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Only the Best for Hayden Maxwell is a comedy podcast following host Hayden Maxwell as he goes through Sight and Sound's 2012 list of the Greatest Movies of All Time, the closest film has to a canon, with a great new guest every week!

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    • Nov 30, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 14m AVG DURATION
    • 225 EPISODES


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    SERIES FINALE: Citizen Kane (1941) vs. Vertigo (1958)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 148:33


    This is the final episode of the podcast. We go long explaining why it's time to put this thing to rest and debate the title of the greatest movie of all time: Is it Citizen Kane or Vertigo? There has to be an answer and it has to be one of those two movies. This is it. And it's not going to be here forever so you should listen now.

    Hollywood's Choice #16: Fight Club (1999) with Felipe Di Poi

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021 72:58


    Felipe Di Poi joins us on the final episode of Hollywood's Choice which is usually a Patreon show but this one is not. This episode is about Fight Club.

    s2e25: Sans Soleil (1983) with Jane Schoenbrun

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 72:37


    Director Jane Schoenbrun talks her upcoming film We're All Going to the World's Fair and Chris Marker's landmark elusive travelogue Sans Soleil.

    s2e24: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) with Cassie Grimaldi

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 91:12


    Cassie Grimaldi joins an unique text thread and talks David Lean's large format epic Lawrence of Arabia.

    s2e23: Chinatown (1974) with George Civeris

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 93:38


    George Civeris talks Chinatown, a movie directed by someone.

    s2e22: Beau Travail (1999) with Julia Claire

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 89:57


    Julia Claire and I talk about our tits. Also the male form in Claire Denis' homoerotic masterpiece Beau Travail.

    s2e21: Casablanca (1942) with Graham Mason and Ikechukwu Ufomadu

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 88:11


    The duo behind Inspector Ike, Graham Mason and Ikechukwu Ufomadu, come on the podcast to talk about their buoyantly funny movie. And also Casablanca!

    s2e20: Nashville (1975) with Emma Rogers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 112:57


    Emma Rogers joins us to talk Robert Altman's expansive country music filled American epic Nashville.

    s2e19: Fanny and Alexander (1982) with Ross Wallace Chait

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 108:47


    Ross Wallace Chait comes on to rank liquids and talk Ingmar Bergman's otherworldly and intimate Fanny and Alexander.

    s2e18: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) with Julia Mounsey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 114:33


    Julia Mounsey talks untapped potential, lost eras, and bratty heirs with Orson Welles's The Magnificent Ambersons.

    s2e17: The Wild Bunch (1969) with Sydney Hirsch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 59:27


    Sydney Hirsch joins our team of misfits to talk the sun setting on the West in Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch.

    s2e16: The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) with Sofia Dobrushin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 80:01


    Sofia Dobrushin talks to us about haunting childhood memories and Victor Erice's meditative exploration of a suicidal five year old in The Spirit of the Beehive.

    s2e15: Greed (1924)with Sarah Wilson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 109:19


    Sarah Wilson comes on the podcast to talk the future of the show, her fear of death, and the great non-movie Greed by Erich von Stroheim.

    s2e14: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) with Alex Ptak

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 83:15


    Alex Ptak talks the life and loves of Colonel Candy in Powell and Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.

    s2e13: A Brighter Summer Day (1991) with Olivia Kaplan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 122:31


    Olivia Kaplan joins us to talk our youth and the youth gangs of Taiwan in Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day.

    s2e12: A Day in the Country (1946) with Lily Napach

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 64:13


    Lily Napach joins us on a rainy day to talk Jean Renoir's lovely jaunt A Day in the Country.

    s2e11: The Color of Pomegranates (1969) with Kaitlin Eleanor Gleason

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 83:46


    It Girl Theory's Kaitlin Eleanor Gleason talks the looks and the lyricism of The Color of Pomegranates.

    s2e10: A Matter of Life and Death(1946) with Allison O'Conor

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 82:41


    Allison O'Conor takes us through Heaven and earth, love and loss, life and death in Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death.

    s2e09: Nomadland (2020) with Nick Naney and Clare O'Kane

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 127:40


    It's our annual Best of the Year ep! Nick and Clare join us yet again to talk about the state of cinema, sanity, and ChloƩ Zhao's Nomadland. Unlike the previous contemporary episodes, this one is a bit of a debate!

    s2e08: Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) with Extended Clip

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 129:08


    The boys of my favorite film podcast Extended Clip come on for a talk about D.W. Griffith's century spanning epic INTOLERANCE: LOVE'S STRUGGLE THROUGHOUT THE AGES, amongst other things (it's a podcast so you know it's kind of a wandering conversation that goes off on tangents).

    s2e07 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) with Alyssa Stonoha

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 115:42


    Alyssa Stonoha returns in a sequel episode to the one she did maybe five years ago where we covered All That Heaven Allows. You remember that? Now we're talking Rainer Werner Fassbinder's reworking of that in Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

    s2e06 Un Chien Andalou (1929) with Lauren Greenhall

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 93:58


    Little bonus episode this week for Valentine's Day: Lauren Greenhall comes on to talk classic razor in the eye short film Un Chien Andalou.

    s2e05 Imitation of Life (1959) with Martha Fearnley

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 124:27


    We reminisce with Martha Fearnley about growing up in LA and Douglas Sirk's melodrama that tackles race and domesticity: Imitation of Life

    s2e04: Touki Bouki (1973) with Michael Fails

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 101:59


    We have a wide reaching conversation with Michael Fails about pop v. folk, trans YouTube drama, and Djibril Diop MambƩty's iconoclastic TOUKI BOUKI.

    s2e03 Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) with Rajat Suresh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 85:05


    Rajat Suresh goes on a journey of madness talking Werner Herzog's AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD.

    s2e02 The Seventh Seal (1957) with Andy Ward

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 100:15


    Andy Ward explains Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal.

    s2e01 Yi Yi (2000) with Kady Ruth Ashcraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 97:48


    Welcome to Season 2!!!!! We're going through the top 100 films of all time (according to Sight & Sound's 2012 list) this season! We start with Edward Yang's multi generational epic YI YI with Kady Ruth Ashcraft!

    UNLOCKED: Hollywood's Choice #4: Clueless (1995)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 60:06


    UNLOCKED!!!!! For my birthday, I am giving you all free access to exclusive behind the paywall content. Here is an episode of HOLLYWOOD'S CHOICE where we discuss the Amy Heckerling classic CLUELESS. HOLLYWOOD'S CHOICE is one of two Patreon exclusive shows available on our Patreon: patreon.com/laurajacoves You should definitely consider joining because there's even more episodes that you'll enjoy on there. They're just there. Waiting for you.

    Season 1 Finale: Our Sight & Sound Ballots

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 150:02


    In the Season 1 finale, Jimmy and Laura go through what would be their Sight & Sound ballots before starting Season 2 and covering the top 100 movies of all time.

    EP 187: The Travelling Players (1975) with Reed Anderson

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 82:57


    Reed Anderson, Laura's live in boyfriend, finishes off the last of the films before we enter the top 100 - THE TRAVELLING PLAYERS, Theo Angelopoulos's 4 hr misery filled memory poem.

    EP 186: Out 1 (1971) with Newman Wolf

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 70:27


    Newman Wolf braved the nearly thirteen hour opus that is Jacques Rivette's OUT 1. Have you seen it? Well there's probably not that many podcasts that have covered it and you probably can't talk about it with too many people so listen to us talk about it. Are you probably never gonna watch it? Listen to us talk about it so you can fake it at a post-COVID cocktail party. It's a win-win.

    EP 185: The Earrings of Madame De... (1953) with Steve Girard

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 51:23


    EP 185: The Earrings of Madame De... (1953) with Steve Girard by Hayden Maxwell

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    EP 184: Wavelength (1967) with Vita Haas and Lucy Weisner

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 54:35


    The Cafe Forgot girls come on the podcast to talk the avant garde New York of yesteryear with the landmark experimental short WAVELENGTH.

    EP 183: The Tree of Life (2011) with Max Wittert

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 59:37


    Max Wittert makes his triumphant return contemplating the creation of the universe, God, and Terrence Malick's homosexuality in our discussion of THE TREE OF LIFE.

    EP 182: Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) with Spike Einbinder and Amy Zimmer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 52:55


    We make a triumphant return back to the regular show with this long-in-the-works episode spotlighting the magical CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING with return guests Spike Einbinder and Amy Zimmer.

    OTQ 9: Hour of the Wolf (1968) with Maggie Crane

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2020 46:37


    Maggie Crane joins us for the finale of Only the Quar. We talk Ingmar Bergman's demons which he puts on full display in the horror film HOUR OF THE WOLF.

    OTQ 8: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) with Connor Ratliff

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 70:43


    Connor Ratliff revisits the counter culture classic ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST with Laura and Jimmy.

    OTQ 7: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) with Dan Fox and Betsy Kenny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 52:56


    Bernie bros Dan Fox and Betsy Kenny do a quar check-in to talk Sergio Leone's iconic spaghetti Western THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

    EP 181: Ivan the Terrible, Pt. I (1945) with Rachel Coster and Rebecca Weiser

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 60:48


    EP 181: Ivan the Terrible, Pt. I (1945) with Rachel Coster and Rebecca Weiser by Hayden Maxwell

    OTQ 6: Opening Night (1977) with Bridey Elliott

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 56:31


    We're closing the book on actor-director John Cassavetes with special guest actor-director Bridey Elliott! We discuss maybe the most meta and personal film about his and Gena Rowlands's relationship to their craft with the backstage drama OPENING NIGHT.

    OTQ 5: Jaws (1975) with Colin Burgess, Lucas Gardner, and Mikey Heller

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 61:40


    Colin Burgess, Lucas Gardner, and Mikey Heller all meet each other for the first time and discuss Jaws - a film by Steven Spielberg.

    OTQ 4: Zero for Conduct (1933) with Guy Montgomery

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 44:16


    Guy Montgomery, the little stinker, comes on the podcast and talks little French stinkers in Jean Vigo's short revolutionary comedy ZERO FOR CONDUCT.

    OTQ 3: The Deer Hunter (1978) with Anna Seregina

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 40:46


    Anna Seregina discusses all the movies she's watching in quar (a lot!) and Michael Cimino's Best Picture winning epic The Deer Hunter.

    OTQ 2: I Am Cuba (1964) with John Reynolds

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 54:22


    Only the Quar continues on with TV's John Reynolds (television) talking COVID-19, Italian food, and I Am Cuba.

    Only the Quarantine Ep 1: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1978) with Eastman Presser

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2020 42:21


    Only the Best for Hayden Maxwell continues on in this brave new COVID-19 infected world with a new mini-series Only the Quarantine where we will be watching the movies off of the 2012 Sight & Sound Directors's Top 100 list that is *not* featured on the Critic's Top 250 list. First up, Eastman Presser calls in from the UK to talk John Cassavetes's The Killing of a Chinese Bookie.

    EP 180: The Lady Eve (1941)with Danny Groh and Andrew Tisher

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 87:08


    Recorded pre-All This but post-All That (90s kids will remember), Andrew Tisher and Danny Groh (Selfish Green Men) grace us with their presence to delight in Preston Sturges's The Lady Eve. This recording is a delightful relic of a simpler time.

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    EP 179: The Conformist (1970) with Devon Walker

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 66:05


    Devon Walker watches and discusses a perverted Italian movie called The Conformist.

    EP 178: Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) with Manolo Moreno and Natalie Price

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 80:53


    Manolo returns and meets Natalie Price and they end up watching a landmark experimental short.

    EP 177: 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her(1967) with Jane Harrison and Eitan Levine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 66:02


    2 or 3 first time guests (two - Jane Harrison and Eitan Levine) watch 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her which is kind of about a prostitute and capitalism.

    EP 176: Los olvidados (1950) with Brett Davis and Casey James Salengo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 60:20


    Brett Davis and Casey James Salengo form a gang with Jimmy and Hayden and watch Luis Bunuel's socially realist melodramatic youth in peril classic Los olvidados.

    EP 175: A City of Sadness (1989) with Sara Hennessey and Tim Platt

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 70:23


    Tim Platt comes back on to follow up his episode of The Puppetmaster with another chapter of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Taiwanese History trilogy, the beloved A City of Sadness.

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