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James Lavino & Sam Neave

James and Sam have been friends and collaborators for over 25 years. They’ve worked on films and TV shows and commercials together and have written numerous scripts that lie unproduced in their shared Dropbox folder. But James has a secret: he hasn’t actually seen that many movies. And Sam, who’s a bit of a film snob, has been giving him a hard time about it for years. As James enters undeniable middle age, he has finally promised to catch up on some of the films he’s missed. Every week or so, while Sam has to move his Subaru from one side of a Brooklyn street to the other (to appease the street-cleaning gods), they chat about a classic movie that James has somehow managed to avoid until now. One film from each year of James’s life so far: 1973 to 2026…

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42 episodes

  1. 2012: The Act of Killing 43:34
  2. 2011: Margaret 45:33
  3. 2010: Blue Valentine 43:23
  4. 2009: The White Ribbon 47:04
  5. 2008: The Wrestler 52:08
  6. 2007: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 43:28
  7. 2006: The Lives of Others 49:39
  8. 2005: The Child 44:57
  9. 2004: The 'Before' Trilogy 46:13
  10. 2003: Oldboy 53:55
  11. 2002: Minority Report 41:32
  12. 2001: Mulholland Dr 42:58
  13. 2000: American Psycho 39:55
  14. 1999: The Wind Will Carry Us 45:17
  15. 1998: Buffalo '66 & The Celebration 54:22
  16. 1997: Boogie Nights 39:29
  17. 1996: Lone Star 38:18
  18. 1995: Safe 40:59
  19. 1994: Shallow Grave 41:36
  20. 1993: Carlito's Way 42:17
  21. 1992: Scent of a Woman 46:43
  22. 1991: The Silence of the Lambs 39:11
  23. 1990: An Angel at My Table 39:48
  24. 1989: Do the Right Thing 40:20
  25. 1988: Dangerous Liaisons 42:53
  26. 1987: Fatal Attraction 40:20
  27. 1986: Sid & Nancy and Round Midnight 40:22
  28. 1985: Ran 42:09
  29. 1984: Blood Simple 40:47
  30. 1983: Eureka 39:34
  31. Holiday Special: Elf 36:26
  32. 1982: Fanny and Alexander 41:41
  33. 1981: Thief 39:03
  34. 1980: The Elephant Man 38:51
  35. 1979: Being There and Life of Brian 40:29
  36. 1978: Days of Heaven 36:58
  37. 1977: Stroszek 38:44
  38. 1976: Rocky 38:07
  39. 1975: The Passenger 36:49
  40. 1974: The Last Detail 34:02
  41. 1973: Don't Look Now 34:07
  42. Series Intro 12:31