Filmspotting

Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).

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Night of the Living Dead ('68) Review (Archive)
The dead are hungry.
38 min
27
Top 5 Robert Redford Movies, Chicago Int'l Film...
How good are you, kid?
109 min
28
Top 5 Actor-Director Duos We’d Like To See, The...
Match-making and manifesting.
106 min
29
All the President's Men (Archive)
Follow the money.
45 min
30
One Battle After Another Review, Predators (#1034)
Viva la Revolución.
83 min
31
Inception (Archive)
Dream big.
42 min
32
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Review, PTA Decade...
Columbus director Kogonada’s big, bold bet pays off.
78 min
33
Magnolia (Archive)
Wise up.
40 min
34
5 Years / 5 Movies, Spinal Tap II, The History ...
You get five movies. The catch? They must come from a single five-year period.
119 min
35
Almost Famous (Archive)
Someday you'll be cool.
58 min
36
GoodFellas Review, Lurker, The Roses (#1031)
Scorsese’s gangster masterpiece turns 35
91 min
37
Columbus with Kogonada, Pather Panchali with Da...
Best of the fest.
60 min
38
The Breakfast Club (Archive)
You mess with the bull, you get the horns.
46 min
39
Highest 2 Lowest Review, Jaws Review, Weapons F...
The return of Spike and Denzel.
145 min
40
Top 5 Denzel Washington Performances with W. Ka...
With the host of the "Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period" podcast.
36 min
41
Dog Day Afternoon at 50, Ne Zha II Review (#1028)
Attica! Attica!
111 min
42
Top 5 21st Century Comedies (Archive)
Make us laugh.
54 min
43
Weapons Review and It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckle...
The kids are not all right.
77 min
44
The Shining (Archive)
A conversation about Kubrick's horror classic.
35 min
45
#1026: Together Review, Sunset Boulevard at 75,...
How close is too close?
105 min
46
#1025: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 50, T...
Getting to the bottom of R.P. McMurphy.
134 min
47
#1024: Eddington, The Fantastic Four, Sunlight,...
Feeling squirrely about the new Ari Aster.
114 min
48
Her (Archive)
Spike Jonze's AI drama ten years later.
43 min
49
#1023: Superman Review, Top 5 Superman Movie Mo...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane.
102 min
50
In the Mood for Love (Archive)
Wong Kar-wai's intoxicatingly romantic film.
39 min