Our topics this week include the 8th Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll, Avatar: The Way of Water, White Noise, and "nepo babies." Maddie will be back in March!

Sight & Sound poll

Sight & Sound 2022 Films poll

Movies discussed (* indicates spoilers):

• Avatar: The Way of Water*


• Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles*, Vertigo, Citizen Kane, Marie Antoinette, Safe (1995), Saute ma ville*, Bicycle Thieves, Get Out, Nope, Parasite, Moonlight, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Beau Travail, Mulholland Drive, Yi Yi, Tropical Malady, Y Tu Mamá También, All About My Mother, Apocalypse Now


• The Godfather, Stalker, Persona, Sunset Boulevard, A Brighter Summer Day, The Godfather Part II


• Barry Lyndon, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Apartment, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, The Master, Brokeback Mountain, Erin Brockovich


• Avatar (2009), Iron Man, Star Wars: The Last Jedi


• White Noise* (2022), Inherent Vice


• Moneyball

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