The CineFix Top 100

The CineFix Top 100 is back… Kinda! It's not quite season 4, but Clint and Cal couldn't wait. We wanted to spend a few episodes with the extended CineFix family before diving back into a regular season, and to start, we've got ‘My Best Shots’ pioneer, IGN UK's Simon Cardy. In addition to having a RIDICULOUS Top 250 of his own on Letterboxd, he's bringing one of his all time favorites to the Top 100 this week, David Fincher's true crime masterpiece ‘Zodiac’. Clint, Cal, and Cardy talk about the film's incredible wide shots, how hairy Jake Gyllenhaal's knuckles may or may not be, and why Cardy refuses to say who the real Zodiac killer is.

We've got one more special episode of the CineFix Top 100 before we dive into season 4 proper, and this week we know the password and we've got our mask on tight. ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ is the last entry by legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in a film with a truly unique legacy. Clint and Cal welcome special guest and CineFix behind-the-scenes all-star Tanner Smith, to talk about why it's one of his favorite movies of all time, the unique photochemical process Kubrick and "Lighting Cameraman" Larry Smith used to achieve the dreamlike look of the film, and why the movie might only work with a real-life married couple on the brink of divorce in the lead roles.

Welcome to season 4 of the CineFix Top 100! We're starting with a fun one, and everybody's favorite globetrotting archeologist's dad. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade capped the original trilogy of Indy films by producing a cold open origin story that's worth studying in grad school, and getting back to what made the fedora and whip so instantly iconic. Clint and Cal welcome their new co-host, Nick Limon to the show, by chatting about long lenses on smooth roads, being a mirror image of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and how the sheer momentum of the film makes you look right past the simplicity of the plot.

The Empire Strikes Back was the sequel to a movie that helped change the way the film business worked. The continuing adventures of Luke, Leia, Han and the rebellion picked up where Star Wars left off, and left it in a much darker place. Clint, Cal, and Nick continue "the season of family", by talking about the one-man-financing approach to following up the biggest movie of all time, the technical wizardry of optical printing, and how ILM's new office building was included in the VFX budget.