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Zero Dark Thirty
Ash – 9/10
Simon – 9/10
Adam – 7.5/10
Track Played – Nena – 99 Luftballons (Nena, 1983)
Here is the link for the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum as mentioned in the Podcast.
Cult of Luna – Vertikal
Ash – 2.5/5
Simon – 2.5/5
Adam – 4/5
Track Played – Cult of Luna – In Awe Of
Top 5 Manhunt Films
Ash:
5. North by Northwest (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
4. Se7en (Dir. David Fincher, 1995)
3. Silence of the Lambs (Dir. Jonathan Demme, 1991)
2. Deep Red (Dir. Dario Argento, 1975)
1. M (Dir. Fritz Lang, 1931)
Simon:
5. Dirty Harry (Dir. Don Siegel, 1971)
4. The Chaser (Dir. Hong-Jin Na, 2008)
3. High and Low (Dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
2. Zodiac (Dir. David Fincher, 2007)
1. M (Dir. Fritz Lang, 1931)
Adam:
5. The Fugitive (Dir. Andrew Davis, 1993)
4. Silence of the Lambs (Dir. Jonathan Demme, 1991)
3. No Country for Old Men (Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
2. The Great Escape (Dir. John Sturges, 1963)
1. M (Dir. Fritz Lang, 1931)
Track Played – The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)
Foxygen – We are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 3.5/5
Ash – 3.5/5
Track Played – Foxygen – No Destruction
Django Unchained
Adam – 9/10
Simon – 9/10
Ash – 7/10
Track Played – James Brown – Down and Out in New York City (Black Caesar, 1973)
Top 5 Neo-Psychedelia Albums
Adam:
5. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (2010)
4. Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space (1997)
3. Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs
2. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
1. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (1999)
Simon:
5. Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. – Univers Zen ou De Zero a Zero (2002)
4. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic (2009)
3. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest (2010)
2. Boredoms – Vision Creation Newsun (1999)
1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
Ash:
5. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
4. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (2010)
3. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
2. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
1. Deerhunter – Microcastle (2008)
This is 40
Adam – 5/10
Simon – 3/10
Ash – 6/10
Track Played – Tom Waits – I Don’t Wanna Grow Up (Bone Machine, 1992)
Yo La Tengo – Fade
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 3.5/5
Ash – 3.5/5
Track Played – Yo La Tengo – I’ll Be Around
Top 5 Movie Couples
Adam:
5. Jesse and Celine in Before Sunrise (Dir. Richard Linklater, 1995)
4. Annie Hall and Alvy Singer in Annie Hall (Dir. Woody Allen, 1977)
3. Philip Marlowe and Vivian Rutledge in The Big Sleep (Dir. Howard Hawks, 1946)
2. Nickie Ferrante and Terry McKay in An Affair to Remember (Dir. Leo McCarey, 1957)
1. Bonnie and Clyde in Bonnie and Clyde (Dir. Arthur Penn, 1967)
Simon:
5. Richard and Maria Forst in Faces (Dir. John Cassavetes, 1968)
4. Philip Marlowe and Vivian Rutledge in The Big Sleep (Dir. Howard Hawks, 1946)
3. Annie Hall and Alvy Singer in Annie Hall (Dir. Woody Allen, 1977)
2. Lai Yiu-fai and Ho Po-Wing in Happy Together (Dir. Wong Kar-Wai, 1997)
1. C.C. Baxter and Fran Kubelik in The Apartment (Dir. Billy Wilder, 1960)
Ash:
5. A Factory Worker and A Gamin in Modern Times (Dir. Charles Chaplin, 1935)
4. Harold and Maude in Harold and Maude (Dir. Hal Ashby, 1971)
3. C.C. Baxter and Fran Kubelik in The Apartment (Dir. Billy Wilder, 1960)
2. The Man and The Wife in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (Dir. F.W. Murnau, 1927)
1. Annie Hall and Alvy Singer in Annie Hall (Dir. Woody Allen, 1977)
From Up on Poppy Hill
Adam – 7.5/10
Simon – 6.5/10
Track Placyed – Gorillaz – On Melancholy Hill (Plastic Beach, 2010)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Adam – 8.5/10
Simon – 6.5/10
Paris-Manhattan
Adam – 4/10
Simon – 3/10
Track Played – The White Stripes – Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine (Elephant, 2003)
Catch Up 2012 Edition: Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 4.5/5
Track Played – Cloud Nothings – Stay Useless
Catch Up 2012 Edition: This is Not a Film
Adam – 9/10
Simon – 8/10
Track Played – Big Business – Cats, Mice (Mind the Drift, 2009)
Big Boi – Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors
Adam – 2.5/5
Simon – 3/5
Track Played – Big Boi – Objectum Sexuality
The Man With the Iron Fists
Adam – 5.5/10
Simon – 3/10
Track Played – GZA – Duel of the Iron Mic (Liquid Swords, 1995)
Catch Up 2012 Edition: Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 3.5/5
Tracks Played – Father John Misty – This is Sally Hatchet, Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings & Tee Pee’s 1-12
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Adam – 8/10
Simon – 8/10
Track Played – The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore) (The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore), 1966)
Scott Walker – Bish Bosch
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 4.5/5
Track Played – Scott Walker – Corps de Blah
Catch Up 2012 Edition: Le Havre
Adam – 8.5/10
Simon – 8.5/10
Skyfall
Adam – 7.5/10
Simon – 5/10
Track Played – Animal Collective – What Would I Want? Sky (Fall Be Kind, 2009)
Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin – Instrumental Tourist
Adam – 3/5
Simon – 2.5/5
Track Played – Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin – Grey Geisha
Top 5 Spy Films
Adam:
5. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Dir. Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
4. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (Dir. George Clooney, 2002)
3. Goldfinger (Dir. Guy Hamilton, 1964)
2. The Conversation (Dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
1. North by Northwest (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
Simon:
5. Pickup on South Street (Dir. Samuel Fuller, 1953)
4. North by Northwest (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
3. 3 Days of the Condor (Dir. Sydney Pollack, 1975)
2. The Manchurian Candidate (Dir. John Frankenheimer, 1962)
1. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (Dir. Martin Ritt, 1965)
Track Played – NoMeansNo – Big Dick (Wrong, 1989)
Death Grips – No Love Deep Web
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 4.5/5
Track Played – Death Grips – No Love
The Master
Adam – 10/10
Simon – 10/10
Track Played – Leonard Cohen – Master Song (Songs of Leonard Cohen, 1967)
Top 5 Album Covers
Adam:
5. The Clash – London Calling (1979)
4. The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
3. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (1975)
2. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (1970)
1. King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
Simon:
5. Talking Heads – Fear of Music (1979)
4. John Zorn – Naked City (1990)
3. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (1971)
2. The Roots – Things Fall Apart (1999)
1. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (1970)
Hail
Ash – 8.5/10
Simon – 9.5/10
Track Played – Led Zeppelin – The Rain Song (Houses of the Holy, 1973)
Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
Ash – 4/5
Simon – 4.5/5
Track Played – Kendrick Lamar – Backseat Freestyle
Top 5 Dream Sequences
Ash:
5. Rosemary’s Baby (Dir. Roman Polanski, 1968) (The impregnation nightmare)
4. The Big Lebowski (Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen, 1998) (Gutterballs sequence)
3. Vampyr (Dir. Carl Theodore Dreyer, 1932) (Alan Grey is buried alive)
2. Spellbound (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1945) (Dali designed dream sequence)
1. Eraserhead (Dir. David Lynch, 1977) (The actual head becoming an eraser dream)
Simon:
5. Wild Strawberries (Dir. Ingmar Bergman, 1957) (Isak’s morning walk dream)
4. The Big Lebowski (Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen, 1998) (Gutterballs sequence)
3. The Kid (Dir. Charlie Chaplin, 1921) (Dreamland sequence)
2. 8½ (Dir. Federico Fellini, 1963) (Guido’s first nightmare)
1. Vertigo (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) (Scottie’s nightmare)
Track Played – Mike Mictlan & Lazerbeak – Hand Over Fist (Hand Over Fist, 2008) (RateYourMusic Link)
P.O.S. – We Don’t Even Live Here
Brad – 3/5
Simon – 3.5/5
Track Played – P.O.S. – Lockpicks, Knives, Bricks & Bats
To Rome With Love
Brad – 4/10
Simon – 7/10
Track Played – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles – Tears of a Clown (Make it Happen, 1967)
Top 5 Side Project/Solo Albums
Brad:
5. A Perfect Circle – Thirteenth Step (2003)
4. A Silver Mount Zion – “This Is Our Punk-Rock,” Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing, (2003)
3. Julie Christmas – The Bad Wife (2010)
2. Mr. Bungle – Mr. Bungle (1991)
1. Arcturus – Sideshow Symphonies (2005)
Simon:
5. Fredrik Thordendal’s Special Defects – Sol Niger Within (1996)
4. Curtis Mayfield – Curtis (1970)
3. Björk – Homogenic (1997)
2. GZA/Genius – Liquid Swords (1995)
1. Devin Townsend – Ocean Machine: Biomech (1997)
Killing Them Softly
Brad – 6/10
Simon – 5/10
Track Played – Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around (American IV: The Man Comes Around, 2002)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
Brad – 4/5
Simon – 4/5
Track Played – Godspeed You! Black Emperor – We Drift Like Worried Fire
Top 5 Heist Films
Brad:
5. Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (Dir. Guy Ritchie, 1998)
4. The Sting (Dir. George Roy Hill, 1973)
3. Bob Le Flambeur (Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956)
2. Rififi (Dir. Jules Dassin, 1955)
1. The Killing (Dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1956)
Simon:
5. The Asphalt Jungle (Dir. John Huston, 1950)
4. Le Cercle Rouge (Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970)
3. Dog Day Afternoon (Dir. Sidney Lumet, 1975)
2. Heat (Dir. Michael Mann, 1995)
1. The Sting (Dir. George Roy Hill, 1973)
Track Played – Converge – The Saddest Day (Petitioning the Empty Sky, 1996)
Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
Brad – 2/5
Simon – 5/5
Track Played – Converge – Sadness Comes Home
Searching for Sugarman
Brad – 7/10
Simon – 7/10
Track Played – Rodriguez – I Wonder (Cold Fact, 1970)
Top 5 Debut Songs
Brad:
5. Neutral Milk Hotel – Song Against Sex (On Avery Island, 1996)
4. The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones, 1976)
3. Leonard Cohen – Suzanne (Songs of Leonard Cohen, 1967)
2. Television – See No Evil (Marquee Moon, 1977)
1. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath, 1970)
Simon:
5. Funkadelic – Mommy, What’s a Funkadelic? (Funkadelic, 1970)
4. The Band – Tears of Rage (Music from the Big Pink, 1968)
3. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath, 1970)
2. Dr. John – Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya (Gris-Gris, 1968)
1. King Crimson – 21st Century Schizoid Man (In the Court of the Crimson King, 1969)
Looper
Brad – 6/10
Simon – 8/10
Track Played – Huey Lewis & the News – Back in Time (Back to the Future OST, 1985)
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Brad – 2.5/5
Simon – 3/5
Track Played – Tame Impala – Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control
Top 5 Time Travel Films
Brad:
5. Flight of the Navigator (Dir. Randal Kleiser, 1986)
4. 12 Monkeys (Dir. Terry Gilliam, 1995)
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (Dir. James Cameron, 1991)
2. Primer (Dir. Shane Carruth, 2004)
1. Back to the Future Part II (Dir. Robert Zemeckis, 1989)
Simon:
5. The Muppet Christmas Carol (Dir. Brian Henson, 1992)
4. Midnight in Paris (Dir. Woody Allen, 2011)
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (Dir. James Cameron, 1991)
2. Back to the Future (Dir. Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
1. La Jetée (Dir. Chris Marker, 1962)
Track Played – God is an Astronaut – Sunrise in Aries (Far From Refuge, 2007)
Caspian – Waking Season (RateYourMusic Link)
Ash – 3.5/5
Simon – 2.5/5
Track Played – Caspian – High Lonesome
Lore
Ash – 9/10
Simon – 9/10
Track Played – Neu! – Hallogallo (Neu!, 1972)
Top 5 Instrumental Pop Songs
Ash:
5. Brian Eno – 1/1 (Ambient 1: Music For Airports, 1978)
4. Neutral Milk Hotel – Pree-Sisters Swallowing a Donkey’s Eye (On Avery Island, 1996)
3. Funkadelic – Maggot Brain (Maggot Brain, 1971)
2. Radiohead – Treefingers (Kid A, 2000)
1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Sleep (Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, 2000)
Simon:
5. DJ Shadow – Building Steam with a Grain of Salt (Endtroducing….., 1996)
4. Aphex Twin – 4 (Richard D. James Album, 1997)
3. Frank Zappa – Son of Mr. Green Genes (Hot Rats, 1969)
2. Funkadelic – Maggot Brain (Maggot Brain, 1971)
1. Explosions in the Sky – The Only Moment We Were Alone (The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place, 2003)
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Brad – 8/10
Simon – 7/10
Track Played – Charles Mingus – The I of Hurricane Sue (Let My Children Hear Music, 1972)
Grizzly Bear – Shields
Brad – 4.5/5
Simon – 4.5/5
Track Played – Grizzly Bear – Sleeping Ute
Top 5 Directorial Debuts
Brad:
5. Hunger (Dir. Steve McQueen, 2008)
4. Hard Eight (Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1996)
3. 12 Angry Men (Dir. Sidney Lumet, 1957)
2. The Night of the Hunter (Dir. Charles Laughton, 1955)
1. This is Spinal Tap (Dir. Rob Reiner, 1984)
Simon:
5. Easy Rider (Dir. Dennis Hopper, 1969)
4. The Night of the Hunter (Dir. Charles Laughton, 1955)
3. The 400 Blows (Dir. Francois Truffaut, 1959)
2. Citizen Kane (Dir. Orson Welles, 1941)
1. Badlands (Dir. Terrence Malick, 1973)
Track Played – Brother D & the Collective Effort – How You Gonna Keep a Black Nation Down? (Single, 1980) (RateYourMusic Link)
Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
Ash – 4/5
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 3.5/5
Track Played – Animal Collective – Moonjock
Moonrise Kingdom
Ash – 6/10
Adam – 8/10
Simon – 5.5/10
Track Played – The Devin Townsend Project – Kingdom (Epicloud, 2012)
Top 5 Animal Songs
Ash:
5. The Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird (Surfin’ Bird, 1963)
4. Primus – Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver (Tales from the Punchbowl, 1995)
3. Devendra Banhart – Little Yellow Spider (Niño Rojo, 2004)
2. The Beatles – I Am The Walrus (Magical Mystery Tour, 1967)
1. The B-52’s – Rock Lobster (The B-52’s, 1979)
Adam:
5. The Rolling Stones – Monkey Man (Let It Bleed, 1969)
4. The Cure – The Lovecats (Japanese Whispers, 1983)
3. The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges, 1969)
2. The Beatles – Hey Bulldog (Yellow Submarine, 1969)
1. Pink Floyd – Dogs (Animals, 1977)
Simon:
5. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Three Little Birds (Exodus, 1977)
4. Acid Bath – Scream of the Butterfly (When the Kite String Pops, 1994)
3. Radiohead – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi (In Rainbows, 2007)
2. Herbie Hancock – Chameleon (Head Hunters, 1973)
1. Black Sabbath – War Pigs (Paranoid, 1969)
Holy Motors
Adam – 9.5/10
Simon – 10/10
Track Played – David Bowie – Cracked Actor (Aladdin Sane, 1973)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 4/5
Track Played – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Only In My Dreams
Top 5 Films That Take Place In One Day
Adam:
5. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
4. Run, Lola, Run (Dir. Tom Tykwer, 1998)
3. Die Hard (Dir, John McTiernan, 1988)
2. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Dir. John Hughes, 1986)
1. Magnolia (Dir. P.T. Anderson, 1999)
Simon:
5. High Noon (Dir. Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
4. After Hours (Dir. Martin Scorsese, 1985)
3. Dazed and Confused (Dir. Richard Linklater, 1993)
2. Cosmopolis (Dir. David Cronenberg, 2012)
1. Do The Right Thing (Dir. Spike Lee, 1989)
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