Weekly film podcast and WBEZ radio show from Chicago featuring in-depth reviews, top 5 lists and interviews. Hosted by Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen.
Barry Jenkins' follow-up to "Moonlight" has the lush romanticism of "In the Mood for Love."
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Dec 14, 2018
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The 15th best film the Coens have ever made. Or maybe the 12th best. Possibly higher.
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Nov 29, 2018
Luca Guadagnino's remake of the Dario Argento cult horror classic, plus the most striking uses of color in movies.
New films from Jeremy Saulnier ("Blue Ruin" "Green Room"), Tamara Jenkins ("The Savages") and more.
A Sacred Cow review of the John Carpenter classic and thoughts on the new Carpenter-approved sequel directed by David Gordon Green.
"La La Land" director Damien Chazelle brings down the volume for his Neil Armstrong biopic.
Sofia Coppola's 2003 film gets the Sacred Cow treatment, plus Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly in director Jacques Audiard's English-language debut.
Lean's 1963 Best Picture-winner is a complicated take on hero worship and a thrilling showcase of the director's bold filmmaking.
Long reduced to a couple of infamous scenes, "Deliverance" is also a prescient ecological nightmare - and it made a star of the late Burt Reynolds.
Ethan Hawke's advice for raising daughters - and some movie talk, too. Plus, a look at the prolific actor's best screen moments.
Thoughts on two highly-acclaimed new indies, plus "John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection" and "Night Comes On."
Representation and "Crazy Rich Asians," plus /Filmcast host Dave Chen joins for takeaways from a decade-plus talking about movies
Spike Lee is in top form with his latest, offering a chance to consider some favorite moments in the director's thirty-year career.
A debate about Christopher Nolan's landmark film and its status as the best superhero movie ever.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: listen to our "M:I - Fallout" review.
The stand-up comic and first time director talks with Adam about his acclaimed new coming-of-age movie.
From circus freaks to dancing footballs, this week's Top 5 is an eclectic mix of lousy ways to make a living.
A classic Filmspotting Fight, with Adam and Josh doing battle over James Cameron's seminal sci-fi thriller.
Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska star in the oddball new western from the Zellner Brothers ("Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter").
Is it possible to listen to "Sister Christian" and not think of "Boogie Nights" and a coked-up Alfred Molina?
Golden God or mediocrity? A Sacred Cow review of Cameron Crowe's ode to '70s rock.
Is a Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs and Han and Chewy's meet-cute enough to make a movie?
Reconsidering Peter Jackson's landmark trilogy a decade and a half after "The Return of the King."
Another strong Diablo Cody/Jason Reitman collaboration inspires an introspective Top 5.
A pimp, the Pope and a PBS legend are all subjects of questions Adam and Josh have about the 2018 summer movie season.
"45 Years" director Andrew Haigh is back with another acutely observed character drama.
Live from Jim Henry's Paradise, it's the Best of the Minnelli Marathon Awards.
The new Emily Blunt-John Krasinski horror movie inspires a Top 5 featuring memorable scenes from Kubrick, Hitchcock, Coppola and Spielberg.
Michael Phillips joins Adam for "one of the great adaptations of a truly lousy book."
Tarantino, Spike Lee and Pixar all make appearances on this week's Top 5. Plus, Spielberg's fun, flawed new creation.
Everything about Vincente Minnelli's Van Gogh biopic is as bold and striking as one of the artist's paintings. And it mostly works.
Stunningly animated and expertly voiced, Wes Anderson's latest is his most political - and the film of the year (so far).
"The Crown's" Claire Foy loses her mind in Steven Soderbergh's new psych ward thriller.
Minnelli's '53 musical with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse is one of guest Michael Phillips' favorites. Will Adam and Josh make it "Triplets"?
After getting bounced from the Best of the '90s Filmspotting Madness tourney, the Coen Brothers' third feature gets the Sacred Cow treatment.
Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner are brilliant in Minnelli's cynical Hollywood melodrama.
Ava DuVernay's adaptation of the sci-fi/fantasy classic is as trippy and apocalyptic as "Annihilation." But, you know, for kids.
Minnelli's beloved, Judy Garland-starring sophomore effort fails to fully charm at least one Filmspotting host.
Adam and Josh work through Alex Garland's latest mind-bender and kick off the show's 4th annual March Madness-style tourney.
Incredible turns from Eddie Anderson, Ethel Waters and Lena Horne help Vincente Minnelli's feature debut overcome its racial characterizations.
Adam and Josh split on their revisit of the James Cameron disaster epic and recommend some overlooked '90s movies from Jane Campion, Spike Lee, John Sayles and more.
"Black Panther" praised, plus superhero projects for Jordan Peele, Greta Gerwig, Ana Lily Amirpour and more.
Where does David Cronenberg's prescient techno-horror film rank among the best of '83?
Praise for (and a few quibbles with) this year's nominations, plus a second look at The Last Jedi.
A look ahead at the most anticipated films of the new movie year and thoughts on PTA's new (you heard us) comedy.
The best opening scenes, funniest scenes, moving scenes and music moments of 2017.
Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) and Tasha Robinson (The Verge) return for part two of the best of the year countdown.
Best of the year roundtable with Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) and Tasha Robinson (The Verge, The Next Picture Show).
The force is strong with "Last Jedi" director Rian Johnson, who brings old-school style and flashes of humor to Star Wars: Episode VIII.
Bad movies, a movie about a bad movie - and a great new movie from some who probably loves bad movies (thank you, Guillermo del Toro).
A 10th-anniversary Sacred Cow review of PTA's masterpiece, plus the best movie years of all time - according to Adam and Josh.
For their Thanksgiving Break, Adam and Josh reconsider "The Force Awakens" and revisit their 2014 interview with the director of "The Last Jedi."
Adam and Josh celebrate the joyous new film from Agnes Varda, plus Josh weighs in on the latest from Todd Haynes and Yorgos Lanthimos.
Grab your hammer and take flight with Adam and Josh to the candy-colored, slaphappy world of Taika Waititi's "Thor: Ragnarok."
The late George A. Romero kicked off his career making a horror classic. An in-depth review of "Dead" and more horror directing debuts.
A review of "Tangerine" director Sean Baker's acclaimed new film, plus Adam's conversation with the director.
A respectful and gorgeously shot return to the world of rogue replicants and the blade runners who love them.
"Nothing In This Movie Means Anything: The Sequel" and Adam's conversation with the director of "Columbus."
The final film in our Argentine Marathon is a 2015 Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee.
A wrestler, a ballet dancer, three junkies and the Old Testament walk into a bar.
A woman is plagued by personal - and more profound - guilt in Lucrecia Martel's 2008 film.
Waititi's "Thor" among the questions concerning the fall slate of movies, plus a split review of Soderbergh's latest.
Young lovers turned outlaws Adam and Josh meet a fantastically bloody end with their countdown of '67's best films.
The one that liked "The City of a Thousand Planets" admitted to spending part of it in a semi-conscious state. Take from that what you will.
Some ghosts, some gore and a super-pig make Adam and Josh's best of the year (so far) countdown.
Adam and Josh reunite to talk Underoos and bed sheets - and offer some contrary thoughts on Edgar Wright's latest.
The pleasures - and limitations - of Sofia Coppola's distinctive vision, with guest-host Angelica Jade Bastien from Vulture.
Adam's conversation with the co-writer and star of Sundance hit "The Big Sick."
Adam's conversation with the writer/director of "The Bad Batch" and "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night."
Adam and Michael Phillips review the new film "It Comes At Night" and offer each other a shoulder to cry on for their Top 5 Movies About Grief.
Adam and Josh - bound by the Lasso of Hestia - review Patty Jenkins's "Wonder Woman" and confess their Top 5 Movie Religious Experiences.
Adam and Josh opt for diplomacy discussing Netflix's war satire misfire "War Machine" and share their Top 5 Movie Military Leaders.
Adam and Josh go to battle in their Sacred Cow review of James Cameron's "The Terminator" and share their Top 5 Films of 1984.
Adam and Josh come in peace bearing their Top 5 Alien Attacks. Plus, a review of the sixth film in the "Alien" franchise, "Alien: Covenant."
Adam and Josh catch up with Jonathan Demme's "Something Wild" (1986) and share their Top 5 Demme Moments.
The Varda Marathon concludes with kind words for 2008's "The Beaches of Agnes," along with the awards for the series' best scenes and more.
Adam and Josh consider the cuteness of Baby Groot and the Guardians sequel, plus a preview of the summer movie season.
The Top 5 Movie Expeditions (Adam and Josh would sign up for), along with a review of James Gray’s new movie adventure: "The Lost City of Z."
Adam and Josh praise Agnes Varda's 2000 doc "The Gleaners and I," the fifth film in their Varda Marathon.
Josh goes rogue, forcing Adam to recruit Filmspotting Family members Tasha Robinson and Genevieve Koski for a review of THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS.
A 'Sacred Cow' review of Wes Anderson's "Rushmore," the 2017 Filmspotting Madness champ and more.
