Filmspotting
Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).
1
Best Performances of 2025, Wake Up Dead Man and...
The year’s best supporting and lead performances.
117 min
2
Knives Out Review (Archive)
CSI KFC.
19 min
3
Top 5 Movies Adapted From Iowa Writers – Live a...
If you build it, they will come.
65 min
4
Bonus: Ask Us Anything (Excerpt)
You ask, we answer.
17 min
5
Wicked: For Good Review, Train Dreams, Golden B...
No one mourns the Wicked sequel.
124 min
6
The Running Man Review, Nouvelle Vague (#1040)
Run and gun, but not a lot of fun.
107 min
7
The Next Picture Show’s 500th Episode
Our sister show celebrates 500 episodes and 10 years of podcasting.
86 min
8
Bugonia Review, Die My Love, The Mastermind, It...
Lanthimos + Stone = Misanthropy
120 min
9
Emma & Yorgos - The Favourite/Poor Things Revie...
The actor/director duo's first two collaborations.
28 min
10
Frankenstein Review, Hedda, Christy, Peter Huja...
Man made monster.
101 min
11
Tom Cruise Draft (Bonus Excerpt)
When he pours, he reigns.
20 min
12
Back to the Future Review (40th Anniv.), Delive...
OUTATIME
120 min
13
Night of the Living Dead ('68) Review (Archive)
The dead are hungry.
38 min
14
Top 5 Robert Redford Movies, Chicago Int'l Film...
How good are you, kid?
109 min
15
Top 5 Actor-Director Duos We’d Like To See, The...
Match-making and manifesting.
106 min
16
All the President's Men (Archive)
Follow the money.
45 min
17
One Battle After Another Review, Predators (#1034)
Viva la Revolución.
83 min
18
Inception (Archive)
Dream big.
42 min
19
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Review, PTA Decade...
Columbus director Kogonada’s big, bold bet pays off.
78 min
20
Magnolia (Archive)
Wise up.
40 min
21
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
22
Almost Famous (Archive)
Someday you'll be cool.
58 min
23
GoodFellas Review, Lurker, The Roses (#1031)
Scorsese’s gangster masterpiece turns 35
91 min
24
Columbus with Kogonada, Pather Panchali with Da...
Best of the fest.
60 min
25
The Breakfast Club (Archive)
You mess with the bull, you get the horns.
46 min