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Here at The Longlist, we celebrate movies and other pop culture through the storied art of rankings. There are no wrong answers. There are no bad opinions. And hot takes are always encouraged. We love movies and we love talking about them even more. Throughout each episode we’ll dissect a given topic, be it a director, actor, genre, studio, ore even just a single movie that we really want to deep dive. And the way we really break down each topic is through a series of rankings, usually in the form of a ”top five,” ranging from serious film criticism to whimsical anecdotes. And finally at the end of each episode, we have our main top five list, which we have deemed the short list. Come for the short list and stay for the long list. Nothing we say will ever be the end all be all. On the contrary, we hope it will encourage similar conversations with you and your friends. We have a lot of fun and we hope you will too.
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This week Josh's wife, Rebecca joins Jack and Josh to talk about one of the most beloved and endearing movies of all time, Casablanca. We ranked a bunch of lists pertaining to the movie but we also use the movie as inspiration for other lists to highlight some other movies. We love talking old Hollywood and this film is possibly the best representation of that time. It's a timeless classic and we had a blast breaking it down.
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We're getting into our feels this week as Jack and Josh discuss ten films that make them tear up. And they might not be all of the movies you would expect. It was fun to record and we hope that it's fun to listen to. Enjoy.
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In this episode we are celebrating supporting actor performances. We're sticking to the performances pertaining to the Oscars, and highlight some of our favorite wins, as well as some of the nominees that we love that didn't bring home the hardware. We also give a little check in for the best picture race as it's just starting to heat up. Thanks so much for listening and enjoy.
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In this week's episode The Longlist crew tackles movies that take place all in one day. Adam Murray is back on the pod, and each of us brought some interesting choices to represent what we thing is a cool mechanism for telling a story. And we all get some solid jabs in against each other as well. It was a lot of fun and we hope you have fun listening.
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It's spooky season so we had to break down a spooky movie. Jack's hosting today and we're talking about the Stanley Kubrick classic, The Shining, one of Jack's all time favorite movies. We're also joined by our good friend Tommy, who offers some great insight on the film and the horror genre writ large. Enjoy!
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We're taking a stab at our first draft here at The Longlist. The topic of the draft is crime movies and or goal is to create our ideal crime movie by selecting other elements from films in the genre. The eight categories we selected were: Cop/detective, Criminal, Crew, Set Piece, MacGuffin, Love interest/Femme Fatale, Twist, and Setting/Vibe. Adam Murray joined Josh and Jack again. We had a blast and hope you have fun listening.
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We're doing something special for our 25th episode! Jack and I have always liked ranking movies, hence the structure of the podcast, and we decided to put it all out there and give our top 25 favorite movies of all time. It was a long and arduous journey, but we made it and we're happy with our lists. If you ask us next week, the list might change, but at some point we just need to make some decisions. We had a blast and we hope you enjoy.
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This is part 2 of our Paul Thomas Anderson conversation. In honor of his new film, One Battle After Another, Jack and Josh invited their buddy Graham Patzner to talk all things PTA. In this episode, the three talk about his impact on their film appreciation and do lists on director flexes, acting performances, and and we rank PTA's filmography. We had a blast, hope you enjoy.
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Another two part episode incoming. In honor of his new film, One Battle After Another, Jack and Josh invited their buddy Graham Patzner to talk all thinks PTA. In this episode, part one of two, the three talk about his impact on their film appreciation and do lists on dialogue, camera work, and which characters they'd least like to spend some time with. We had a blast, hope you enjoy.
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In this episode, we are taking stock of the year so far. We do our first Oscar race check in, we cover some of the movies that are getting buzz from various film festivals and put our finger on the pulse that is the movie year of 2025, at least to this point. The bulk of the episode is us discussing our favorite five movies of 2025 to this point. We HIGHLY expect our end of the year list to look very differently as there are a TON of movies yet to come out. But this is our near halfway point check in. We had a lot of fun, got into some arguments and got a little serious at times too. Enjoy.
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Well, we've finally come to this. We mention Titanic, quite accidentally, in a number of our episodes to this point. So we decided, for good and all, to dedicate an entire episode to James Cameron's epic Oscar winner, Titanic. Josh and Jack are joined by Jack's fiance, Alex Ball this week. We have a lot of fun, a lot of laughs and plenty of lists to break down this classic. Enjoy.
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Welcome to The Longlist. We're trying something new with this episode. Rather than break down a topic with a variety of lists throughout the episode, brothers Josh and Jack are discussing five underrated movies each, but discussing them in greater detail. Whether or not these movies are underrated is up to you. From goofy comedies, to spy thrillers, to science fiction and good old fashion revenge stories. We cover a wide range of movies and we hope you enjoy.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
On this episode of The Longlist, brother's Josh and Jack are joined by Josh's wife, Rebecca to discuss one of our favorite classy dudes traversing the world of film these days, Wes Anderson. A true auteur in every sense of the word, his films have a unique look, sound and feel. We wanted to do his work justice and eventually recorded two pods worth of audio, loaded with lots of lists, lots of laughs, and more than a few disagreements. We had a lot of fun recording and we hope you have a lot of fun listening. This is Part 2 of our Wes Anderson discussion.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
On this episode of The Longlist, brother's Josh and Jack are joined by Josh's wife, Rebecca to discuss one of our favorite classy dudes traversing the world of film these days, Wes Anderson. A true auteur in every sense of the word, his films have a unique look, sound and feel. We wanted to do his work justice and eventually recorded two pods worth of audio, loaded with lots of lists, lots of laughs, and more than a few disagreements. We had a lot of fun recording and we hope you have a lot of fun listening.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
On this episode of The Longlist we are discussing history on films, or more accurately historic films. Josh and Jack were joined by their good friend, Kyle Jackson, who recently became a doctor in history, and we all had a blast. Kyle gave some welcome insight on the actual history discussed, and we covered as many historical eras as we reasonably could. Lots of laughs, lots of lists, lots of great info, particularly from Kyle, and we hope you have as much fun as we did. This was an unplanned two part episode because it got to be a little too long. This is Part 2, so if you have the ability, we recommend you listen to part 1 first. Either way, enjoy!
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
On this episode of The Longlist we are discussing history on films, or more accurately historic films. Josh and Jack were joined by their good friend, Kyle Jackson, who recently became a doctor in history, and we all had a blast. Kyle gave some welcome insight on the actual history discussed, and we covered as many historical eras as we reasonably could. Lots of laughs, lots of lists, lots of great info, particularly from Kyle, and we hope you have as much fun as we did. This was an unplanned two part episode because it got to be a little too long, so stay tuned for part two shortly.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
Josh and Jack are again joined by their good friend, Adam Murray, for a fun, free form episode. They had a bunch of random lists that they'd been floating around that they didn't feel warranted an entire episode. This one is a little lighter, a little looser but still so much fun. Hope you enjoy.
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Our first guest!!! Josh and Jack are joined by their good friend Adam Murray to break down one of their collectively favorite movies, one of the most beloved movies of all time, Jurassic Park. With lists ranging from director flexes, to favorite dinosaurs, to Jeff Goldblum line readings, it was a lot of fun to make, and hopefully a fun listen. Grab your amber mosquitos and your DNA strains and join us.
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Jack and Josh discuss the latest class of directors who have clearly vaulted themselves into greatness. We break down the careers of Greta Gerwig, Jordan Peele, Ryan Coogler and others and have a bunch of fun lists surrounding their movies. It's a bit of a long one but we had a lot of fun and we hope you do too.
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Last week brothers Josh and Jack broke down one of the greatest American films of all time. Arguably its closest competitor for that title is its sequel, which is crazy unto itself. The Godfather Part 2 is also considered one of the greatest movies ever made. In this episode, we break down the incredible acting performances, talk about the distinct look and feel, analyze the parallels between the two films and rank all sorts of categories ranging from our favorite scenes to the characters we would LEAST like to get a beer with. Have fun! We know we sure did.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
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