Filmspotting - Movie Reviews
Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).
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From the Archive: Alien at 40, Top 5 Joaquin Ph...
Ridley Scott's '79 horror masterpiece, "Napoleon" star's best
87 min
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#946: The Holdovers, Essential Werner Herzog
Alexander Payne’s bittersweet period comedy is one of his best.
76 min
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#945: The Killer (with Spoilers), Fincher Ranke...
Michael Fassbender watches, waits, kills, and monologues in David Fincher’s latest.
95 min
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#944: Priscilla, Sofia Coppola Ranked, Fingernails
Sofia Coppola flips the biopic.
89 min
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#943: Anatomy of a Fall (with Spoilers), All Di...
Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or-winning courtroom drama is one of the best of the year.
98 min
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#942: Killers of the Flower Moon (with Spoilers...
Epic, majestic, and grim, Scorsese’s latest delivers the goods.
106 min
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#941: Top 5 Movies Siskel & Ebert Got Wrong wit...
Even the best don’t bat a thousand.
138 min
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#940: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Mo...
Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl shorts on Netflix.
109 min
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#939: The Creator, Chicago Int’l Film Festival ...
John David Washington stars in the latest from Gareth Edwards (“Godzilla,” “Rogue One”).
80 min
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#938: Flora and Son, Stop Making Sense, No One ...
The latest from “Once” director John Carney and Talking Heads back on the big screen.
77 min
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#937: Top 5 Music Docs, The Last Waltz at 45
Music docs that are more than just documents.
102 min
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#936: Dazed and Confused at 30, I Am Not A Witc...
Just keep l-i-v-i-n'.
111 min
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#935: Midnight Run at 35, Yeelen (African Cinem...
Is the beloved '80s action comedy a sacred cow or a false idol?
90 min
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#934: Fall Movie Preview, Touki Bouki (African ...
Films from Scorsese, Coppola, Fincher, and more, populate a suddenly “Dune”-less season.
88 min
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#933: Bottoms, Risky Business at 40
Sex comedies today and yesterday.
71 min
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#932: The Fugitive at 30 with Michael Phillips,...
Tommy Lee Jones doesn’t care, but we do.
87 min
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#931: Mailbag (Oppenheimer, Actor-Director Duos...
Feedback, Friedkin, and a film that made Sight & Sound’s Top 100 Poll.
101 min
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#930: Top 5 Jump Scares, Talk To Me, Cairo Stat...
Never go in the basement and never go to bed.
111 min
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#929: Barbie, Oppenheimer
Barbie and the Bomb.
95 min
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#928: M:I - Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: I...
Tom Cruise throws himself off a mountain for you.
100 min
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#927: Top 5 Actor-Director Duos (Since 2000)
It’s weird that Bill Murray isn’t in “Asteroid City.”
92 min
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#926: Dial of Destiny, Top 5 Indiana Jones Moments
Ford shines in final Indy outing.
92 min
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#925: Asteroid City, Past Lives
Wes goes west.
69 min
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#924: Top 5 Movie Characters Who Shaped Us with...
Complicated relationships with Ferris, Ariel, and Antonio Salieri.
112 min
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#923: Pride Top 5 - LGBTQ+ Movies, Sight & Soun...
Formative queer cinema.
119 min