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#949: Best Films of 2023 with Michael Phillips and Marya E. Gates

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Film History, Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.64.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 202 minutes

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Summary

Adam, Josh, and guests Michael Phillips and Marya E. Gates hash out the best of what all agree is among the richest movie years in recent memory. (Timecodes will not be precise with ads; chapters may start early.) Open (00:00:00-00:07:55) The Films of the Year (00:07:56-01:43:22) Notes, Best Scores, Polls (01:43:23-01:59:49) Golden Brick Finalists (01:59:50-02:09:19) Our Films of the Year (02:09:20-02:42:18) Outlier Choices (02:42:19-03:16:06) Notes/Links: Filmspotting Live in L.A. on Jan. 13 Marya E. Gates Michael Phillips Adam on “Anatomy of a Fall” Yahav Winner’s “The Boy” at The New Yorker Promos: Babbel.com/filmspotting for 55% off your subscription. Regal Unlimited (use code FILMSPOT23) Feedback: Email us at feedback@filmspotting.net. Ask Us Anything and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support us: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and complete archive access. http://filmspottingfamily.com -T-shirts (and more) on sale at the Filmspotting Shop. https://filmspotting.net/shop Contact us: https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting @filmspotting on Threads https://twitter.com/filmspotting https://facebook.com/filmspotting https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm @larsenonfilm on Threads https://twitter.com/larsenonfilm https://facebook.com/larsenonfilm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?

0:06.4

You're not interested in aren't?

0:07.8

No.

0:08.8

We're going to do this thing.

0:09.8

We're going to have a conversation.

0:11.8

From Chicago, this is film spotting.

0:15.0

I'm Josh Larson.

0:17.0

And I'm Adam Kempinar.

0:18.0

Doesn't seem to matter what I do.

0:22.0

I'm always number two. No the movie was the decisive

0:36.2

number one at the 2023 box office, but how high will it place on our movies of

0:40.9

the year round table? And what of Barbie's release day partner, Oppenheimer?

0:45.0

To help us sort it all out is the Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips and critic Maria E. Gates.

0:51.0

It's all ahead.

0:52.0

Alan's been in the real world before.

0:54.0

No one's noticed.

0:55.0

Film spotting. They're all Alan-Spotting.

0:57.0

Baby.

0:58.0

Oh!

1:00.0

Yeah!

1:01.0

Yeah! Welcome to film spotting with Josh. I'm Adam and welcome to our guests year two here on our

1:11.3

roundtable Chicago-based critic

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