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Movies 101 "Best of 2017" Picks

Every year our intrepid Movies 101 crew--Dan Webster, Mary Pat Threuthart and Nathan Weinbender--select their favorites from the past 12 months. You can hear them defend their choices and discuss the films common to all three lists tonight at 6:30 on KPBX 91.1, or Saturday afternoon at 1:00 on KSFC, 91.9. If you miss either broadcast, find the podcast (and podcasts of previous shows) on our website, spokanepublicradio.org. Here are their lists:

Mary Pat's picks: 1.?The Florida Project, 2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 3.?Lady Bird, 4.?The Big Sick, 5.?Kedi, 6.?Get Out, 7.?Detroit, 8.? Patti Cake$, 9. Wonder Woman, 10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4lbn5nDXwY">Girls Trip

Nathan's picks: 1. Lady Bird, 2. The Florida Project, 3. Call Me by Your Name, 4. The Shape of Water, 5. Dunkirk, 6. Get Out, 7. A Ghost Story, 8. mother!, 9. The Big Sick, 10. Blade Runner 2049

Dan's picks: 1. The Florida Project, 2. Lady Bird, 3. Lucky, 4. The Big Sick, 5. A Ghost Story, 6. Good Time, 7. I Called Him Morgan, 8. Wonder Woman, 9. Get Out, 10. Baby Driver

After more than 25 years of teaching music, theater and English in San Francisco schools, Jim relocated to Spokane in 1995 to become organist/music director for St. Augustine Parish on the South Hill. Since around 2004, with the help and patience of Verne Windham, he has been able to realize his long-standing dream of doing radio. Jim specializes in classical music, but also can do the occasional jazz show. Jim and his wife, Carol, fill their free time caring for llamas, rabbits and chickens after having watched their two children grow up and leave the nest.