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20 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE: The 10 Best Films of 2005

In an annual series, Every Movie Has a Lesson is going to look back twenty years to revisit, relearn, and reexamine a year of cinema history to share favorites, lists, and experiences from the films of that year. When measuring back as far as twenty years or more, I feel like “favorites” that have stood the test of time have aged to become some level of “best.” I feel like a bunch of those populate my reflective look back at the best of 2005.

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20 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE: The 10 Best Films of 2004

In an annual series, Every Movie Has a Lesson is going to look back twenty years to revisit, relearn, and reexamine a year of cinema history to share favorites, lists, and experiences from the films of that year. When measuring back as far as twenty years or more, I feel like “favorites” that have stood the test of time have aged to become some level of “best.” I feel like a bunch of those populate my reflective look back at the best of 2004.

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20 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE: The 10 Best Films of 2003

In an annual series, Every Movie Has a Lesson is going to look back twenty years to revisit, relearn, and reexamine a year of cinema history to share favorites, lists, and experiences from the films of that year. When measuring back as far as twenty years or more, I feel like “favorites” that have stood the test of time have aged to become some level of “best.” I feel like a bunch of those populate my reflective look back at the best of 2003.

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on "And the Winner Was..." Podcast talking "Gentleman's Agreement"

Hailing from North Carolina, Joel Winstead works his own website and contributes for Inside the Film Room and Asheville Movies. He is also a member of the North Carolina Film Critics Association and the Southeastern Film Critics Association. Joel recently started a new podcast named “And the Winner Was…” where he goes through film history to talk about each Best Picture Academy Award winner. For this his 20th episode, I joined him to talk about 1947’s Gentleman’s Agreement.

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on "And the Winner Was..." Podcast talking "The Best Years of Our Lives"

Hailing from North Carolina, Joel Winstead works his own website and contributes for Inside the Film Room and Asheville Movies. He is also a member of the North Carolina Film Critics Association and the Southeastern Film Critics Association. Joel recently started a new podcast named “And the Winner Was…” where he goes through film history to talk about each Best Picture Academy Award winner. For this his 19th episode, I joined him to talk about 1946’s The Best Years of Our Lives.

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on "And the Winner Was..." Podcast talking "Grand Hotel"

Hailing from North Carolina, Joel Winstead works his own website and contributes for Inside the Film Room and Asheville Movies. He is also a member of the North Carolina Film Critics Association and the Southeastern Film Critics Association. Joel recently started a new podcast named “And the Winner Was…” where he goes through film history to talk about each Best Picture Academy Award winner. For this his 5th episode, I joined him to talk about 1932’s Grand Hotel.

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on "And the Winner Was..." Podcast talking "Cimarron"

Hailing from North Carolina, Joel Winstead works his own website and contributes for Inside the Film Room and Asheville Movies. He is also a member of the North Carolina Film Critics Association and the Southeastern Film Critics Association. Joel recently started a new podcast named “And the Winner Was…” where he goes through film history to talk about each Best Picture Academy Award winner. For this his 4th episode, I joined him to talk about 1931’s Cimarron.

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20 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE: The best of the rest of 2002

In an annual series, Every Movie Has a Lesson is going to look back twenty years to revisit, relearn, and reexamine a year of cinema history to share favorites, lists, and experiences from the films of that year. When measuring back as far as twenty years or more, I feel like “favorites” that have stood the test of time have aged to become some level of “best.” I feel like a bunch of those populate my reflective look back at the best of the rest of 2002.

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20 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE: The 10 Best Films of 2002

In an annual series, Every Movie Has a Lesson is going to look back twenty years to revisit, relearn, and reexamine a year of cinema history to share favorites, lists, and experiences from the films of that year. When measuring back as far as twenty years or more, I feel like “favorites” that have stood the test of time have aged to become some level of “best.” I feel like a bunch of those populate my reflective look back at the best of 2002.

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