Filmspotting

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

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1
#990: Anora, Heretic, Here
Sean Baker’s euphoric and hilarious romantic drama.
88 min
2
From the Archive: Fight Club, Top 5 David Finch...
Fincher's divisive cult film is still misunderstood.
82 min
3
#989: Top 5 Ralph Fiennes Performances, Conclave
Celebrating the British thespian, from Amon Goeth to M. Gustave.
92 min
4
#988: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre at 50, Lumet...
Happy birthday, Leatherface.
107 min
5
From the Archive: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Don't go to sleep.
26 min
6
#987: Top 5 SNL Cast Member Performances, Satur...
If you’re not first, you’re last.
95 min
7
From the Archive: Pulp Fiction
Pairs well with a Big Kahuna Burger.
28 min
8
#986: Joker Folie à Deux, The Outrun, Prince of...
Sing me a song, you’re the Joker-man.
94 min
9
From the Archive: Joker (2019)
Adam and Josh's 2019 split review of the divisive box office hit.
34 min
10
#985: Megalopolis, Wolfs, Chicago Int'l Film Fe...
Is Francis Ford Coppola’s latest a bold artistic statement or an ambitious misfire?
93 min
11
#984: Top 5 Whodunits, Murder on the Orient Exp...
The butler did it.
109 min
12
#983: The Shawshank Redemption at 30, Fail Safe...
Get busy livin.'
115 min
13
From the Archive: Whiplash at 10, Amadeus at 40
A pair of great music movies celebrate birthdays.
61 min
14
#982: Top 5 Michael Keaton Performances, Beetle...
Let’s get nuts.
96 min
15
From the Archive: Blazing Saddles at 50
Lili von Shtupp is still tired.
21 min
16
#981: Fall Movie Preview, Rebel Ridge
25 of the most intriguing fall films.
96 min
17
#980: The Wizard of Oz at 85, The Pawnbroker (L...
What is going on in The Wizard of Oz, anyway?
82 min
18
From the Archive: Gena Rowlands in Opening Nigh...
The late Gena Rowlands in one of her greatest performances.
54 min
19
#979: Apocalypse Now at 45, Alien: Romulus, Dau...
Coppola’s epic journey into the heart of darkness still astounds.
96 min
20
#978: Trap, Top 5 Bad Movie Dads, National Anth...
Disappointing, deadbeat, and deadly movie dads.
132 min
21
From the Archive: The Sixth Sense
Shyamalan's 1999 breakout gets the Sacred Cow treatment.
33 min
22
#977: Sing Sing, Deadpool and Wolverine, The Fu...
Colman Domingo takes the stage in the new prison drama.
95 min
23
1999 Movie Draft (Bonus Excerpt)
Drafting one of the best movie years of all time.
23 min
24
#976: Twisters, The Films of Powell and Pressbu...
Chasin’ twisters with Glen Powell.
85 min
25
#975: Do the Right Thing at 35, Kinds of Kindne...
Spike Lee’s third feature still astonishes and provokes.
89 min