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Classics of the New Millennium: "The Tree of Life" (2011) with guest filmmaker Alex Winter
The "Zappa" documentarian (and erstwhile Bill S. Preston Esq.) joins me to sing the praises of Terrence Malick's masterpiece.
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Classics of the New Millennium: "Phantom Thread" (2017) with guest critic Hunter Harris
The "Hung Up" writer and I compare notes on the incomparable Paul Thomas Anderson film about a great and poisonous romance.
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Classics of the New Millennium: "Paterson" (2016) with guest critic Glenn Kenny
The New York Times critic and I take the Jim Jarmusch comedy about a poetic New Jersey bus driver for a ride.
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Classics of the New Millennium: "There Will Be Blood" (2007) with guest critic Manohla Dargis
The New York Times film critic and I dissect Paul Thomas Anderson's all-American masterpiece of oil and religion.
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Classics of the New Millennium: "Inside Man" (2006) with Wesley Morris
My old Globe reviewing colleague and I talk about Spike Lee's biggest hit and why it's not your average heist movie.
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Classics of the New Millennium: "No Country For Old Men" (2007) with Isaac Feldberg
When was the last time you watched “No Country for Old Men” (⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐)? I saw it twice in 2007, the year it came out, and then two weeks ago while preparing for this podcast, and the intervening 15 years had cast a pall of dust on the experience of the movie
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Classics of the New Millennium: "Burning" (2018) with Justin Chang
I’m so glad my friend and critical colleague Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times and NPR’s “Fresh Air” chose South Korean director Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning” as his pick for a great film of the 21st century. Justin brings to the discussion a deep knowledge of Lee’
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Classics of the New Millennium: "The Social Network" with Odie Henderson
It’s strange to realize that David Fincher’s “The Social Network” (⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐) came out in 2010 — it seems like it was just yesterday and it also seems like two centuries ago. Thirteen years on, and after a decade-plus of social and political upheavals that can in part be traced directly
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Classics of the New Millennium: "Her" with guest critic Amy Nicholson
The Left Coast-based film critic and podcaster joins me for a freewheeling conversation about Spike Jonze's 2013 love story about a man and his artificially intelligent operating system.
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Classics of the New Millennium: "The Death of Stalin" with Sam Adams
Slate's film editor joins me for an appreciation of Armando Iannucci's Politburo satire -- blistering history by way of Monty Python and Preston Sturges.
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Classics of the New Millennium: "Michael Clayton" with Mason Daring
The film composer for John Sayles (among others) on what makes great movie music -- and why James Newton Howard's score rules.
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Classics of the New Millennium: "4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days" with Dana Stevens
Slate's film critic and I discuss the powerful 2007 Romanian drama about abortion, friendship, and everyday sainthood.