Greatest Movie Of All-Time

Dana and Tom with 5x club member, Shane Rogers (Comedian and Host of Midnight Facts for Insomniacs ) and Jesse Sertle (fellow group member of CineMadison) discuss the movie that created the biggest film franchise of all-time, Star Wars (1977): written and directed by George Lucas, cinematography by Gilbert Taylor, music by John Williams, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Gui...

Dana and Tom with 10x guests, Robb Conlon (Founder of Westport Studios  and Host of B2B Business Class ) and Kieran B. (Host and Creator of the Best Picture Cast ; @bestpicturecast on X , IG , Letterboxd  - BPC, Letterboxd  - Personal) discuss the Best Picture Winner of 2000, Gladiator: directed by Ridley Scott, written by John Logan, David Franzione, William Nicholson, cinematograp...

Dana and Tom with returning guest, Joe Boukhari (Instagram - I'll Get to It When I Get to It ; Letterboxd Film Commentator - @bagodonuts ) revisit Caddyshack (1980): written and directed by Harold Ramis with Douglas Kenney and Brian Doyle Murray, music by Johnny Mandel, cinematography by Stevan Larner, starring Chevy Chase, Ted Knight, Rodney Dangerfield, and Bill Murray. Plot Summary: Bushwood Co...

Dana and Tom with returning guest, VP Morris (Award-winning thriller and horror writer and podcaster; vpmorris.com , @teawriterepeat on IG  and X , The Dead Letters Podcast ) discuss American Psycho (2000) for its 25th Anniversary: written and directed by Mary Harron with Guinivere Turner, cinematography by Andrzej Sekuła, music by John Cale, starring Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Luca...

Dana and Tom with 5x Club Member, Shane Rogers (Comedian and Host of Midnight Facts for Insomniacs ) discuss the sci-fi thriller, Ex Machina (2015): written and directed by Alex Garland, cinematography by Rob Hardy, music by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, and Alicia Vikander. Plot Summary: Ex Machina is a cerebral sci-fi thriller written and directed by Ale...

Dana and Tom with 5x Club member, Sara Shea (Host and Creator of Shea Cinema ; @sheacinema on X , IG ) discuss the Best Picture winner of 1970, Patton: directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, written by Francis Ford Coppola and Edward H. North, cinematography by Fred J. Koenekamp, music by Jerry Goldsmith, starring George C. Scott, Karl Malden, and Edward Binns. Plot Summary: A sweeping and complex por...

Dana and Tom with returning guest and 5x Club Member, Allyson Techmeier (sister of Tom, daughter of Dana) discuss the revolutionary animated film, Toy Story (1995): directed by John Lasseter, written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow, music by Randy Newman, starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Annie Potts, Wallace Shawn, and John Ratzenberger. Plot Summary: Toy St...

Dana and Tom with 13x guest, Kieran B (Host and Creator of the Best Picture Cast ; @bestpicturecast) discuss the adaptation of John Steinbeck's famous novel, The Grapes of Wrath (1940) for its 85th anniversary: directed by John Ford, written by Nunnally Johnson, ainematography by Gregg Toland, music by Alfred Newman, starring Henry Fonda, John Carradine, and Jane Darwell. Plot Summary: The Grapes...

Dana and Tom with returning guest, Ryan Luis Rodriguez (host and creator of One Track Mind podcast, and co-host of Reels of Justice ) discuss Erin Brockovich (2000) for its 25th anniversary: directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by Susannah Grant, cinematography by Ed Lachman, music Thomas Newman, starring Julia Robert, Albert Finney, and Aaron Eckhart. Plot Summary: Erin Brockovich is a biograph...

Dana and Tom discuss the Oscar-winning musical biopic, Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) for its 45th Anniversary: directed by Michael Apted, written by Tom Rickman, music by Owen Bradley, starring Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, and Beverly D'Angelo. Plot Summary: Coal Miner's Daughter is a biographical drama about the life of country music legend Loretta Lynn. Raised in poverty in the coal-mining town...

Dana lost the 2024 Oscars Bet, and so he has to discuss the terrible film: Simon Sez (1999): directed by Kevin Alyn Elders, written by Andrew Lowery and Andrew Miller, music by Brian Tyler, starring Dennis Rodman, Dane Cook, Ricky Harris, and John Pinette. Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to Dana's Oscars Bet Punishment 02:02 Opening Questions 04:19 Plot Summary for Simon Sez 06:09 Did You Know? 06:56 Best...

Dana and Tom, for their 250th episode and 5th Anniversary, discuss the 1993 Best Picture winner, Schindler's List: directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Steven Zaillian, music by John Williams, cinematography by Janusz Kaminski, starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, and Ralph Fiennes. Plot Summary: Schindler’s List is a powerful film exposing the horrors of the Holocaust and the capacity for rede...

Dana and Tom give you their picks for what should and will win at the 2025 Oscars, preview their annual Oscars picks bet, and then rank their Best Picture favorites in this special live-stream episode. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to the Oscars Special Edition 02:47 Best Supporting Actress Predictions 06:00 Animated Short Film Discussion 09:56 Best Animated Feature Insights 12:04 Screenplay Catego...

Dana and Tom discuss the 80s classic, The Breakfast Club (1985) for its 40th Anniversary: written and directed by John Hughes, music by Keith Forsey, starring Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Paul Gleason, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and Ally Sheedy. Plot Summary: Five high school students from different cliques—brainy Brian, rebellious John, popular Claire, athletic Andrew, and outcast Alli...

Dana and Tom with special guest, author Andrew Buss (@andrewlbuss on Twitter , IG ) discuss Superbad (2007) for Andrew's new book coming out on Tuesday, February 18th, 2025 - I Am McLovin: How Superbad Became the Biggest Comedy Hit of Its Generation (available with all major book purchasers): directed by Greg Mottola, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, music by Lyle Workman, starring Jonah H...

Dana and Tom welcome back guest, Sara Shea (Host and Creator of Shea Cinema ; @sheacinema on X , IG ) to discuss Shampoo (1975) for its 50th Anniversary: directed by Hal Ashby, written by Warren Beatty and Robert Towne, music by Paul Simon, starring Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Julie Christine, Lee Grant, Carrie Fischer, and Jack Warden. Plot Summary: Shampoo is a sharp, bittersweet satire wrapped...

Dana and Tom with 5x Club guest, Peterson W. Hill (Co-Host of the War Starts at Midnight  podcast) discuss La Dolce Vita (1960) for its 65th anniversary: written and directed by Frederico Fellini with Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi, and Pier Paolo Pasolini, music by Nino Rota, cinematography by Otello Martelli, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimee, and Yvonn...

Dana and Tom with returning guest and 5x Club member, Peterson W. Hill (Co-Host of the War Starts at Midnight  podcast), discuss The Shop Around the Corner (1940) for its 85th anniversary: directed by Ernst Lubitsch, written by Samson Raphaelson and Ben Hecht, music by Werner Heymann, starring James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, and Frank Morgan. Plot Summary: "The Shop Around the Corner" is a...

Dana and Tom with returning guest, Adam Vanderwerff, discuss M*A*S*H (1970): directed by Robert Altman, written by Ring Lardner, Jr., music by Johnny Mandel, starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, and Robert Duvall. Plot Summary: M*A*S*H is a sharp, irreverent satire that reimagines the war film as a chaotic and darkly comedic theater of absurdity. Set in a mobile army surgical h...

Dana and Tom with frequent guest, Kieran B. (Host and Creator of the Best Picture Cast ), discuss Bad Day at Black Rock (1955): directed by John Sturges, written by Millard Kaufman and John McGuire, music by Andre Previn, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine, and Lee Marvin. Plot Summary: In Bad Day at Black Rock, director John Sturges crafts a taut, sun-scorched th...

Tom, Andrew Corns (  @RevAlmanac  ) and Sara Shea (  @SheaCinema  ) talk about the films they exchanged with each other for Xmas 2024. Find our work @gmoatpodcast on IG, Twitter, TikTok, Letterboxd, YouTube. Chapters: 00:00 Christmas Film Exchange 01:57 Andrew's Turn 07:15 Tom's Turn 17:49 Sara's Turn Keywords: movies, film exchange, recommendations, mental health, cinema, come...

Dana and Tom with returning guests, Andrew Corns (Host of the Revisionist Almanac ) and Sara Shea ( Shea Cinema ) discuss Barry Lyndon (1975): written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, music by Leonard Rosenman, cinematography by John Alcott, starring Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, and Patrick Magee. Plot Summary: Barry Lyndon is a meticulous and mesmerizing work from Stanley Kubrick, a filmmaker wh...

Dana and Tom revisit In the Heat of the Night (1967): directed by Norman Jewison, written by Sterling Silliphant, score by Quincy Jones, starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, and Lee Grant. Plot Summary: In the Heat of the Night (1967) is a taut, incisive drama that explores the collision of justice and racial prejudice in the Deep South. Sidney Poitier stars as Virgil Tibbs, a Phila...

Dana and Tom with new guests, Ralph Esparza ( Film Producer ) and Michael Willoughby (Film Critic/Reviewer) discuss Magnolia (1999) for its 25th Anniversary: written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, music by Jon Brion, starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Robards, John C. Reilly, and William H. Macy. Plot Summary: Magnolia is a sprawling, kaleidoscopic meditatio...

Dana and Tom with returning 5x Club members Kieran B (Host and Creator of the Best Picture Cast ) and Peterson W. Hill (Co-Host of the War Starts at Midnight  podcast) discuss Up in the Air (2009) for its 15th anniversary: written and directed by Jason Reitman, with Sheldon Turner, music by Rolfe Kent, starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, JK Simmons, and Zach Galifinakis. Plo...