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Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen
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Memento Review (Archive)
Coming soon, Adam and Josh look ahead to the new movie year with a 2026 Preview Draft. Likely to go early in that draft: Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY. So, we're sharing our 2020 review of Nolan's…
Best Movie Scenes of 2025, Golden Brick Winner (#1048)
The year’s best movie moments: opening, funniest, most moving, and music, plus Adam and Josh’s picks for Scene of the Year. Also, the winner of the 17th annual Golden Brick Award. This episode is…
Aftersun Review (Archive)
Later this week, Adam and Josh share their favorite scenes of 2025 and announce the winner of the Golden Brick Award. For this archive review, it's 2022 Brick winner AFTERSUN, which went on to become…
Marty Supreme Review, Avatar: Fire & Ash, Dead Man’s Wire, Voice of Hind Rajab (#1047)
Back from the New Year’s break, Adam and Josh go long on the majesty - and some of the shortcomings - of Josh Safdie’s MARTY SUPREME. Plus, Josh is positive on the new AVATAR, and Adam recommends Gus…
Interview: Josh & Benny Safdie (Archive)
With Adam and Josh's MARTY SUPREME review coming later this week, we're sharing Adam's December 2019 "Uncut Gems" interview with the Safdie Brothers. For full access to the Filmspotting Archive going…
Take Shelter with Matt Singer, Lone Star with Michael Phillips (#1046)
For the first show of the New Year, we’re sharing a couple of previously unaired live conversations: Adam with Matt Singer about Jeff Nichols’s TAKE SHELTER, recorded at Filmspotting Fest; and Adam…
Top 10 Films of 2025 (Pt. 2) with Alison Willmore and Michael Phillips (#1045)
For the second part of their Top 10 Films of 2025 conversation with Michael Phillips and Vulture critic Alison Willmore, the roundtable gets to the films that made at least two and, in one case, all…
Top 10 Films of 2025 (Pt. 1) with Alison Willmore and Michael Phillips (#1044)
Adam and Josh’s Top 10 Films of 2025 conversation with Michael Phillips and Vulture critic Alison Willmore went so long that it had to be split into two parts. In this offering, the roundtable shares…
Eyes Wide Shut (Archive)
Something for the holidays special from the Filmspotting Archive: Adam and Josh's 9 From '99 review of Stanley Kubrick's EYES WIDE SHUT. For full access to the archive going back to 2005, plus…
Best Performances of 2025, Wake Up Dead Man and Hamnet Reviews (#1043)
Hot on the heels of submitting their Chicago Film Critics Association ballots, Adam and Josh share their favorite performances of the year, plus some thoughts on Rian Johnson’s WAKE UP DEAD MAN and…
Knives Out Review (Archive)
For this week's archive drop, we're sharing Adam and Josh's 2019 review of Rian Johnson's KNIVES OUT. The third film in the series, WAKE UP DEAD MAN, is currently in theaters and comes to Netflix on…
Top 5 Movies Adapted From Iowa Writers – Live at Refocus Film Festival (#1042)
Back in October, Michael Phillips joined Adam at Iowa City’s Refocus Film Festival for a live recording of the Top 5 Movies Adapted From Iowa Writers. The town is home to the University of Iowa’s…
Bonus: Ask Us Anything (Excerpt)
For November's Filmspotting Family bonus episode, Adam, Josh, and Producer Sam fielded a wide variety of questions from listeners, including how Josh ended up in Scotland, how Adam ended up (back) in…
Wicked: For Good Review, Train Dreams, Golden Brick Longlist (#1041)
Josh (a fan of last year’s "Wicked") and Adam (not a fan) review the sequel and try to get to the bottom of why it fails where the stage musical (mostly) succeeds. Plus, raves for Clint Bentley’s…
The Running Man Review, Nouvelle Vague (#1040)
Director Edgar Wright’s latest, THE RUNNING MAN, is an update of the Schwarzenegger-starring ‘87 sci-fi action film (and the ‘82 Stephen King novella). Josh finds just enough to recommend it, but…
The Next Picture Show’s 500th Episode
We celebrate our sister podcast's milestone by sharing their recently published 500th episode, which has hosts Scott Tobias, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski, and Keith Phipps reflecting on their 10…
Bugonia Review, Die My Love, The Mastermind, It Was Just an Accident (#1039)
For their fourth film together, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone get weird and go bald in BUGONIA with Jesse Plemons as Stone’s conspiracy-obsessed kidnapper. Adam and Josh discuss, along with reviews…
Emma & Yorgos - The Favourite/Poor Things Reviews (Archive)
With BUGONIA in theaters – and our review dropping soon – we're sharing archive reviews of Lanthimos and Stone's first two collaborations, 2018's THE FAVOURITE and 2023's POOR THINGS. For more…
Frankenstein Review, Hedda, Christy, Peter Hujar’s Day (#1038)
Adam and Josh split on Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN, but praise its star – not Oscar Isaac as the mad doctor, but Jacob Elordi’s soulful Creature. Also, reviews of Nia DaCosta’s Ibsen update…
Tom Cruise Draft (Bonus Excerpt)
October's Filmspotting Family bonus episode was a Tom Cruise Movie Draft with Adam and Josh, Producer Sam, and listener Zach Cook. For the full draft and other benefits like the weekly newsletter,…
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