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If Lily was already a Forsythe, maybe she was actually their mom who they French kissed. I don't know much about prohibition but I'd like to chime in on it being easier than going to Canada (did he walk in the snow all the way there?). My great grandfather was a bartender and then when prohibition hit, his census occupation just changed to "beverages." Sneak level 100.

My favorite new show, Property Law Brothers.

Great list! I haven’t seen as many of them as I’d like. I’ll have to spend some more time thinking about it. I will second The Farewell, Booksmart,Ad Astra and Knives Out. I’m not into ranked lists, but Parasite was my favorite movie of the year. I won’t claim it’s flawless, but I loved The Irishman. (I will go out on a limb and agree somewhat with Scorsese: whether they are “cinema” or not, I am fucking burnt out on Marvel and Star Wars films. Though I did really like the Watchmen HBO series). i have to rewatch it to solidify my opinion, but a shout-out to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Not everyone loved it, but that’s what makes a film interesting. I also loved Us. more to come!

These aren't in any particular order. I want to note that I haven't seen 1917 or Portrait Of A Lady On Fire which I both suspect will make my top 10-20. Marriage Story Uncut Gems Homecoming Parasite The Farewell Little Women Booksmart Waves A Hidden Life Honey Boy Ad Astra Avengers: Endgame Brittany Runs A Marathon Knives Out Toy Story 4

While not sex with ghosts there is a Chinese practice of marrying off single dead people to each other or Ghost Marriage.Married dead people have more advantages in the after life, and so do their living family in many cultures. Also there's the fear that a single person might haunt you and cause sickness and misfortune. The problem is that there are currently far more men in China than women. Also Men Technically Ghost Marriage is outlawed ( and you might understand why) but it's still widely practiced in Northern parts of China. So the most common form is a marriage between two dead single people, however living women have been involved in these ritual marriages recently( more on this on a bit) . So traditionally a "bride's" family would ask for a bride price and even get a dowery according to a BBC article I read " there is even a dowry, which includes jewellery, servants and a mansion - but all in the form of paper tributes. Factors like age and family background are as essential as they are in more traditional weddings, so families hire feng shui masters to work as a match-maker. The wedding ceremony will typically involve the funeral plaque of the bride and the groom and a banquet. The most important part is digging up the bones of the bride and putting them inside the groom's grave. " This is where we get a problem. As I mentioned because of China's vast disparity between the sexes due to China's One Child policy and the favouring of boys there's not a lot of dead single women... So some people are turning to grave robbing ( and worse). Some women's bodies are stolen, interred, dug up and sold again. ( more from the same article) " Huang Jingchun, the head of the Chinese department at Shanghai University who carried out a field study on ghost weddings in Shanxi between 2008 and 2010, the price of a corpse or the bones of a young woman has risen sharply. At the time of his research such remains would fetch around 30,000 to 50,000 yuan (£3,400 to £5,700; $4,500 to $7,500). He estimates the price these days could be up to 100,000 yuan. The sale of corpses was outlawed in 2006 but that hasn't stopped grave robbers. A man arrested in Liangcheng County, Inner Mongolia last year told police officers that he murdered a woman so that he could make money by selling her body to a family looking for a ghost bride. " I first learned about Ghost Marriage watching a video of on of my favorite youtubers and authors Caitlin Doughty. She's a fascinating mortician and death positive activist. Her video on the subject is both funny and far more informative than I . ( I can't make this other video go away. Please enjoy a second helping of the Death Mother) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37103447

I think my favorite thing about that birth certificate photo isn't anything you listed, but the fact that this movie has Daniel pegged as a man from the 1920s when this in fact reveals he died December 24th 1919. He never even made it to the 20s. This also begs the question of the whole idea surrounding him being a "rum runner" during Prohibition. For his final 6 months of life there was a technical war time prohibition on anything with an alcohol content greater that 1.28%. In October 1919 they did finally pass the Volstead Act, which banned the sale of all alcohol, but the country lacked the resources to enforce it at the time. To me this means that the idea of rum running probably didn't even become a thing until the actual 20s, because the country was not actually considered "dry" until January of 1920. After Daniel's death.

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned, but did anyone else really look at the birth certificate Kate finds for Daniel’s son? It is absolutely fascinating to me. Firstly, Lily married the brother to cover up her out of wedlock pregnancy, but then lists Daniel as the father, names the baby after him, but then doesn’t include a “Jr.” in the name. So what is it, Lily? Are you ashamed of the pregnancy or owning up to it? I’m getting mixed messages here. But my FAVORITE part is how Lily’s name is listed. During a flashback, they say her name is Lily Culver. However, the birth certificate clearly says, “Maiden Name of Mother: Lily Forsythe”. LILY. FORSYTHE. Does this mean that, not only does the birth certificate reveal the truth of the baby’s real father, but also that Daniel and Lily are related?? Maybe even siblings?!? So not only do they have a child out of wedlock, but also the product of incest? While that would make this movie a million times more interesting, it would make it that much more confusing.

As always these are just my favorites of these years, and not necessarily ones I would 100% argue deserve to be on the AFI list. However, I think all of them should be watched and part of the conversation of what's considered the best of film in America. So many of my favorites end up being the indie flicks that just hardcore surprise me in the end. I was fucking SURPRISED by how much I love The Invitation when I saw it, and I've rewatched it multiple times and it still shocks me by how good it is and has now become one of my top 4 movies of all time. Things like Hearts Beat Loud and Leave No Trace are such small movies that will forever be overlooked, but they are some of the most American movies I've seen, especially when paired with what is actually on the list currently. And even though The Farewell takes place 99% in Beijing, I feel it is 100% more of an American movie than something like A Clockwork Orange. 2016: The Invitation (IMDB has this as a 2015 movie so it typically gets lumped in that year, but it wasn't actually released for public viewing until 2016 thus my inclusion) Captain Fantastic Hell or High Water Nocturnal Animals 2017: Get Out I, Tonya Lady Bird The Shape of Water Mudbound 2018: Hearts Beat Loud Hereditary Leave No Trace Sorry to Bother You Black Panther 2019: The Farewell Booksmart Little Women Marriage Story

It’s obvious why women find inns sexy. It’s the innuendo in the name “inn!”

Is this the first podcast episode where someone has joined via text? HDTGM still innovating after all of these years. The absurdity of the situation made me crack up with every June interjection. My favorite part of this movie was how the ghost world was still very bound to earthly law with Daniel being restricted by the property line rather than just haunting the house like a usual ghost story. If over the years the inn had sold off some of their property to a neighbor would Daniel still be able to go into that area or would he be bound by the newly drawn property lines?