Filmspotting
Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).
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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
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Almost Famous (Archive)
Someday you'll be cool.
58 min
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GoodFellas Review, Lurker, The Roses (#1031)
Scorsese’s gangster masterpiece turns 35
91 min
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Columbus with Kogonada, Pather Panchali with Da...
Best of the fest.
60 min
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The Breakfast Club (Archive)
You mess with the bull, you get the horns.
46 min
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Highest 2 Lowest Review, Jaws Review, Weapons F...
The return of Spike and Denzel.
145 min
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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
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Dog Day Afternoon at 50, Ne Zha II Review (#1028)
Attica! Attica!
111 min
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Top 5 21st Century Comedies (Archive)
Make us laugh.
54 min
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Weapons Review and It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckle...
The kids are not all right.
77 min
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The Shining (Archive)
A conversation about Kubrick's horror classic.
35 min
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#1026: Together Review, Sunset Boulevard at 75,...
How close is too close?
105 min
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#1025: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 50, T...
Getting to the bottom of R.P. McMurphy.
134 min
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#1024: Eddington, The Fantastic Four, Sunlight,...
Feeling squirrely about the new Ari Aster.
114 min
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Her (Archive)
Spike Jonze's AI drama ten years later.
43 min
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#1023: Superman Review, Top 5 Superman Movie Mo...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane.
102 min
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In the Mood for Love (Archive)
Wong Kar-wai's intoxicatingly romantic film.
39 min
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#1022: Top 5 Films of 2025 (So Far), The Apart...
Wilder’s 1960 comedy is one of the greats… movie-wise.
110 min
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Top 5 Batman/Superman Moments with Glen Weldon ...
Dark Knight of Gotham, Son of Krypton
44 min
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#1021: Jurassic Park, Jurassic World Rebirth, M...
Hold onto your butts.
112 min
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From the Archive: This Is Spinal Tap, Stop Maki...
An '84 rock duo.
20 min
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#1020: 28 Years Later, Top 5 Danny Boyle Chara...
If Adam is Jim from “28 Days Later,” and Danny Boyle is Renton from “Trainspotting,” then who is Josh?
123 min
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#1019: Materialists, The Life of Chuck, Elio
Celine Song’s follow-up to “Past Lives” is a rom-not-so-com.
82 min
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From the Archive: Past Lives
Celine Song's assured 20023 debut.
19 min
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#1018: The Phoenician Scheme, Bring Her Back, P...
Me, I feel very safe.
98 min