Filmspotting
Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).
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#1013: Top 25 Films of the Century
A quarter-century of great cinema.
80 min
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#1012: Revenge of the Sith at 20, The Shrouds w...
How dark are you willing to go?
105 min
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#1011: Sinners, Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky #2), M...
Bloody good.
96 min
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#1010: Tangerine at 10 with Alison Willmore, Iv...
“Merry Christmas, bitch.”
110 min
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#1009: Pride & Prejudice at 20, Top 5 Rain Scen...
In spite of your low birth, I love you.
124 min
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#1008: Top 5 Gene Hackman Scenes, Madness ‘25 -...
Popeye Doyle, Little Bill, and Royal walk into a Top 5.
112 min
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#1007: Brick Q&A with Rian Johnson, Death of a ...
Rian Johnson recorded live at Filmspotting Fest.
116 min
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#1006: Black Bag with Roxana Hadadi, Madness ‘2...
Sex, spies, and videotape.
81 min
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#1005: Mickey 17, Madness ‘25 - Play-Ins, On B...
Robert Pattinson(s) take flight with Bong Joon-ho.
80 min
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#1004: Filmspotting Fest, Oscars Recap, Pantheo...
20 years of Filmspotting in one weekend.
90 min
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#1003: Oscars Special with Michael Phillips, Gr...
Who will win, who should win, and who should have been nominated.
81 min
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#1002: Grizzly Man (20th Anniv.), I’m Still Her...
When Herzog went mainstream, Brazil’s Best Pic nominee.
75 min
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#1001: Emilia Pérez, Cléo From 5 to 7
The divisive Best Picture nominee and Agnès Varda’s New Wave classic.
85 min
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#1000: Singin’ in the Rain, The Brutalist, Zodi...
It’s the greatest movie musical of all time, but is it Pantheon-worthy?
114 min
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#999: Presence, Pantheon Candidates, Oscar Nomi...
A ghost story as only Soderbergh would do it.
114 min
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#998: Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025
17 dead Robert Pattinsons.
74 min
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#997: The Best Scenes of 2024
The moments that made our movie year.
97 min
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#996: A Complete Unknown, Nosferatu, Babygirl, ...
You gotta serve somebody.
87 min
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#995: Top 10 Films of 2024 with Michael Phillip...
Outliers, consensus picks, and the #1 films of the year.
178 min
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#994: Best Performances of 2024, Flow, Maria
Veterans, new faces made their marks in 2024.
104 min
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#993: Nosferatu, Nightbitch, Top 5 Movie Moms G...
Robert Eggers and Marielle Heller embrace the darkness.
64 min
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#992: Gladiator II w/Rico Gagliano, Moana 2, Th...
Paul Mescal enters the arena.
65 min
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#991: Wicked, Blitz, The Piano Lesson, All We I...
Cynthia soars, Saoirse sufffers.
64 min
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#990: Anora, Heretic, Here
Sean Baker’s euphoric and hilarious romantic drama.
88 min
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From the Archive: Fight Club, Top 5 David Finch...
Fincher's divisive cult film is still misunderstood.
82 min