Adam and Josh’s Top 10 Films of 2025 conversation with Michael Phillips and Vulture critic Alison Willmore went so long that it had to be split into two parts. In this offering, the roundtable shares their "outlier" choices, and we hear film of the year picks from ⁠Matt Singer⁠⁠, ⁠Amy Nicholson⁠⁠, Roxana Hadadi⁠, ⁠Mitchell Beaupre⁠⁠, and more. Plus, the finalists for the ⁠2025 Golden Brick Award⁠⁠.

Intro (00:00:00-00:06:16)

The Year in Movies (00:06:17-00:25:06)

'Outest' Outliers (00:25:07-01:00:22)

'Expected' Outliers (01:00:23-01:53:52)

More Top 10s / Brick Finalists (01:53:53-02:21:55)

Links:

Ted Gioia On the Future's Demand for Human Curators

https://youtu.be/OF8kBtVNJXI?si=dF0akmcpGBJlvf4F&t=1750

-"Derek Cianfrance’s Midlife Crisis" | Roxana Hadadi

https://www.vulture.com/article/roofman-director-derek-cianfrance-interview.html

-Poll: 2025 Golden Brick

⁠https://poll.fm/16408482

-Filmspotting's Top 10s

https://www.filmspotting.net/top10lists

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