From Cannonball: What NYT’s Top 100 Movies Missed
The Interview
The New York Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Lulu. It's summer, so we're off this week, but I'm excited to share a new Times podcast |
| 0:06.5 | with you. It's by my colleague Wesley Morris. His new show is called Cannonball, and it is amazing. |
| 0:12.6 | Each week, Wesley talks with writers, artists, and his friends about the culture. A recent episode |
| 0:18.2 | I really loved was Wesley chatting with fellow critic Eric Hines about the Times' recent, extremely fun to debate list of 100 best movies of the 21st century. |
| 0:28.0 | I definitely have my opinions on this. |
| 0:30.5 | I think you'll love their conversation and you'll probably have several strong opinions of your own. |
| 0:35.9 | Enjoy. |
| 0:36.6 | And we'll be back next week with a new interview. |
| 0:41.1 | I'm Wesley Morris, and this is Cannonball. |
| 0:51.7 | Last month, I spent a week eating two lunches a day. |
| 0:55.9 | One, the New York Times cafeteria made. |
| 0:59.0 | That one was actual food and it was good. |
| 1:02.3 | The New York Times Culture Department made the other one. |
| 1:06.1 | That one was a list of the 100 greatest movies of the 21st century |
| 1:11.4 | voted on by more than 500 actors, writers, producers, directors, |
| 1:16.2 | costume designers, screenwriters, production people, |
| 1:19.3 | people who just make the movies. |
| 1:20.7 | They voted on that list. |
| 1:21.9 | And every day, for five days, |
| 1:25.3 | the paper released a batch of 20 ranked movies, starting with Superbad at 100, |
| 1:30.5 | and ending with parasite hoisting the championship belt. |
| 1:35.9 | I devoured both the food and the countdown some days at the same time. |
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