Filmspotting

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

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Top 5 Robert Redford Movies, Chicago Int'l Film...
How good are you, kid?
109 min
27
Top 5 Actor-Director Duos We’d Like To See, The...
Match-making and manifesting.
106 min
28
All the President's Men (Archive)
Follow the money.
45 min
29
One Battle After Another Review, Predators (#1034)
Viva la Revolución.
83 min
30
Inception (Archive)
Dream big.
42 min
31
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Review, PTA Decade...
Columbus director Kogonada’s big, bold bet pays off.
78 min
32
Magnolia (Archive)
Wise up.
40 min
33
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
34
Almost Famous (Archive)
Someday you'll be cool.
58 min
35
GoodFellas Review, Lurker, The Roses (#1031)
Scorsese’s gangster masterpiece turns 35
91 min
36
Columbus with Kogonada, Pather Panchali with Da...
Best of the fest.
60 min
37
The Breakfast Club (Archive)
You mess with the bull, you get the horns.
46 min
38
Highest 2 Lowest Review, Jaws Review, Weapons F...
The return of Spike and Denzel.
145 min
39
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
40
Dog Day Afternoon at 50, Ne Zha II Review (#1028)
Attica! Attica!
111 min
41
Top 5 21st Century Comedies (Archive)
Make us laugh.
54 min
42
Weapons Review and It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckle...
The kids are not all right.
77 min
43
The Shining (Archive)
A conversation about Kubrick's horror classic.
35 min
44
#1026: Together Review, Sunset Boulevard at 75,...
How close is too close?
105 min
45
#1025: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 50, T...
Getting to the bottom of R.P. McMurphy.
134 min
46
#1024: Eddington, The Fantastic Four, Sunlight,...
Feeling squirrely about the new Ari Aster.
114 min
47
Her (Archive)
Spike Jonze's AI drama ten years later.
43 min
48
#1023: Superman Review, Top 5 Superman Movie Mo...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane.
102 min
49
In the Mood for Love (Archive)
Wong Kar-wai's intoxicatingly romantic film.
39 min
50
#1022: Top 5 Films of 2025 (So Far), The Apart...
Wilder’s 1960 comedy is one of the greats… movie-wise.
110 min