What the corpus says about First Man (2018)

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished First Man (2018) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about First Man (2018) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:50:36 · unknown (0.40)] First Man ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · Should have been First Man for sound editing and A Star Is Born for sound mixing, not Bohemian Rhapsody for both. · "it should be 1st man for, uh, sound editing and a star is born for sound mixing"
[The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:39:23 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Long Shot ↔ First Man · industry · A political controversy did not help First Man, so a Trump spat would not have rescued Long Shot. · "That didn't work for 1st man though."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:48:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] First Man ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · industry · First Man won visual effects because the most high-toned action movie nominated for best picture tends to win the category. · "basically the most high toned action movie that is also nominated for best picture tends to win."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:16:00 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ First Man · industry · Bohemian Rhapsody on the PGA list comes at the expense of films like First Man, which is gone. · "Like 1st man is gone."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:59:49 · unknown (0.30)] Damien Chazelle ↔ First Man · theme · Chazelle's recurring theme of people who touch greatness and then lose it runs through La La Land and First Man as well as Babylon. · "That's what La La Land is about. If you look at the end of that movie, that's what 1st man is about."
[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:25:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Irishman ↔ A Star Is Born · programming · Producer Bobby suggests The Irishman is this year's A Star Is Born for the hosts' Oscar obsession. · "perhaps the Irishman is this year's a star is born for us."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:49:22 · David Shoemaker (0.40)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Black Panther looks like the best bet to carry the MCU into the next phase after Infinity War. · "Black Panther certainly looks to be the best bet to carry the series into phase four"
[The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:27:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Rocketman ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Rocketman was paired with Bohemian Rhapsody for obvious reasons but has faded from conversation. · "Obviously, it's Rocket Man has been paired with Bohemian Rhapsody for obvious reasons, but Rocket Man just doesn't come up."
[The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:11:00 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Long Shot ↔ The King of Staten Island · theme · Long Shot, an adult non-franchise comedy, made little in theaters because people wanted it on demand, suggesting Staten Island may suit VOD. · "I was thinking about long shot, which is not a Judd Apatau movie, but is in a similar vein, similar, like a comedy for adults, that it's not a franchise."
[The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ · 0:54:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Mean Girls ↔ A Star Is Born · lineage · The speaker is fine with a new auteur remaking a beloved thing every 20 years, as with Star Is Born / Star Wars-style retellings, here giving the social-media generation its own Mean Girls. · "every 20 years another Otour comes along and is like, I've got a take on this."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:52:39 · David Shoemaker (0.40)] Guardians of the Galaxy ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Guardians 3 is certain and Star-Lord is now a primary MCU figure. · "Chris Pratt, obviously, there will be a Guardians 3."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:14:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ The Pianist · theme · Rami Malek's win reminds the speaker of Adrien Brody's win for The Pianist, a film by a controversial filmmaker with a sordid past. · "I thought a bit of Adrian Brody winning for the pianist, which was also made by a controversial controversial filmmaker with a sordid past."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:27:47 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] A Star Is Born ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · lineage · Merchant says he thought about A Star Is Born, the rags to riches story, as much as the sports side. · "I was thinking as much about films like, you know, like a Star is Born"
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:57:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Avengers: Infinity War ↔ Ant-Man and the Wasp · programming · Whether Ant-Man and the Wasp matters as much as Infinity War is a test of Marvel overexposure. · "At what point does Ant-man and the Wasp not matter as much as Infinity War?"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:08:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Both wins read as 'I had a nice time at the movies' rewards rather than judgments of quality. · "feel a little bit like, you know what? I had a nice time at the movies."
[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:47:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] A Star Is Born ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · Offered as a second answer to best half-movie: everything up to the first time she sings Shallow is dynamite. · "everything leading up to the 1st time she sings shallow on stage, which is like, I think an hour, maybe a little bit less."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:25:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Griffin loved Black Panther just before, then felt Infinity War was one Marvel movie too big. · "Having, you know, loved Black Panther, which came out right before this."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Star's schmaltz and old-fashionedness were expected to lift it, but that is what the night rewarded in Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book. · "it's the schmaltiness and old-fashionedness of Bohemian Rhapsody and Green book that we're really discussing tonight."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Star's schmaltz and old-fashionedness were expected to lift it, but that is what the night rewarded in Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book. · "it's the schmaltiness and old-fashionedness of Bohemian Rhapsody and Green book that we're really discussing tonight."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 2:55:04 · David Sims (0.40)] Ant-Man and the Wasp ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Ant-Man and the Wasp is the sorbet to watch after Infinity War. · "A nice little sorbet, though."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Rami Malek ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · craft · Notes the clip shown for Malek's win was him lip-syncing, undercutting the acting case. · "the clip they used to show us was him lip syncing"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Green Book · theme · All three films share a polished, studio, historically Hollywood approach; Star has more grit and anxiety. · "There's something like very polished and studio and historically Hollywood in the approach of all 3 of those movies."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Captain Marvel ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · lineage · The film is connective tissue, dragging continuity toward the next Avengers movie. · "this movie is basically a connective tissue movie."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:52:51 · unknown (0.40)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · craft · Argues Green Book's editing is better than Bohemian Rhapsody's, which won film editing. · "I think, honestly, the editing and green book is better than the editing in Bohemian Rhapsody."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:28:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Bradley Cooper ↔ A Star Is Born · craft · Says Cooper performed as himself rather than as Jackson Maine, which is a mistake because the character's voice is indelible. · "Bradley Cooper, very notably, did not perform as Jackson Maine."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:25:44 · unknown (0.30)] The Avengers ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read) · lineage · The Hulk echoes Tony Stark's words from the first Avengers; the movie is full of callbacks. · "echoing Tony Stark's words from the Avengers 2012"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:53:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Matthew Libatique ↔ A Star Is Born · craft · Argues Libatique's cinematography on A Star Is Born deserved more conversation. · "I really think it's weird how little conversation there was from Matthew Liboutique for a Star is Born."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:44:01 · unknown (0.30)] The Avengers ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · lineage · In 2012 Banner could become the Hulk at will; now he cannot at all. · "where Bruce Banner could turn into the Hulk at Will, and now he can't turn into it at all"
[speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with First Man (2018); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend First Man (2018) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

Talk the way a clerk talks to a customer at the counter: plain text, titles written plainly with no asterisks or other markup, no headings, no lists of more than six, no JSON.