Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit (SVU)

Filmspotting: SVU is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Alison Willmore and Matt Singer focusing on the world of online movies. Part of the Filmspotting family of podcasts.

TV & Film
Film Reviews
Film History
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SVU #167: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping / ...
On SVU's final episode, Matt and Alison discuss the Lonely Island mockumentary and answer listener questions.
101 min
2
SVU #166: It (1990) / Clown Movies
Just another episode where Matt and Alison reminisce about the clown who terrorized their small town.
64 min
3
SVU #165: I, Tonya / Movies (And One TV Show) I...
Matt and Alison hit the ice with 2017's Tonya Harding biopic.
71 min
4
SVU #164: Manhunt / Hong Kong Action Movies
Is John Woo's latest movie a return to form or self-parody?
60 min
5
SVU #163: Thelma / Supernatural Coming of Age M...
Movies about girls blossoming into a women with terrifying powers and a review of the new film from Joachim Trier ("Oslo 31 Aug").
73 min
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SVU #162: The Iron Giant / And More Movies Refe...
Alison and Matt use Steven Spielberg's latest as an excuse to talk about all sorts of movies that turn up in the reference-heavy dystopian adventure, including Brad Bird's beloved 1999 film.
66 min
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SVU #161: Wild Wild Country / Movies Made By Br...
Matt and Alison discuss Netflix's stranger-than-fiction docuseries along with movies by the Maysles, The Zuckers and more available to stream.
85 min
8
SVU #160: The Thin Man / Movies About Drinking
The William Powell/Myrna Loy classic inspires Matt and Alison to go on a cinematic bender.
84 min
9
SVU #159: Babylon Berlin / Berlin Movies
Matt and Alison pay a visit to Weimar-era Berlin by way of Netflix's new German period drama and recommend some other Berlin-set titles that are available to rent or stream.
80 min
10
SVU #158: Good Time / Movies That Take Place In...
The uneasy charms of the Safdie brothers' New York set-thriller starring Robert Pattinson.
83 min
11
SVU #157: On Body and Soul / The Cloverfield Pa...
What is the future for original movies on Netflix?
67 min
12
SVU #156: Brawl in Cell Block 99 / Neo-Exploita...
S. Craig Zahler's brawny, wry, brutal Vince Vaughn-goes-to-prison drama.
65 min
13
SVU #155: A Ghost Story / Ghostly Movies
David Lowery's exploration of grief, time, and the afterlife as represented by a sheet with two eye holes cut in it.
66 min
14
SVU #154: Bright / Will Smith
Matt and Alison delve into the deceptively muddled waters of Netflix's first attempt at a blockbuster.
68 min
15
SVU #153: The 2017 SVUvie Awards
Matt and Alison share their annual, unconventional and highly personal year-end movie awards.
99 min
16
SVU #152: A Very Special Flopspotting Live
Matt join's the hosts of the Flop House podcast for a review of "Transformers: The Last Knight."
87 min
17
SVU #151: Mudbound/Black Female Filmmakers
Dee Rees’ ensemble period drama is a Netflix exclusive with an outside chance at making Oscar history.
63 min
18
SVU #150: The Meyerowitz Stories / Movies About...
David Sims of the Atlantic and the Blank Check podcast joins Alison to talk Noah Baumbach’s latest.
84 min
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SVU #149: Raw / College Movies
French vet school is really intense.
68 min
20
SVU #148: The Bad Batch / Cannibalism Movies
"A Girl Walks Home Along At Night" director Ana Lily Amirpour's latest has Keanu Reeves as a desert cult leader.
69 min
21
SVU #147: TIFF 2017 / Graduation
Highlights (and a lowlight) from the Toronto Int'l Film Fest and the latest from Romania's Cristian Mungiu.
76 min
22
SVU #146: Inside No. 9 / Anthology Shows
The new British anthology series ranges from comedy to horror, but all episodes are set at a location numbered “9.”
73 min
23
SVU #145: Death Note / Anime Starter Kit
Will there ever be a great American anime adaptation?
70 min
24
SVU #144: Hudson Hawk / Vanity Projects
Is the Bruce Willis-starring "Hawk" the epic disaster its reputation suggests? And what makes a vanity project anyway?
85 min
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SVU #143: To The Bone / When TV Creators Make M...
Matt and Alison discuss writer/director Marti Noxon's ("Buffy" "UnREAL") latest project, the Netflix original about a young woman battling anorexia.
79 min