
The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever features experts and enthusiasts and, well, their favorite films of every year ever. Host Tristan Ettleman sits down with a new guest every week to dive into the history and beauty of some of the best movies to ever come out of the cinematic medium.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 88 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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Thomas Christensen is Curator at the Danish Film Institute, so it stands to reason that all of his selections hail from Denmark. All but one of them come in at “feature length” (and from the same director) as well, reflecting the country’s place in a... more
Patrick Friel, educator and programmer, is very interested in non-narrative and experimental film. Therefore, his five selections totally fit into those designations (well, with one semi-exception), but each of them offer totally different visual exp... more
Kathy Feeley, professor of history at the University of Redlands, wrote Mary Pickford: Hollywood and the New Woman, so it makes sense that two of her picks center the film icon and pioneer, still in the early years of her career. But the rest of Kath... more
1911 really feels like the beginning of the feature film. Oh sure, it didn’t suddenly define the output of the global film industry, but ambitious experiments from Italy, Denmark, Russia, and only very tentatively, America, sat alongside narrative, a... more
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Tristan is a great host through this deep dive in film history. Great fan community attached to this show is very active and informative too
This show has a really interesting format and does a great job of breaking the mold of typical film podcasts- I’ve learned a lot about early film, and I can’t wait for them to get to the 70s!
This is one special show. It’s exciting to hear the value that enthusiasts place on the films through the years. I look forward to each Wednesday when a new episode drops.
Not many talk about the early years of cinema beyond the handful of short one minute films featuring animals that appear on social media occasionally. Even classic film enthusiasts skip the early years, leaving the first decades of film on the cutting room floor for even such ambitious 100 Years of Cinema projects and retrospectives.
Starting at the very beginning, The 5 Best Films of Every Year leaves no stone unturned, bringing on a slew of experts from the around the world to do so. From arc... more
I like films/movies/pictures and everyday is a school day with this podcast. Its introducing me to lots of people I’d never heard of that clearly shaped modern culture that we grew up with. Love every episode and watching the films listed. Thanks to all involved hope it goes for ever
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This show focuses on cinema history through curated year-by-year favorites, featuring experts, historians, and enthusiasts who dissect why certain films stand out in a given year. Episodes blend scholarly context with personal picks, tracing trends in form, genre, preservation, and star-making moments across the history of film. Noteworthy is the emphasis on early cinema, cross-disciplinary insights (history, preservation, gender studies), and a collaborative, expert-driven approach to evaluating cinema's evolution. Listeners can expect deep dives into specific years, with rich archival context and engaging debates about what makes a film a lasting touchstone.
The format tends to pair a host with a rotating lineup of guests, creating a dia... more
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