The Rewind

Josh is joined by The Rewind’s most frequent guests from 2024 as everyone goes on the record with their Top 10 movies of the year. Each segment appears as follows:

Daniel Lima (Beginning-36:05)

Josh Brown (36:07-1:15:57)

Elijah Howard (1:16:00-1:52:16)

Fred Kolb (1:52:19-2:34:15)

Ben Luben (2:34:18-3:23:36)

Joe Morgan (3:23:38-End)

Also, The Rewind’s composite Top 10 for 2024 is as follows:

1. Flow

2.The Brutalist

3.Challengers

4.A Different Man

T5.Anora

T5.Dune: Part 2

T5. Close Your Eyes

T8. The Seed of the Sacred Fig

T8. I Saw the TV Glow

10. La Chimera

Josh is joined by both Daniel Lima and Arjun Kaul to complete The Rewind's coverage of 2024 Best Picture nominees as they convene for a double feature. First, they discuss "Emilia Pérez" (Beginning-41:55) and if the story of a cartel leader going through a gender transition was handled with appropriate sensitivity to the issues it covered, if it really needed to be a musical, the performances and the controversy surrounding lead actress Karla Sofía Gascón. Then, they talk about "I'm Still Here" (41:56-End) including how the film did in creating the feeling of living under Brazil's 20th century military dictatorship, if the storytelling decisions caused the film to lose momentum in what is a harrowing story and much more!

Editing and Produced by Daniel Lima.

In the 400th episode of The Rewind, Josh is joined by recurring guests Elijah Howard and Ben Luben to discuss one of the biggest and most epic films of 2024, "The Brutalist." They discuss how impressive it was that writer/director Brady Corbet made a film feel so large in scope on such a small budget, the film's priorities with respect to depicting the ways the 1% try and control those who are more creative than them, the performances from an impressive cast that include Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce, the AI controversy surrounding the film and much more! Spoilers start at 52:10!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Daniel Lima for a double feature. First, (Beginning-28:16), they discuss "Sing Sing" and delve into whether its depiction of prison limited the film's ability to challenge its audience, if there were enough fleshed out character arcs given the unusual plot structure, the performances from Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin as well as the many non-professional actors it utilized and much more! Then, (28:17-End) they discuss the Academy Award-nominated "Nickel Boys" and how it depicted life in the Jim Crow South, the effectiveness of its decision to film most of the movie from a POV-perspective, if there is even a good way to attack such subject matter in a non-exploitative way and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guests Arjun Kaul and Ben Luben to talk all about one of 2024's weirdest movies, "A Different Man." They discuss the film's depiction of who we as a society treat people who are otherized, the ways in which it addresses how artists find inspiration for their storytelling in their day-to-day lives, if the movie took too many bizarre turns in the final act, the performances from Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson and much more!

Big spoilers start at 45:13.

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Josh is joined by Robert Eggers Correspondent Elijah Howard to talk all about Eggers' newest film, "Nosferatu." They discuss the ways in which Eggers re-framed the story to make it stand apart from its earlier iterations, the stunning Oscar-nominated cinematography, the performances from Lily Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgård and Nicholas Hoult and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guests John Pulice and Kayla Lichtenstein for a double feature. First, they discuss Halina Reijn's "Babygirl" (Beginning-53:39) including Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson's performances in the lead roles, the film's commentary on sexual politics in the workplace, how their respective theaters reacted in the moment to some of the film's crazy scenes and much more! Then, Josh and John discuss Luca Guadagnino's "Queer" (53:40-End) including Daniel Craig's lead performance, the film's depiction of queer people in the interesting setting of 1950's Mexico City, if the second half of the film's drug-fueled digressions worked for them and much more!

Josh is joined by Animal Correspondent Daniel Lima and Animal Corresopndent Joe Morgan for a cat-themed double feature. First, they talk about Barry Jenkins' "Mufasa" (Beginning-36:22) and whether Disney improved on the quarlity of its animation of lions since its 2019 LIon King remake, if they found a Mufasa origin story to be sufficiently interesting, the quality of the songs produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda and much more! Then, they discuss the Latvian animated film "Flow" (36:23-End) including how impressive its animation was, the ways in which it made its animals interesting characters without anthropomorphizing them and much more!

Edited and Produced by Daniel Lima.

Josh is joined by recurring guest Adam Lichtenstein to talk about "A Complete Unknown." They discuss whether James Mangold's biopic of Bob Dylan did a sufficient job as examining the enigmatic musician's life in the early 1960s, Timothée Chalamet's performance in the title role and how he did playing Dylan's various hit songs, the supporting performances from Edward Norton, Monica Babaro and Elle Fanning and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Shane Chernoff to talk all things "Sonic the Hedgehog 3." They discuss the ways in which the film drew from the video games more than its two predecessors, the ways in which it hit some very emotional beats while still keeping a fun tone for most of its run time, the dual villain performances from Jim Carrey, Keanu Reeves' impressive voice performance as Shadow and much more!