Film Addicts: AFI Top 100 Podcast

Film Addicts: AFI Top 100

Greg, Paul, Ihsan
Share in our love, hatred, passion, and near-unhealthy addiction to the form of art known as the motion picture. In this podcast, we discuss, debate, and grade the American Film Institute Top 100 Greatest American Films of All Time. Do these movies deserve to stay on the list or fall off into obscurity? Join our three hosts – Greg, an entrepreneur and modern movie extraordinaire, Ihsan, a classic film buff and fact machine, and Paul, the everyday big screen fan, as they embark on a journey from Ben-Hur to Citizen Kane. Starring Greg, Paul, Ihsan. Edited by Ihsan. Produced and Graphic Design by Ayla. Sound Engineered by ZW Wiggins. Original Music by Smellblind. Find more of their music at smellblind.bandcamp.com.
AFI Top 100: #82 Sunrise
Uh oh, can you hear me? Something seems to be wrong with Paul’s TV. Oh wait. It’s a silent film, and black and white, and yep, he’s already gone. See how far the Film Addicts are willing to go to discuss and surprisingly discover one of America's forgotten classic films.
May 1, 2020
51 min
AFI Top 100: #83: Titanic
Will our hearts go on? Or will they sink to the bottom of the Atlantic with one of our Addict’s opinions of the movie. It’s two versus one here when we discuss one of the most famous Oscar-winning motion pictures. If you are reading this, Celine, we good hold no grudges. Board, dance, and drown with Paul, Greg, Ihsan, and especially Billy Zane on this episode.
Apr 30, 2020
43 min
AFI Top 100: #84 Easy Rider
If it wasn’t an easy ride, it wouldn’t be an ironic title, now would it? There’s lessons to be learned and lessons to be ignored in this cult classic. Will Ihsan, Greg, and Paul listen to the sweet rumblings of unmuffled motorcycle pipes? Find out when the Addicts take a ride with Hopper and Fonda across America.
Apr 28, 2020
50 min
AFI Top 100: #85 A Night at the Opera
It is A Night at the Opera that you will remember forever, but will it be with fond remembrance or a stain upon your mind from the time you wasted? Ride along with Chico, Greg, Harpo, Ihsan, Groucho, Paul, and Zeppo in this slapstick comedy by the Marx Brothers.
Apr 24, 2020
30 min
AFI Top 100: #86 Platoon
Dafoe vs. Berenger. USA vs. Viet Cong. Greg vs. established critics. All classic battles that everyone enjoys from the comfort of their home. Let your legs hang out the helicopter and blast some CCR because we are discussing whether this film stands up to not only other classic war films in the AFI Top 100, but also whether it stands up on its own at all.
Apr 21, 2020
55 min
AFI Top 100: #87 12 Angry Men
An alternate name for our podcast was almost "Two Angry Men and Nice-Guy Paul." The Film Addicts are ready to bring justice and offer up a verdict on not only the mesmerizing performances but also how this is a masterpiece of one-set fiction. They also go over who the other Addict's personalities match up with in regards to the juror members of the film. I'm sure you can guess them already...
Mar 22, 2018
57 min
AFI Top 100: #88 Bringing Up Baby
Grant and Hepburn, up there with such iconic duos as Greg and Ihsan, no, Greg and Paul, or was it Ihsan and Paul? Listen in to get your fill or possibly over-fill of what many people consider the pinnacle of screwball comedies, but one of those people isn't Greg. Plus, Ihsan will fanboy hard over director Howard Hawks.
Mar 21, 2018
47 min
AFI Top 100: #89 The Sixth Sense
Is one of the most fantastic twist endings enough to keep The Sixth Sense on the list in the bloodshot eyes of the Film Addicts? We shall find out, or maybe we won't as Greg, Paul and Ihsan try their best to see dead people.
Mar 20, 2018
41 min
AFI Top 100: #90 Swing Time
Who is the greatest dancer of all time? Michael Jackson? John Travolta? Maybe you don't care? Ihsan does and he thinks it's the stars of the most technical and classic of the extinguished genre that is dance films. Paul and Greg will try to foxtrot all over this flick, but we will leave the final steps up to discussion. Waltz through with the Film Addicts.
Mar 19, 2018
42 min
AFI Top 100: #91 Sophie’s Choice
An actress of Meryl Streep's caliber delivers one of her many defining roles in the fictional biopic of a Nazi concentration camp survivor. Acting will assuredly be discussed, but is it enough to keep it on the list? Is any one quality grand enough to keep any film in the running for one of America's 100 greatest movies? Listen in to hear what the guys think.
Aug 5, 2017
47 min
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