The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12, ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’

Sean and Amanda return to continue their yearlong project of listing the 25 best movies of the 21st century so far. Today, they discuss Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums, one of the greatest father-figure movies of all time (starring Gene Hackman, giving one of the best father-figure performances of all time). They explain why they made the difficult decision to make this the official Wes Anderson selection for the list, discuss why there is nothing among his filmography that quite matches this unique energy, and wonder whether this is the best collection of needle-drop moments from any Anderson movie ever made.

Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Producer: Jack Sanders