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Filmspotting - Movie Reviews

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

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

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

It’s an old-school Listener Feedback segment as Adam and Josh respond to recent emails. Plus, a tribute to William Fried... Read more

11 Aug 2023

1hr 45mins

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

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

The Top 5 Jump Scares that messed Adam and Josh up. Also, thoughts on the new horror film “Talk To Me,” Ira Sachs’s “Pas... Read more

4 Aug 2023

1hr 55mins

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#929: Barbie, Oppenheimer

#929: Barbie, Oppenheimer

For the most anticipated double feature in years - Greta Gerwig's BARBIE and Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER - Adam and ... Read more

28 Jul 2023

1hr 40mins

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

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

With its show-stopping stunts, the long-awaited seventh film in the “Mission: Impossible” series - DEAD RECKONING PART O... Read more

21 Jul 2023

1hr 44mins

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#927: Top 5 Actor-Director Duos (Since 2000)

#927: Top 5 Actor-Director Duos (Since 2000)

Lots of directors have favorite actors. But for their Top 5 Actor-Director Duos since 2000, Adam and Josh choose the def... Read more

14 Jul 2023

1hr 37mins

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#926: Dial of Destiny, Top 5 Indiana Jones Moments

#926: Dial of Destiny, Top 5 Indiana Jones Moments

Adam and Josh praise Harrison Ford’s farewell to Indy with their review of DIAL OF DESTINY and narrow down their favorit... Read more

7 Jul 2023

1hr 37mins

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#925: Asteroid City, Past Lives

#925: Asteroid City, Past Lives

The space race and method acting collide in Wes Anderson’s '50s-set ASTEROID CITY, and former sweethearts reunite in Cel... Read more

23 Jun 2023

1hr 14mins

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#924: Top 5 Movie Characters Who Shaped Us with Aisha Harris, Elemental

#924: Top 5 Movie Characters Who Shaped Us with Aisha Harris, Elemental

Aisha Harris’s new book - “Wannabe: Reckoning With the Pop Culture that Shapes Me” - inspires this week’s show. Adam, Jo... Read more

16 Jun 2023

1hr 57mins

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#923: Pride Top 5 - LGBTQ+ Movies, Sight & Sound Marathon Awards, Close to Vermeer

#923: Pride Top 5 - LGBTQ+ Movies, Sight & Sound Marathon Awards, Close to Vermeer

Adam and Josh celebrate Pride Month with the Top 5 LGBTQ+ Movies that were formative in shaping their understanding of q... Read more

9 Jun 2023

2hr 5mins

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#922: Across the Spider-Verse, A Brighter Summer Day (Sight & Sound #6), Lynch/Oz

#922: Across the Spider-Verse, A Brighter Summer Day (Sight & Sound #6), Lynch/Oz

 This week, a pair of very different, but also surprisingly similar, coming-of-age stories: the electrifying new “Across... Read more

2 Jun 2023

1hr 41mins

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