The Longlist
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, or 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.
Episodes
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...
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.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
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.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
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 cat...
"I believe in America," and we believe in The Godfather. It's time for The Longlist to break down a single movie and where better to start than arguably the greatest American film of all time. In this episode, brothers Josh and Jack deep dive this stone cold classic. We rank categories from best lines to best violence. We ask what other movies are in contention for the greatest ever and discuss our favorite scenes and moments as we...
This is part two of a two part podcast where brothers Josh and Jack break down the years 2000 to 2009. In part one we discuss the decade by ranking a bunch of different and fun categories. In this episode we rank the movies in various different genres. And at the end of the episode, we rank and discuss our twenty favorite films of the decade. And what a great decade it was. We had so much fun, hope you do too.
Music credit: Happy...
The first decade of the 2000s was truly a great one for film. We as a filmgoing society had just finished the fantastic boom of the nineties and were riding high before things started to dramatically shift in the 2010s. In this first part of a two part episode, brothers Josh and Jack dive into the decade to discuss our favorite aspects of film form the years 2000-2009. In part one we picked out a bunch of fun categories to rank lik...
Do you like interior design? Romantic comedies? Loaded casts stacked with A-list movie stars? Sounds like you like Nancy Meyers movies. Jack had this week off but Rebecca once again joins the podcast. She and Josh break down Nancy Meyers' career, rank our favorite funny moments, rank our favorite performances and of course we had to talk about kitchens (sorry, Nancy). We finish off with a lengthy discussion on which of her movie ar...
Who doesn't love Pixar? Over the years, Pixar has displayed a consistent level of excellence on nearly every level of filmmaking. The studio is known for being at the forefront of digital computer animation, and rightly so, but what truly makes their movies great is the level of character development and writing they display time and time again. In this episode, Brothers Josh and Jack rank funny Pixar moments, tear jerking Pixar mo...
Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the biggest and most interesting movie stars in the world right now. Some might consider him the last great movie star as we move into a world with much better television and social media taking a much larger slice of the public attention pie. But Leo is still out here making premium movies for us to enjoy and dissect. In this episode we talk about his upcoming films, we go over his filmography, rank his...
"Deserves got nothin' to do with it." The Western genre is one of the richest and long lasting texts in film history. There's almost too much to delve into in just one episode, so Jack and Josh will almost assuredly do a follow up episode down the line, but we wanted to tackle one of the most well loved and much debated genres to grace the film landscape. In this episode, we tackle the different eras, we rank different tropes, we t...
Jack is out of town this week so Josh's wife, Rebecca joins the podcast and we talk about some of our favorite topics to talk about: Food, movies, and food IN movies. Sharing a meal can be a similarly communal experience like watching film. They bring people together, they generate conversation, and the great experiences will create lasting memories. In this episode, we discuss various uses of food and/or cooking in movies that bo...
Brothers Josh and Jack talk about one of their collectively favorite directors, David Fincher. If you like creepy, perverted, masterfully crafted, thrilling, beautifully shot movies, then this is the episode for you. David Fincher is one of our greatest living American filmmakers and we celebrate him in this episode. Our lists range from his impressive technique to his "WTF?" moments. And we finish off with a lengthy discussion of ...
In this episode, brothers Josh and Jack discuss the movie year that was 2024. We talk about the (at the time of recording) upcoming Oscars, our favorite performances, our favorite scenes, our favorite action sequences. And of course, we give our favorite films of 2024. What are your thoughts on that year in film?
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
Hey everyone and welcome to The Longlist. This is our inaugural episode and our goal this first one is for you to get to know your hosts, brothers Josh and Jack, a little bit more. We give some take on the Oscars (at the time of recording) and have some more personally oriented top fives for you leading up to our rankings of the films in our respective birth years, 1985 and 1991. But we still cover a wide range of movies and we hop...
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