitted, they used a ranked points system to determine what are the BEST movie ever made. 

Alongside their weekly releases of the 120 movies on the official Cinema Legacy Poll list, I wanted to share my own top 50 and why I selected the movies I did. 

Check out Part One of this series - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6U3Xndm4ZOmlz98ueR1BQ9?si=31e09a5295ad47bb 

Check out Part Two of this series - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3q57aZaqBvFLHeSRs1YPzk?si=H2gRZTrMSzqzBvhdtLk4ng 

Check out Part Three of this series - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0dNiFLz0UzrmAIvgr0Ucov?si=cc73729ca9f14a7a 

Check out my GMOAT Podcast Guest Spot covering The Empire Strikes Back - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0vTzCQUy5QoedVzhDob0Y5?si=79a6814e15004a7f 

Follow along with the CLP by following The Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5SMF6WdlBTmDGCW66s9jlI?si=3fb19104ea234e66 

Stay tuned for part five of this series on Friday, November 21st  

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Tom and Dana Duncan over at The Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast have assembled a slew of podcast voices and content creators to each submit a list of their personal Top 50 best movies - and once those lists were submitted, they used a ranked points system to determine what are the BEST movie ever made. 

Alongside their weekly releases of the 120 movies on the official Cinema Legacy Poll list, I asked others that submitted lists to share some of what they picked, why they picked those films, and then I give a bit of my feedback about some of their selections. 

Follow Morgan's Hall of Film Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/2Q1VDTFrct30gKJotsnfSs?si=9e4c649141d64a28 

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