FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100

May 06 2024 2
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Two friends and cinephiles, Antonio and Charlie, embark on the ultimate cinematic voyage: completing Sight and Sound's 2022 list of the Top 100 Movies of All Time. Starting from #100, these vivacious hosts will watch each movie, record their reactions, and perform a rudimentary dissection of the film, from their very humble perspectives. Do you love cinema? Do you love (or hate) the canon? Well, join them on this journey to discover what makes these movies "great" and worthy of the legacy "Greatest of All Time". Give us a follow on Instagram for updates @filmbabblepod

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=72. L'Avventura

May 06 2024 82 mins  
A woman's mysterious disappearance pulls at the bond between her lover and her friend. Memory... hazy, unreliable memory. Charlie and Antonio take all this in and more in Michelangelo Antonioni's 1960 classic: L'AVVENTURA. Join them as they follow the beautiful Monica Vitti through Antonioni's illustriously misty Italy.

=72. My Neighbor Totoro

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=75. Imitation of Life

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=75. Sansho the Bailiff

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On this week's episode, Charlie and Antonio are knocked out by SANSHO THE BAILIFF, Kenji Mizoguchi's 1954 tragedy about a family torn apart in feudal Japan. With this film, Mizoguchi proves to be a stand-out director for the FilmBabble Boys. Don't let this one pass you by. Mercy, brutality, integrity, HUMANITY. It's all here.

=75. Spirited Away

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=78. Modern Times

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=78. Sátántangó

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=78. Sunset Boulevard

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Alright Mr. DeMille, they're ready to Babble! On today's episode of FilmBabble, Charlie and Antonio take a quick detour onto SUNSET BOULEVARD, the 1950 classic chock-full of romance, intrigue, and.... murder? Take a seat, order a coffee, and listen up!

=78. A Matter of Life and Death w/ Leila

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