OV459 - IFJA Ten Best Films of 2024 - Guests: Andy Carr and Joe Shearer
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Release Date: 12/26/2024
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info_outlineThis week, I welcome my friends and IFJA colleagues Andy Carr and Joe Shearer back to the show to help me close out the year with a breakdown of the Indiana Film Journalists Association’s Ten Best Films of 2024.
Timestamps
- Show Start - 00:28
- Introducing the Guests - 02:42
- Spotlight on Our Work in 2024 - 08:09
- Movies We’d Add to the List - 18:35
Best Film Finalists - 28:50
- Civil War - 29:15
- Conclave - 37:06
- A Different Man - 45:43
- I Saw the TV Glow - 53:51
- Exit Joe - 1:01:16
- Mars Express - 1:02:16
- News Break: Nolan’s Odyssey - 1:08:20
- Nickel Boys - 1:13:07
- A Real Pain - 1:19:50
- Sing Sing - 1:25:20
- Runner-Up: The Brutalist - 1:29:48
- Winner: The Substance - 1:35:15
- IFJA Thoughts - 1:43:36
- Closing the Ep - 1:47:24
- Patreon Clip - 1:51:28
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