ABC Movies

2021 Best Of

We're looking back at the best of 2021 -- shows we talked about on the podcast, and those we didn't (one guess which one of us saw more movies lol). Happy New Year! 

Licorice Pizza & After Hours

This time, it's two loose semi-sprawling good-time movies -- Licorice Pizza (2021) and After Hours (1985). 

 

Power of The Dog & The Assassination of Jesse James

This week, we're talking about Jane Campion's new film, the taught revisionist western The Power of the Dog (2021), and another film about dark psychosexual obsession in the Old West, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford. 

Spencer & The Queen

This week, it's two sides of the same coin: Spener (2021) and The Queen (2006). 

Dune & The Fellowship of the Ring

This week, it's two (spoiler alert!) very succesful adaptations of supposedly unfilmable nerd-classic books: Dune (2021) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). 

Cry Macho & Richard Jewell

This week, we're looking at the most recent movies by what I'm going to say without doing any research is the oldest living actor-director in the world: Clint Eastwood. It's Cry Macho (2021) and Richard Jewell (2019). 

I‘m Your Man & Her

This week, we're talking about two movies that get at the nature of what it means to share your life with another person, when that person might not really be a person at all -- I'm Your Man (2021) and Her (2013). 

The Card Counter & Hard Eight

This week, it's two strikingly similar movies from strikingly talented directors: The Card Counter (2021, Paul Schrader) and Hard Eight (1996, Paul Thomas Anderson). 

Coda & Sound of Metal

This week, we're doing the record-setting Sundance feel-good movie Coda (2021) and the Amazon feel-bad movie The Sound of Metal (2020). Two movies about music and hearing, this week! 

The Green Knight & Excalibur

This week, we're talking about The Green Knight (2021) and another big retelling of Arthurian legend, Excalibur (1981). One is definitely way better!