We close out Year 1 of this podcast with my favorite movie of 2024. Luckily, Ian Berry (artist, programmer, trivia host, and all-around Astoria film hero) is even more into “Furiosa” than I am. We talk about what it means to have Chris Hemsworth’s villain almost steal the show, why the Mad Max movies are like the Gospels, and break down the difference between George Miller’s myth-making and Hollywood’s usual world-building.

Thank you all very kindly for spending any amount of time with The Kick during its inaugural year. See you in 2025!

And if I may! Here are my top 10 films of the year.

• 10. Rebel Ridge
• 9. Confessions of a Good Samaritan
• 8. The Brutalist
• 7. Red Rooms
• 6. I Saw The TV Glow
• 5. My Old Ass
• 4. Nosferatu
• 3. Nickel Boys
• 2. Challengers
• 1. Furiosa