Filmspotting

#942: Killers of the Flower Moon, Scorsese Ranked

Hinzugefügt: 27. Oktober 2023

Adam and Josh go long and spoiler-y - on the new Scorsese, and do their best to rank their favorite of the director’s features.  -Review: “Killers of the Flower Moon” (03:10) -”Killers of the...

#941: Top 5 Movies Siskel & Ebert Got Wrong with Matt Singer

Hinzugefügt: 20. Oktober 2023

Adam, Josh, and guest Matt Singer (“Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever”) wrangle with Gene and Roger over reviews of movies past.  -Interview: Matt Singer (06:13) -Top 5:...

#940: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and More Dahl Shorts

Hinzugefügt: 13. Oktober 2023

Wes Anderson follows up this year’s “Asteroid City” with four short films, all adapted from Roald Dahl stories, for Netflix.  -Review: “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” “The Swan” (03:24) -Next...

#939: The Creator, Chicago Int’l Film Festival Preview

Hinzugefügt: 6. Oktober 2023

Is Gareth Edwards’ Humans vs. A.I. movie the original piece of Hollywood filmmaking that we’ve been waiting for? Plus, a road map for getting the most out of the 59th annual Chicago International...

#938: Flora and Son, Stop Making Sense, No One Will Save You

Hinzugefügt: 29. September 2023

John Carney has given us a musical love story (“Once”), a musical coming-of-age story (“Sing Street”), and now, with the new “Flora and Son”, a musical story about the trials and tribulations of...

#937: Top 5 Music Docs, The Last Waltz at 45

Hinzugefügt: 22. September 2023

With “Stop Making Sense” back in theaters, Adam and Josh share their Top 5 Music Docs, and give Scorsese’s celebrated ‘78 concert doc “The Last Waltz” the Sacred Cow treatment. -Top 5: Music Docs...

#936: Dazed and Confused at 30, I Am Not A Witch (African Cinema #5)

Hinzugefügt: 15. September 2023

30 years later, Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused” is even better than you remember. Plus, 2017’s “I Am Not A Witch” from Zambian-Welsh director Rungano Nyoni, and the African Cinema Marathon...

#935: Midnight Run at 35, Yeelen (African Cinema #4)

Hinzugefügt: 8. September 2023

The Filmspotting Pantheon contains distinguished titles like “Vertigo,” “Do The Right Thing,” and “The Godfather.” Also? The 1988 action comedy “Midnight Run.” Adam and Josh investigate with a...

#934: Fall Movie Preview, Touki Bouki (African Cinema Marathon #3)

Hinzugefügt: 1. September 2023

 As they consider the fall movie slate, Adam and Josh look past some of the bigger releases for questions about the season’s potential hidden gems. -Fall Movie Preview (05:08) -Next Week / Notes /...

#933: Bottoms, Risky Business at 40

Hinzugefügt: 25. August 2023

Emma Seligman (“Shiva Baby”) wields satirical feminism in her raunchy, violent, and hilarious new high school comedy BOTTOMS; and Josh and guest host Marya E. Gates discover surprising depths in...

#932: The Fugitive at 30 with Michael Phillips, Top 5 Movies of 1993

Hinzugefügt: 18. August 2023

Not the most acclaimed film of ‘93, but maybe the most surprisingly acclaimed. Josh and guest Michael Phillips on the lasting appeal of Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, and one of the great...

#931: Mailbag (Oppenheimer, Actor-Director Duos), Black Girl (African Cinema #2)

Hinzugefügt: 11. August 2023

It’s an old-school Listener Feedback segment as Adam and Josh respond to recent emails. Plus, a tribute to William Friedkin, the second African Cinema Marathon installment, and Adam shares some...

#931: Mailbag (Oppenheimer, Actor-Director Duos), Black Girl (African Cinema #2)

Hinzugefügt: 11. August 2023

It’s an old-school Listener Feedback segment as Adam and Josh respond to recent emails. Plus, a tribute to William Friedkin, the second African Cinema Marathon installment, and Adam shares some...

#930: Top 5 Jump Scares, Talk To Me, Cairo Station (African Cinema #1)

Hinzugefügt: 4. August 2023

The Top 5 Jump Scares that messed Adam and Josh up. Also, thoughts on the new horror film “Talk To Me,” Ira Sachs’s “Passages,” and a marathon review of 1958’s “Cairo Station.”   -Top 5: Jump...

#929: Barbie, Oppenheimer

Hinzugefügt: 28. Juli 2023

For the most anticipated double feature in years - Greta Gerwig's BARBIE and Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER - Adam and Josh praise two very different films for treating their subjects with similar...

#929: Barbie, Oppenheimer

Hinzugefügt: 28. Juli 2023

For the most anticipated double feature in years - Greta Gerwig's BARBIE and Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER - Adam and Josh praise two very different films for treating their subjects with similar...

#928: M:I - Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible Ranked

Hinzugefügt: 21. Juli 2023

With its show-stopping stunts, the long-awaited seventh film in the “Mission: Impossible” series - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE - delivers the goods. But has the series - and its star - become too meta...

#928: M:I - Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible Ranked

Hinzugefügt: 21. Juli 2023

With its show-stopping stunts, the long-awaited seventh film in the “Mission: Impossible” series - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE - delivers the goods. But has the series - and its star - become too meta...

#928: M:I – Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible Ranked

Hinzugefügt: 21. Juli 2023

With its show-stopping stunts, the long-awaited seventh film in the “Mission: Impossible” series - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE - delivers the goods. But has the series - and its star - become too meta...

#928: M:I – Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible Ranked

Hinzugefügt: 21. Juli 2023

With its show-stopping stunts, the long-awaited seventh film in the “Mission: Impossible” series - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE - delivers the goods. But has the series - and its star - become too meta...