Indie distributor A24 started memorably, if modestly, back in 2012 and 2013, with titles like Harmony Korine's "Spring Breakers" and Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring." Within the next couple of years, they'd launched the directing careers of Alex Garland ("Ex Machina") and Robert Eggers ("The Witch"). Then in 2016, they went ahead and - very memorably - won the Oscar for Best Picture with Barry Jenkins' "Moonlight." And they haven't slowed down since. David Lowery's "A Ghost Story," Greta Gerwig's "Lady Bird," Sean Baker's "The Florida Project," and Ari Aster's "Hereditary" are just a fraction of the acclaimed titles released by the company in its first ten years. To celebrate the occasion, Adam and Josh hold the debut Filmspotting Draft: ten A24 titles each, no shared picks, no trades, no fighting. Listen and then cast a vote for who built the better roster. Also on the show, a review of the new entry in the "Predator" franchise, PREY. 0:00 - Billboard 1:11 - A24 Draft 43:07 - Review: "Prey" 59:02 - Next Week / Notes 1:04:39 - Polls 1:11:48 - A24 Draft, cont. 1:42:37 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Brad Pitt arrived on screen 30+ years ago, he was a pretty face with a surprising sinister side. That brief turn in Ridley Scott's "Thelma and Louise" proved to be a template for the actor's diverse and increasingly accomplished film career. For proof of Pitt's growth as an actor, look no further than the very existence of this week's TOP 5 PITT PERFORMANCES, featuring long-time Pitt skeptic Adam's mea culpa. And for proof of the high quality of the Pitt filmography, consider that Adam and Josh share only one title between them. Also on the show, Adam's thoughts on Pitt in the new BULLET TRAIN from director David Leitch. 0:00 - Billboard 1:04 - Top 5: Brad Pitt Performances 42:40 - Review (AK): "Bullet Train" 48:31 - Next Week / Notes 52:58 - Massacre Theatre 58:07 - Top 5, cont. 1:20:10 - Outro The Pitt Reviews Fight Club at 20 (2019) Babel (2006) Oceans 13 (2007) The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007) The Assassination... (2019 Reappraisal) Burn After Reading (2008) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2009) Inglourious Basterds (2009) The Tree of Life (2011) Moneyball (2011) Killing Them Softly (2012) 12 Years A Slave (2013) The Big Short (2015) War Machine (2017) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) Ad Astra (2019) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With their potent mix of horror, comedy, and social satire, the films of Jordan Peele are the rare Hollywood films that succeed in entertaining while also puzzling, sending audiences out of the theater sifting through clues in an attempt to find meaning. Peele's latest - NOPE - is no exception, with Adam and Josh sharing their own theories about the director/prophet's wild west sci-fi that's loaded with themes of trauma, spectacle, race, and the movie industry's complicity in all those things. Also, there are some scares. And some laughs. Adam and Josh get spoiler-y in the second half of the review to sort out some lingering questions. Adam also recommends the Russo Brothers' new THE GRAY MAN, and the Summer of Stanwyck continues with Preston Sturges's 1941 screwball classic THE LADY EVE, starring Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. 0:00 - Billboard 1:05 - Review: "Nope" 25:01 - "Nope" Spoilers 46:20 - "The Gray Man" 50:32 - Notes / Polls 1:09:33 - Stanwyck #3: "The Lady Eve" 1:40:22 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taika Waititi helming another Thor movie was always going to mean a great deal of silliness along with whatever planetary crisis the MCU brain trust cooked up, but with THOR: LOVE & THUNDER, the question has become: how much silliness is too much? Put another way: how many goats is too many goats? Adam defends his 1-star Letterboxd review and Josh (sort of ) defends Waititi. With its two movie Chrises (Hemsworth and Pratt), "Love and Thunder" also gives us an opportunity to revisit 2018's TOP 5 CHRIS POWER RANKING, with Adam and Josh offering their revised rankings at the end of the show. Plus Josh shares thoughts on the new GKids feature THE DEER KING and has a Golden Brick-spotting review of Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman's NEPTUNE FROST. 0:00 - Billboard 1:19 - Review: "Thor: Love & Thunder" Saul Williams, "Binary Stars" 29:10 - Golden Brickspotting (JL): "Neptune Frost" 33:10 - Review (JL): "The Deer King" 35:52 - Notes / Polls 48:04 - Top 5: Chris Power Rankings (2018) 1:26:39 - Chris Power Rankings Redux (2022) 1:39:48 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a social climber turned selfless mother in the heartbreaking 1937 melodrama STELLA DALLAS, Barbara Stanwyck earned the first of her four Oscar nominations. And two films into their Stanwyck Marathon, Adam and Josh remain in awe of both the actress's power and her subtlety. The film itself offers a still-potent critique of class as its heroine is forced to choose between her own identity and her beloved daughter. It also gives us an opportunity to revisit 2013's Top 5 Movie Mother-Daughters, with Adam and Josh considering the memorable mothers and daughters that have come to screens in the intervening decade (lookin' at you, Greta Gerwig). Plus, Josh reviews the new stop-motion animated charmer MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON. 0:00 - Billboard 1:04 - Stanwyck #2: "Stella Dallas" 33:28 - Review (JL): "Marcel The Shell With Shoes On" 38:20 - Next Week / Notes 43:07 - Massacre Theatre 49:44 - Top 5: Movie Mother-Daughters 1:20:17 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices