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

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#937: Top 5 Music Docs, The Last Waltz at 45
Music docs that are more than just documents.
102 min
2
#936: Dazed and Confused at 30, I Am Not A Witc...
Just keep l-i-v-i-n'.
111 min
3
#935: Midnight Run at 35, Yeelen (African Cinem...
Is the beloved '80s action comedy a sacred cow or a false idol?
90 min
4
#934: Fall Movie Preview, Touki Bouki (African ...
Films from Scorsese, Coppola, Fincher, and more, populate a suddenly “Dune”-less season.
88 min
5
#933: Bottoms, Risky Business at 40
Sex comedies today and yesterday.
71 min
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#932: The Fugitive at 30 with Michael Phillips,...
Tommy Lee Jones doesn’t care, but we do.
87 min
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#931: Mailbag (Oppenheimer, Actor-Director Duos...
Feedback, Friedkin, and a film that made Sight & Sound’s Top 100 Poll.
101 min
8
#930: Top 5 Jump Scares, Talk To Me, Cairo Stat...
Never go in the basement and never go to bed.
111 min
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#929: Barbie, Oppenheimer
Barbie and the Bomb.
95 min
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#928: M:I - Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: I...
Tom Cruise throws himself off a mountain for you.
100 min
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#927: Top 5 Actor-Director Duos (Since 2000)
It’s weird that Bill Murray isn’t in “Asteroid City.”
92 min
12
#926: Dial of Destiny, Top 5 Indiana Jones Moments
Ford shines in final Indy outing.
92 min
13
#925: Asteroid City, Past Lives
Wes goes west.
69 min
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#924: Top 5 Movie Characters Who Shaped Us with...
Complicated relationships with Ferris, Ariel, and Antonio Salieri.
112 min
15
#923: Pride Top 5 - LGBTQ+ Movies, Sight & Soun...
Formative queer cinema.
119 min
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#922: Across the Spider-Verse, A Brighter Summe...
So many Spideys.
96 min
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#921: Top 5 Films of 2023 (So Far) with Michael...
Reichardt, Holofcener, Schrader, and Judy Blume.
99 min
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#920: Master Gardener, BlackBerry, Marker's San...
The latest entry in Paul Schrader's "Man in a Room" trilogy.
71 min
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#919: Summer Movie Preview, Tarkovsky's Mirror ...
10 questions about the summer movie season.
97 min
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#918: Is Guardians Vol. 3 the Worst of the MCU?...
An Adam v Josh debate about the new "Guardians of the Galaxy."
86 min
21
#917: Top 5 Joaquin Phoenix Performances, Beau ...
The “Joker” actor has been doing singular work for three decades.
100 min
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#916: How to Blow Up a Pipeline, '60s Madness C...
The acclaimed new “Battle of Algiers”/”Reservoir Dogs” mashup we didn’t know we needed.
94 min
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#915: New Releases with Michael Phillips, Kelly...
Reviews of Affleck's "Air," "Paint," "Pretty Baby," plus Reichardt's "Showing Up."
95 min
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#914: John Wick: Chapter 4 - Endurance Test or ...
Yes, people still want to kill John Wick.
99 min
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#913: Books That Should Be Adapted Into Movies ...
Filmspotting Studios is open for business.
120 min