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The Longlist

Josh and Jack Muller

Here at The Longlist, we celebrate movies and other pop culture through the storied art of rankings. There are no wrong answers. There are no bad opinions. And hot takes are always encouraged. We love movies and we love talking about them even more. Throughout each episode we’ll dissect a given topic, be it a director, actor, genre, studio, or even just a single movie that we really want to deep dive. And the way we really break down each topic is through a series of rankings, usually in the form of

tv & film film history

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01:38:41

Pixar

The Longlist ·

2025/06/17

Who doesn't love Pixar? Over the years, Pixar has displayed a consistent level of excellence on nearly every level of filmmaking. The studio is known for being at the forefront of digital computer animation, and rightly so, but what truly makes their movies great is the level of character development and writing they display time and time again. In this episode, Brothers Josh and Jack rank funny Pixar moments, tear jerking Pixar moments, side characters and music. And of course we give our ranking

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01:41:24

Leonardo DiCaprio

The Longlist ·

2025/06/10

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the biggest and most interesting movie stars in the world right now. Some might consider him the last great movie star as we move into a world with much better television and social media taking a much larger slice of the public attention pie. But Leo is still out here making premium movies for us to enjoy and dissect. In this episode we talk about his upcoming films, we go over his filmography, rank his performances, rank his co-stars and even talk about which of his

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01:57:38

Westerns

The Longlist ·

2025/06/03

"Deserves got nothin' to do with it." The Western genre is one of the richest and long lasting texts in film history. There's almost too much to delve into in just one episode, so Jack and Josh will almost assuredly do a follow up episode down the line, but we wanted to tackle one of the most well loved and much debated genres to grace the film landscape. In this episode, we tackle the different eras, we rank different tropes, we talk about our favorite shootouts. And of course, we finish off with

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01:42:18

The Food Episode!

The Longlist ·

2025/05/27

Jack is out of town this week so Josh's wife, Rebecca joins the podcast and we talk about some of our favorite topics to talk about: Food, movies, and food IN movies. Sharing a meal can be a similarly communal experience like watching film. They bring people together, they generate conversation, and the great experiences will create lasting memories. In this episode, we discuss various uses of food and/or cooking in movies that both center and do not center around food. We discuss our own personal

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01:50:41

The David Fincher Episode!

The Longlist ·

2025/05/20

Brothers Josh and Jack talk about one of their collectively favorite directors, David Fincher. If you like creepy, perverted, masterfully crafted, thrilling, beautifully shot movies, then this is the episode for you. David Fincher is one of our greatest living American filmmakers and we celebrate him in this episode. Our lists range from his impressive technique to his "WTF?" moments. And we finish off with a lengthy discussion of our favorite movies of his and what we think he will be remembered

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01:40:49

2024 in Review!

The Longlist ·

2025/05/13

In this episode, brothers Josh and Jack discuss the movie year that was 2024. We talk about the (at the time of recording) upcoming Oscars, our favorite performances, our favorite scenes, our favorite action sequences. And of course, we give our favorite films of 2024. What are your thoughts on that year in film?Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)

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01:36:52

First Episode!

The Longlist ·

2025/05/07

Hey everyone and welcome to The Longlist. This is our inaugural episode and our goal this first one is for you to get to know your hosts, brothers Josh and Jack, a little bit more. We give some take on the Oscars (at the time of recording) and have some more personally oriented top fives for you leading up to our rankings of the films in our respective birth years, 1985 and 1991. But we still cover a wide range of movies and we hope you have fun with it. Enjoy! Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids

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