Your Favorite Flick

Here's our first special just in time for this weekends Oscar ceremony. This one is me flying solo on mic, as I take you through my personal favorites for eleven of the biggest categories (we even included editing for Brother Jeff, despite his being officially dead to this podcast). Please know that these are my personal favorites and not predictions. If you try to fill out your Oscar pools with these picks, you'll be going down in flames.I also add in a recommended watch based on each nominee in these categories, so that's 55 additional movies to check out. As if your lives weren't already busy enough.In case you don't want to listen to me talk for over a half hour without interruption (very few do) or you want to revisit them, here are those picks and movie recs for you:Best Picture Bugonia 10 Cloverfield LaneF1 Ford vs. FerrariFrankenstein Poor ThingsHamnet Remains of the DayMarty Supreme The HustlerOne Battle After Another The Big LebowskiThe Secret Agent The ConversationSentimental Value 8 1/2Sinners Ma Rainey's Black BottomTrain Dreams The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordBest Director One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson Boogie NightsSinners Ryan Coogler Fruitvale StationMarty Supreme Josh Safdie Uncut GemsSentimental Value Joachim Trier Robert Redford - Ordinary PeopleHamnet Chloé Zhao NomadlandBest Actor Marty Supreme Timothée Chalamet Tom Cruise - The Color of MoneyOne Battle After Another Leonardo DiCaprio Catch Me if you CanBlue Moon Ethan Hawke Before SunriseSinners Michael B. Jordan Black PantherThe Secret Agent Wagner Moura Civil WarBest Actress Hamnet Jessie Buckley Wicked Little LettersIf I Had Legs I'd Kick You Rose Byrne BridesmaidsSong Sung Blue Kate Hudson Reese Witherspoon - Walk the LineSentimental Value Renate Reinsve Geena Rowlands - A Woman under the InfluenceBugonia Emma Stone Easy ABest Supporting Actor One Battle After Another Benicio del Toro Fear and Loathing in Las VegasFrankenstein Jacob Elordi Peter Boyle - Young FrankensteinSinners Delroy Lindo Get ShortyOne Battle After Another Sean Penn The Falcon and the SnowmanSentimental Value Stellan Skarsgård DuneBest Supporting Actress Sentimental Value Elle Fanning A Complete UnknownSentimental Value Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas Natasha Lyonne - His Three DaughtersWeapons Amy Madigan Field of DreamsSinners Wunmi Mosaku Viola Davis in WidowsOne Battle After Another Teyana Taylor Taraji P. Henson in Baby BoyBest Original Screenplay Blue Moon Robert Kaplow Jack Fincher - MankIt Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi Hwang Jo-yun, Lim Jun-hyung, Park Chan-wook - Old BoyMarty Supreme Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie - Good TimeSentimental Value Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner - The FabelmansSinners Ryan Coogler Quentin Tarantino - From Dusk till DawnBest Adapted Screenplay Bugonia Will Tracy Seth Reiss, Will Tracy - The MenuFrankenstein Guillermo del Toro William Hurlbut - The Bride of FrankensteinHamnet Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard - Shakespeare in LoveOne Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson Charlie Kaufman - AdaptationTrain Dreams Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar Jim Jarmush - Dead ManBest Film Editing F1 Stephen Mirrione Chris Lenzon & Billy Weber -Top GunMarty Supreme Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie Thelma Schoonmaker - GoodfellasOne Battle After Another Andy Jurgensen Joe Hutshing & Pietro Scalia -JFKSentimental Value Olivier Bugge Coutté Monika Willie - TarSinners Michael P. Shawver Alan Heim - All that JazzCinematography Frankenstein Dan Laustsen Michael Ballhaus - Bram Stoker's DraculaMarty Supreme Darius Khondji Michael Chapman - Raging BullOne Battle After Another Michael Bauman John A. Alonzo - ChinatownSinners Autumn Durald Arkapaw Asakazu Nakai - Seven SamuraiTrain Dreams Adolpho Veloso Rudolph Mate - The Passion of Joan of Arc

Welcome back! Join Barrett Landen and I for a fun discussion of late-80's comedy classic Uncle Buck today. We talk about the lasting appeal of John Candy and John Hughes, the budding genius of Macaulay Culkin, and how this movie pulls at the heartstrings while making us laugh.

Join us on the bridge of the Enterprise as we discuss my favorite Star Trek move, The Wrath of Khan. I'm joined by Joe Shorter, a friend, fellow nerd (he owns it), and supporter of the show right out of the gates. While we do get a little nerdy, the core of our conversation is about the themes and ideas presented in this low-budget, by big sci-fi standards, scrappy masterpiece. We have some fun along the way, as well, and we explore what the heck Scotty is up to when he's not on board. Prepare for warp speed!

Join us for a fun cross-country ride with Brad Coffman as we discuss Martin Brest's 1988 buddy road comedy Midnight Run. We'll talk about performance, Robert de Niro's and Charles Grodin's leads of course, but also the incredible supporting cast. We hit on funny moments, but most importantly, we spend time talking about the relationships that drive this heartfelt film.Our music is courtesy of The Hons. Find their fantastic album To Skyward on Bandcamp: https://thehons.bandcamp.com/album/to-skyward

This week I'm joined by my brother, professional film editor Jeffrey Glaser for a discussion of a shared childhood favorite, Raising Arizona. It's not an overstatement to say that this is one of the movies that got Jeff and me into how and why movies work. We have a lot of fun and take advantage of his expertise to get a little technical too. I hope you enjoy!Next week, we're going to talk Midnight Run with Brad Coffman. So, if you like 80's comedies, this is a good mini-run for you.You can find The Hons, who have been kind enough to provide the music for our show, at https://thehons.bandcamp.com/album/to-skyward.

Join us for a discussion of David Fincher's "Se7en" with my friend Michael Young. Michael came extra- prepared and gets deep into scenes, themes and characters. He made me think about a movie I've seen a bunch in some ways I never had before.For those who want to view ahead of time, next week's episode will feature full-time professional film editor and part-time amateur brother Jeffrey Glaser talking with me about "Raising Arizona", a shared beloved film for the two of us.

Welcome to our debut episode. In this one, we discuss 90's food dramedy classic "Big Night" with my good friend Chris Bravender. We get into all sorts of fun stuff about themes and character, among other topics.Follow the show on BlueSky or Instagram @yourfavoriteflick. We're on Letterboxd @favoriteflick. You can also email us at yourfavoriteflick@gmail.com. Be in touch with your ideas!Next week we will be talking David Fincher's "Se7en" (or "Seven" if you don't want to be obnoxious) with teacher and D&D player extraordinaire Michael Young.