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Adam Kempenaar & Josh LarsenAdam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).
#1022: Top 5 Films of 2025 (So Far), The Apartment at 65
Jul 11 • 1h 56m
#1019: Materialists, The Life of Chuck, Elio
Jun 20 • 1h 28m
From the Archive: Past Lives
Jun 18 • 20m
From the Archive: Asteroid City
Jun 11 • 37m
#1016: M:I - The Final Reckoning, Top 5 Movie Stunts
May 30 • 1h 53m
#1014: Actors of the Century Draft, Stalker (Tarkovsky #3)
May 16 • 1h 52m
#1013: Top 25 Films of the Century
May 9 • 1h 25m
#1008: Top 5 Gene Hackman Scenes, Madness ‘25 - Sweet 16
Apr 4 • 1h 57m
#1006: Black Bag with Roxana Hadadi, Madness ‘25 - Round 1
Mar 21 • 1h 26m
#1001: Emilia Pérez, Cléo From 5 to 7
Feb 14 • 1h 30m
#999: Presence, Pantheon Candidates, Oscar Nominations
Jan 31 • 1h 59m
#998: Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025
Jan 24 • 1h 20m
#997: The Best Scenes of 2024
Jan 17 • 1h 41m
#996: A Complete Unknown, Nosferatu, Babygirl, September 5
Jan 10 • 1h 32m
#995: Top 10 Films of 2024 with Michael Phillips and Marya Gates
Dec 20, 2024 • 3h 4m
#994: Best Performances of 2024, Flow, Maria
Dec 13, 2024 • 1h 50m
#993: Nosferatu, Nightbitch, Top 5 Movie Moms Going Through It
Dec 6, 2024 • 1h 8m
#992: Gladiator II w/Rico Gagliano, Moana 2, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Nov 27, 2024 • 1h 10m
#991: Wicked, Blitz, The Piano Lesson, All We Imagine as Light
Nov 22, 2024 • 1h 9m
#990: Anora, Heretic, Here
Nov 15, 2024 • 1h 33m
From the Archive: Fight Club, Top 5 David Fincher Scenes
Nov 8, 2024 • 1h 27m
#989: Top 5 Ralph Fiennes Performances, Conclave
Nov 1, 2024 • 1h 37m
#988: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre at 50, Lumet Marathon Awards, Memoir of a Snail
Oct 25, 2024 • 1h 52m
From the Archive: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Oct 23, 2024 • 28m
#987: Top 5 SNL Cast Member Performances, Saturday Night
Oct 18, 2024 • 1h 40m
From the Archive: Pulp Fiction
Oct 16, 2024 • 31m
#986: Joker Folie à Deux, The Outrun, Prince of the City (Lumet #6)
Oct 11, 2024 • 1h 39m
From the Archive: Joker (2019)
Oct 9, 2024 • 35m
#983: The Shawshank Redemption at 30, Fail Safe (Lumet #4)
Sep 20, 2024 • 1h 59m
From the Archive: Whiplash at 10, Amadeus at 40
Sep 18, 2024 • 1h 3m
#982: Top 5 Michael Keaton Performances, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Sep 13, 2024 • 1h 41m
From the Archive: Blazing Saddles at 50
Sep 11, 2024 • 21m
#981: Fall Movie Preview, Rebel Ridge
Sep 6, 2024 • 1h 40m
#980: The Wizard of Oz at 85, The Pawnbroker (Lumet #3)
Aug 30, 2024 • 1h 27m
From the Archive: Gena Rowlands in Opening Night and Paris, Texas at 40
Aug 23, 2024 • 58m
#979: Apocalypse Now at 45, Alien: Romulus, Daughters, War Game
Aug 16, 2024 • 1h 41m
From the Archive: The Sixth Sense
Aug 8, 2024 • 33m
#977: Sing Sing, Deadpool and Wolverine, The Fugitive Kind (Lumet #1)
Aug 2, 2024 • 1h 40m
1999 Movie Draft (Bonus Excerpt)
Aug 1, 2024 • 23m
Twisters, The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Jul 26, 2024 • 1h 30m
Do the Right Thing at 35, Kinds of Kindness, Fly Me to the Moon
Jul 19, 2024 • 1h 34m
From the Archive: Top 5 Spike Lee Shots
Jul 17, 2024 • 44m
MaXXXine, Chinatown at 50, Longlegs, Dandelion
Jul 12, 2024 • 2h 3m
From the Archive: Top 5 Childhood Scares with Ti West
Jul 10, 2024 • 43m
A Quiet Place: Day One, Top 5 Prequels, Fancy Dance
Jul 5, 2024 • 1h 42m
#972: Top 5 Films of 2024 (So Far), Janet Planet
Jun 28, 2024 • 1h 44m
Austin Butler, Jeff Nichols (The Bikeriders), Tuesday
Jun 21, 2024 • 1h 35m
#970: Hit Man, Inside Out 2, Ghostlight
Jun 14, 2024 • 1h 19m
From the Archive: Top 5 Richard Linklater Scenes
Jun 12, 2024 • 35m
From the Archive: Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Top 5 LOTR Scenes
Jun 7, 2024 • 1h 22m
Furiosa with Michael Phillips, Top 5 Movies for Graduates
May 31, 2024 • 2h 11m
I Saw the TV Glow, Wyler Marathon Awards
May 24, 2024 • 1h 20m
From the Archive: "Mad Max: Fury Road"
May 22, 2024 • 35m
#967: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Roman Holiday (Wyler #6), Wildcat
May 17, 2024 • 1h 47m
#966: Challengers, The Fall Guy
May 10, 2024 • 1h 17m
From the Archive: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
May 8, 2024 • 30m
#965: Summer Movie Preview, The People’s Joker
May 3, 2024 • 1h 43m
From the Archive: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
May 1, 2024 • 34m
#964: The Mummy at 25, Funny Girl (Wyler #5), We Grown Now
Apr 26, 2024 • 1h 42m
From the Archive: Alien (1979)
Apr 24, 2024 • 37m
#963: Civil War, Ben-Hur (Wyler #4), ‘50s Madness Champ
Apr 19, 2024 • 1h 35m
#961: Road House at 35, Road House ‘24, Godzilla x Kong, ‘50s Madness Final Four
Mar 29, 2024 • 1h 39m
From the Archive: Godzilla ('54) v Kong ('33)
Mar 25, 2024 • 58m
Love Lies Bleeding, The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler #2), ‘50s Madness (Elite 8)
Mar 22, 2024 • 1h 43m
#959: Eternal Sunshine at 20, Dodsworth (Wyler #1), ‘50s Madness (Sweet 16)
Mar 15, 2024 • 2h 19m
#958: Dune: Part Two (+Spoiler Talk), ‘50s Madness (Rd. 2)
Mar 8, 2024 • 1h 45m
#957: Oscars Special with Michael Phillips, ‘50s Madness (Rd. 1)
Mar 1, 2024 • 1h 50m
#956: Revisiting Dune, ‘50s Madness Play-Ins and Blind Spots
Feb 23, 2024 • 1h 32m
#955: Top 5 Tokyo Movies, Perfect Days (w/Spoilers), How To Have Sex
Feb 16, 2024 • 2h 13m
#954: Rear Window vs. Vertigo, Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell
Feb 9, 2024 • 2h 13m
#953: American Fiction (w/Spoilers), Rustin, Sundance 2024
Feb 2, 2024 • 1h 21m
#952: 2024 Movie Preview - Folie à Deux Edition
Jan 26, 2024 • 1h 32m
#951: Best Scenes of 2023 with Michael Phillips, Mia Lee Vicino, and Tran Ahn Hung
Jan 19, 2024 • 1h 42m
#950: Ferrari, Maestro, Wonka, The Color Purple
Jan 12, 2024 • 1h 31m
One Week Away From Filmspotting Live in L.A.
Jan 5, 2024 • 2m
#949: The Best Films of 2023 with Michael Phillips and Marya E. Gates
Dec 22, 2023 • 3h 26m
Bonus Sampler: '23 Chicago Film Critics Ballots
Dec 21, 2023 • 13m
#948: The 30 Best Performances of 2023
Dec 15, 2023 • 1h 19m
#947: Poor Things, May December, Napoleon, Four Daughters, Fallen Leaves
Dec 8, 2023 • 1h 22m
Bonus Show Sampler: Horror Movie Draft, 2024 Marathons
Dec 6, 2023 • 24m
From the Archive: Alien at 40, Top 5 Joaquin Phoenix Performances
Dec 1, 2023 • 1h 30m
#946: The Holdovers, Essential Werner Herzog
Nov 24, 2023 • 1h 20m
#945: The Killer (with Spoilers), Fincher Ranked, The Marvels
Nov 17, 2023 • 1h 40m
#944: Priscilla, Sofia Coppola Ranked, Fingernails
Nov 10, 2023 • 1h 33m
#942: Killers of the Flower Moon (with Spoilers), Scorsese Ranked
Oct 27, 2023 • 1h 52m
#941: Top 5 Movies Siskel & Ebert Got Wrong with Matt Singer
Oct 20, 2023 • 2h 22m
#940: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and More Dahl Shorts
Oct 13, 2023 • 1h 54m
#939: The Creator, Chicago Int’l Film Festival Preview
Oct 6, 2023 • 1h 26m
#938: Flora and Son, Stop Making Sense, No One Will Save You
Sep 29, 2023 • 1h 22m
#937: Top 5 Music Docs, The Last Waltz at 45
Sep 22, 2023 • 1h 47m
#936: Dazed and Confused at 30, I Am Not A Witch (African Cinema #5)
Sep 15, 2023 • 1h 56m
#935: Midnight Run at 35, Yeelen (African Cinema #4)
Sep 8, 2023 • 1h 35m
#934: Fall Movie Preview, Touki Bouki (African Cinema Marathon #3)
Sep 1, 2023 • 1h 33m
#933: Bottoms, Risky Business at 40
Aug 25, 2023 • 1h 16m
#932: The Fugitive at 30 with Michael Phillips, Top 5 Movies of 1993
Aug 18, 2023 • 1h 32m
#931: Mailbag (Oppenheimer, Actor-Director Duos), Black Girl (African Cinema #2)
Aug 11, 2023 • 1h 45m
#930: Top 5 Jump Scares, Talk To Me, Cairo Station (African Cinema #1)
Aug 4, 2023 • 1h 55m
#929: Barbie, Oppenheimer
Jul 28, 2023 • 1h 40m
#928: M:I - Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible Ranked
Jul 21, 2023 • 1h 44m
#927: Top 5 Actor-Director Duos (Since 2000)
Jul 14, 2023 • 1h 37m
#926: Dial of Destiny, Top 5 Indiana Jones Moments
Jul 7, 2023 • 1h 37m
#925: Asteroid City, Past Lives
Jun 23, 2023 • 1h 14m
#924: Top 5 Movie Characters Who Shaped Us with Aisha Harris, Elemental
Jun 16, 2023 • 1h 57m
#921: Top 5 Films of 2023 (So Far) with Michael Phillips
May 26, 2023 • 1h 43m
#920: Master Gardener, BlackBerry, Marker's Sans Soleil (Sight & Sound #5)
May 19, 2023 • 1h 17m
#919: Summer Movie Preview, Tarkovsky's Mirror (Sight & Sound #4)
May 12, 2023 • 1h 41m
#918: Is Guardians Vol. 3 the Worst of the MCU? Plus, MCU Villains Draft
May 5, 2023 • 1h 30m
Top 5 Joaquin Phoenix Performances, Beau Is Afraid, R.M.N.
Apr 28, 2023 • 1h 43m
New Releases with Michael Phillips, Kelly Reichardt (Showing Up)
Apr 7, 2023 • 1h 40m
Is Creed III Worthy of Jonathan Majors? Plus Scream VI and '60s Madness Rd. 2
Mar 10, 2023 • 1h 20m
'23 Oscars Special with Michael Phillips and ’60s Madness Rd. 1
Mar 3, 2023 • 2h 4m
Mean Streets and Badlands Turn 50, plus '60s Madness Play-Ins
Feb 24, 2023 • 1h 43m
Top 5 Magic-est Mike Moments, Quantumania, Magic Mike's Last Dance
Feb 17, 2023 • 1h 16m
Hitchcock's Psycho Still Thrills and Oscars Homework
Feb 10, 2023 • 1h 24m
Top 5 Shyamalan Moments / Knock at the Cabin
Feb 3, 2023 • 1h 39m
2023 Movie Preview / Skinamarink
Jan 27, 2023 • 1h 18m
Reaction Shot: 2023 Oscar Nominations
Jan 24, 2023 • 29m
Scenes of the Year w/Griffin Newman, Dana Stevens, Alison Willmore and Matt Singer
Jan 20, 2023 • 2h 15m
White Noise / Top 5 Noah Baumbach Characters
Jan 13, 2023 • 1h 30m
Top 10 Films of 2022 with Michael Phillips and Marya Gates
Dec 22, 2022 • 3h 13m
Introducing Letterboxd's New Awards Season Podcast "Best in Show"
Dec 21, 2022 • 23m
Avatar: The Way of Water
Dec 13, 2022 • 43m
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Dec 4, 2022 • 33m
The Fabelmans / The Eternal Daughter / Sr.
Dec 2, 2022 • 1h 15m
The Art of Adaptation with David Kajganich (Bones and All)
Nov 23, 2022 • 1h 47m
Glass Onion / Wakanda Forever / She Said / Nanny
Nov 18, 2022 • 1h 26m
Top 5 Father-Daughter Duos / Aftersun / Weird
Nov 11, 2022 • 1h 46m
A Conversation About the New Filmspotting Family
Nov 9, 2022 • 15m
#895: Top 5 Bromances / The Banshees of Inisherin / Ticket To Paradise
Oct 28, 2022 • 1h 30m
#894: Top 5 Cops In Love / Decision To Leave
Oct 21, 2022 • 1h 22m
#893: TÁR / Amsterdam
Oct 14, 2022 • 1h 16m
From Chicago, this is Filmspotting.
Oct 7, 2022 • 1m
Don't Worry Darling / Top 5 Utopias Gone Wrong
Sep 30, 2022 • 1h 33m
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