Filmspotting
Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).
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#989: Top 5 Ralph Fiennes Performances, Conclave
Celebrating the British thespian, from Amon Goeth to M. Gustave.
92 min
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#988: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre at 50, Lumet...
Happy birthday, Leatherface.
107 min
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From the Archive: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Don't go to sleep.
26 min
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#987: Top 5 SNL Cast Member Performances, Satur...
If you’re not first, you’re last.
95 min
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From the Archive: Pulp Fiction
Pairs well with a Big Kahuna Burger.
28 min
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#986: Joker Folie à Deux, The Outrun, Prince of...
Sing me a song, you’re the Joker-man.
94 min
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From the Archive: Joker (2019)
Adam and Josh's 2019 split review of the divisive box office hit.
34 min
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#985: Megalopolis, Wolfs, Chicago Int'l Film Fe...
Is Francis Ford Coppola’s latest a bold artistic statement or an ambitious misfire?
93 min
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#984: Top 5 Whodunits, Murder on the Orient Exp...
The butler did it.
109 min
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#983: The Shawshank Redemption at 30, Fail Safe...
Get busy livin.'
115 min
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From the Archive: Whiplash at 10, Amadeus at 40
A pair of great music movies celebrate birthdays.
61 min
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#982: Top 5 Michael Keaton Performances, Beetle...
Let’s get nuts.
96 min
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From the Archive: Blazing Saddles at 50
Lili von Shtupp is still tired.
21 min
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#981: Fall Movie Preview, Rebel Ridge
25 of the most intriguing fall films.
96 min
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#980: The Wizard of Oz at 85, The Pawnbroker (L...
What is going on in The Wizard of Oz, anyway?
82 min
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From the Archive: Gena Rowlands in Opening Nigh...
The late Gena Rowlands in one of her greatest performances.
54 min
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#979: Apocalypse Now at 45, Alien: Romulus, Dau...
Coppola’s epic journey into the heart of darkness still astounds.
96 min
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#978: Trap, Top 5 Bad Movie Dads, National Anth...
Disappointing, deadbeat, and deadly movie dads.
132 min
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From the Archive: The Sixth Sense
Shyamalan's 1999 breakout gets the Sacred Cow treatment.
33 min
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#977: Sing Sing, Deadpool and Wolverine, The Fu...
Colman Domingo takes the stage in the new prison drama.
95 min
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1999 Movie Draft (Bonus Excerpt)
Drafting one of the best movie years of all time.
23 min
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#976: Twisters, The Films of Powell and Pressbu...
Chasin’ twisters with Glen Powell.
85 min
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#975: Do the Right Thing at 35, Kinds of Kindne...
Spike Lee’s third feature still astonishes and provokes.
89 min
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From the Archive: Top 5 Spike Lee Shots
A celebration of Spike-isms.
44 min
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#974: MaXXXine, Chinatown at 50, Longlegs, Dand...
Tell me, Mrs. Mulwray, is “Chinatown” a perfect movie?
119 min