Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times). This show includes AI-generated content.
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Sep 29, 2026 · 1:39:29
Starring Russell Crowe and an all-grown-up Jacob Tremblay (“Room” “”Wonder”), Netflix’s Unabomber was a promising title on the fall streaming…
Sep 28, 2026 · 49:46
Film critic and author Marya E. Gates joins Michael to explore perhaps the simplest, most influential direction ever given to an actor: "Be natural." The phrase is associated…
Sep 25, 2026 · 2:34:45
Adam and Josh welcome Filmspotting SVU co-host Matt Singer for the Top 5 Comedy Boom Movies. Singer’s new book, “Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and…
Sep 23, 2026 · 25:40
With Ethan Hawke back in theaters in the period adventure The Weight, we're sharing Adam's 2018 interview with the always thoughtful and insightful actor. Unlock the full…
Sep 22, 2026 · 1:26:43
The new Netflix comedy Best of the Best introduced Matt and Jordan to the world of collegiate competitive Bollywood dance, and they left converts: to the dancing, to stars…
Sep 22, 2026 · 1:04:13
Padraic McKinley’s The Weight isn’t a remake of The Wages of Fear, though it feels deeply indebted to the H.G. Clouzot classic in its thrilling depiction of a group…
Sep 21, 2026 · 56:16
Film critic and author Alonso Duralde joins Michael Phillips to explore a piece of filmmaking wisdom from Vincente Minnelli: that a picture which stays with an audience is built…
Sep 19, 2026 · 17:49
PV & FRANNY A girl with a glockenspiel. A boy with a guitar. A high school full of weirdos, mascots who may or may not be unhinged, and a mystery that isn’t what anyone…
Sep 18, 2026 · 1:38:52
As David Lynch's Blue Velvet turns 40, Adam and Josh revisit the film that shocked audiences and helped define modern American cinema. Is it Lynch's masterpiece? Plus: Massacre…
Sep 16, 2026 · 40:37
Blue Velvet turns 40 this month—Adam and Josh have a Sacred Cow review coming later this week—so we're going back to 2014 for our Top 5 David Lynch Scenes. See…
Sep 15, 2026 · 1:02:50
Alexander Ullom's It Ends is a daring little piece of microbudget drama about four friends at transition points in their lives, who find themselves in a place where life and…
Sep 15, 2026 · 1:00:20
For a few days in the summer of 2024, the world’s attention was focused on Dr. Rachel Gunn — and not for anything good. Gunn, aka “Raygun”, was…
Sep 14, 2026 · 58:48
Film noir expert Rachel Walther joins Michael Phillips to test a quote commonly attributed to Jean-Luc Godard. But whether it belongs to Godard, Howard Hawks, or someone else…
Sep 12, 2026 · 20:45
PV & FRANNY A girl with a glockenspiel. A boy with a guitar. A high school full of weirdos, mascots who may or may not be unhinged, and a mystery that isn’t what anyone…
Sep 11, 2026 · 1:36:40
When Coyote vs. Acme was shelved in 2023 for a corporate tax write-off, the response from film fans was as swift as a roadrunner and as explosive as a pile of TNT. When it was…
Sep 9, 2026 · 46:29
With the new Oasis doc Don't Look Back in Anger coming soon to theaters—and inspiring this month's Movie Death Match ( The Last Waltz vs. Stop Making Sense )—we're…
Sep 8, 2026 · 1:11:35
From the writer/directors of Game Night and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves , Apple TV’s Cold War comedy Mayday was a promising title on the 2026 streaming movie…
Sep 8, 2026 · 1:08:27
Alexander Ullom’s feature debut, It Ends , has been billed as a horror movie, but it’s more of an existential exercise wrapped inside a genre premise. That same…
Sep 7, 2026 · 1:36:03
Chris Klimek convenes a battle of the bands between two of the most acclaimed concert films ever made: Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense and Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz .…
Sep 5, 2026 · 45:38
SUBURBAKNIGHT: Act Three Walter Knope has spent most of his life avoiding confrontation. That is about to become difficult. Walter, Samantha and Bobby Joe cross the street armed…
Sep 4, 2026 · 2:06:32
With The Dog Stars in theaters, Adam and Josh invited Vulture’s Roxana Hadadi to the show for a Ridley Scott Draft. Picks one and two are easy: Alien or Blade Runner . But…
Sep 2, 2026 · 35:25
With Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars in theaters and our own Ridley Scott Draft (with Vulture's Roxana Hadadi) coming Friday, we're sharing this 2017 Sacred Cow review of Scott's…
Sep 1, 2026 · 1:42:20
When the story of a movie’s financing and troubled post-production are more compelling than the movie itself, you’ve got problems. And in this case, you’ve got…
Sep 1, 2026 · 1:01:57
The Platt family is barely surviving, and that’s before their neighborhood is inexplicably dropped millions of years into the past and overrun by hungry dinosaurs. The End…
Aug 31, 2026 · 54:48
Film critic Robert Daniels ( RogerEbert.com , The New York Times ) joins Michael Phillips to test one of Hollywood's most enduring bits of studio wisdom, attributed to producer…
Aug 30, 2026 · 1:01:41
Adam and Josh return with guest Rico Gagliano ( MUBI Podcast ) for Part 2 of their Top 5 Needle Drops. This episode brought to you by Anderson, Linklater, Fincher, and Scorsese.…
Aug 28, 2026 · 1:39:53
Rico Gagliano ( MUBI Podcast ) joins Adam and Josh for the Top 5 Needle Drops, a conversation so robust we split it in half. Plus, the new It Ends earns a Golden Brick…
Aug 27, 2026 · 1:05:01
David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street drops an ordinary family into extraordinary circumstances, forcing them to focus all their energy on surviving— and…
Aug 26, 2026 · 46:34
In 2023, Adam and Josh took another look at 1988's Midnight Run for its 35th anniversary. The Robert De Niro/Charles Grodin action comedy was an early and somewhat controversial…
Aug 25, 2026 · 1:11:30
Happy Madison Productions is now cranking out movies starring two generations of Sandlers: paterfamilias Adam and daughters Sadie and Sunny. Earlier this year, Sadie starred in…
Aug 24, 2026 · 44:18
Film music historian and journalist Tim Greiving , author of John Williams: A Composer's Life , joins Michael Phillips to explore one of the foundational dilemmas of movie…
Aug 21, 2026 · 2:14:25
Is The End of Oak Street the best Spielberg movie of 2026? Or is one of your hosts committing movie heresy? Adam and Josh review David Robert Mitchell's dinosaur-filled family…
Aug 19, 2026 · 35:21
Kristen Stewart is back in theaters with The Wrong Girls, which is an excuse to share our Top 5 KStew Scenes from 2017. Unlock the full archive, Filmspotting Discord, ad‑free +…
Aug 18, 2026 · 1:31:09
It’s all fine and good to be sealed up in a house with Wagner Moura and Greta Lee, but the longer Netflix’s new The Last House keeps us there, the more time Matt and…
Aug 18, 2026 · 1:18:28
Matt Johnson’s new biopic Tony sidesteps the infamous Walk Hard trap by narrowing its scope to a single summer that would end up shaping the rest of Anthony…
Aug 17, 2026 · 1:14:22
Screenwriter and producer David Kajganich ( Suspiria , Bones and All ) joins Michael Phillips to test a provocative rule of adaptation from filmmaker Whit Stillman: "You owe…
Aug 16, 2026 · 52:26
Adam and Josh share their favorite discoveries, performances, and scenes from the recently completed Dissident Cinema Marathon, which included Chaplin’s The Great Dictator…
Aug 14, 2026 · 1:17:49
Jane Schoenbrun’s uncategorizable third feature, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma , marks the director as among the most assured and provocative filmmakers of their…
Aug 13, 2026 · 1:15:17
Anthony Bourdain, whose early experience working in a restaurant kitchen is chronicled in the new biopic Tony, once singled out Ratatouille as Hollywood’s best depiction of…
Aug 12, 2026 · 53:38
In 2015, Adam and Josh welcomed poster designer Sam's Myth on the show to talk shop and share their Top 5 Movie Posters. Unlock the full archive, Filmspotting Discord, ad‑free +…
Aug 11, 2026 · 1:24:28
When the author of “Marvel’s Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular” is the co-host of your show, you don’t avoid talking about the new Spidey movie…
Aug 10, 2026 · 45:19
What can your body tell you about a movie? According to legendary Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn, everything. This week's Movie Racket explores Cohn's infamous rule for…
Aug 9, 2026 · 36:21
For the final film in the Dissident Cinema Marathon, Adam and Josh discuss Jafar Panahi’s formally ingenious 2000 film THE CIRCLE, an unflinching chronicle of Iran’s…
Aug 7, 2026 · 1:26:35
After a five-year hiatus, Tom Holland’s Peter Parker is back on the big screen with Spider-Man: Brand New Day , this time battling anonymity, a host of nemeses, and some…
Aug 5, 2026 · 48:39
It's been eight years since Adam and Josh did the Top 5 Superhero-Director Combos (We'd Like To See) and still somehow none of their pitches have been given the green light.…
Aug 3, 2026 · 1:45:33
Chris Klimek presides over a multiversal showdown between two of the most beloved Spider-Man films: Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 and the animated Spider-Man: Into the…
Jul 31, 2026 · 1:40:24
With the world’s Spidey sense activated by Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Adam and Josh look back at the webslinger’s first 25 years on screen with their Top 5 Spider-Man…
Jul 30, 2026 · 1:14:05
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey approaches Homer’s epic from a much more literal vantage point than O Brother Where Art Thou, but that doesn’t mean it’s a…
Jul 29, 2026 · 41:13
Back in 2022, Adam and Josh gave Sam Raimi's Spider-Man the 20th anniversary Sacred Cow treatment. Unlock the full archive, Filmspotting Discord, ad‑free + bonus episodes, and…
Jul 28, 2026 · 1:32:13
Jordan and Matt break format - and Zeus’s Law? - for an Odyssey -themed episode, including thoughts on the new blockbuster film, favorite Christopher Nolan films, and…
Jul 27, 2026 · 58:21
Story analyst Billy Mernit joins Michael Phillips to test one of Hollywood’s most enduring (and slippery) unofficial rules: Howard Hawks’ idea that a good movie is…
Jul 24, 2026 · 59:22
Is Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey a cinematic gift, or is it a Trojan Horse filled with the director’s narrative obsessions? Maybe both. In their review, Adam and…
Jul 23, 2026 · 1:15:12
Considering The Odyssey is one of the most famous and influential stories of all time, there had been relatively few attempts to directly translate Homer’s epic poem to the…
Jul 22, 2026 · 47:16
As part of 2020’s Christopher Nolan Oeuvre-view, Adam and Josh revisited The Prestige (2006), which – alongside his current The Odyssey – is among the rare…
Jul 21, 2026 · 1:38:33
Matt and Jordan give Hulu’s new multiverse revenge thriller Redux Redux a spin, crediting Kevin and Matthew McManus’s film for its low-budget stylishness and its…
Jul 20, 2026 · 42:07
Film critic Amy Nicholson joins host Michael Phillips to test a set of unofficial Hollywood axioms: Preston Sturges’ 11 Rules for Box Office Appeal. Written (or so the…
Jul 18, 2026 · 49:06
The Dissident Cinema Marathon continues with Marcel Ophuls’s towering 1969 documentary The Sorrow and the Pity , which challenged the so-called “Gaullist myth”…
Jul 17, 2026 · 1:30:55
Adam and Josh take stock of the movie year with their Top 5 Films of 2026 (So Far), making picks that reflect the strength of of the year’s genre offerings, comedies, and…
Jul 16, 2026 · 1:01:03
A good chunk of Supergirl ’s DNA can be traced back to True Grit by way of the comics miniseries the film is adapting, which is why we paired it with Joel and Ethan…
Jul 15, 2026 · 43:58
For this week's Archive episode, we go back to 2014 for the Top 5 Movie Tattoos (That We'd Get). The "we" being Adam and Josh. 16 years later... no tats yet. But they're sticking…
Jul 14, 2026 · 1:46:13
Matt and Jordan deep-dive into the free, ad-supported streaming platform Tubi. They evaluate the platform across five distinct categories: library; playback/interface;…
Jul 13, 2026 · 43:36
Welcome to The Movie Racket, a new Filmspotting production hosted by Michael Phillips. Each week, we’ll test a so-called "law" of cinema — a bit of received wisdom…
Jul 10, 2026 · 1:46:28
Adam and Josh celebrate Fargo 's 30th anniversary with a Pantheon Project review (the show’s longest ever) of the Coen Brothers' career-altering 1996 film. Plus, Olivia…
Jul 8, 2026 · 37:47
This week's archive episode is Adam and Josh's 2018 Sacred Cow review of the Coen Brothers' period gangster film Miller's Crossing . Unlock the full archive, Filmspotting…
Jul 7, 2026 · 1:32:58
Matt and Jordan review Netflix’s new comedy Little Brother , which stars Eric Andre as a chaos agent who disrupts the life of a tightly wound real estate agent played by…
Jul 7, 2026 · 1:07:39
The new Supergirl isn’t an outright adaptation of the comic-book miniseries Woman of Tomorrow , but it retains enough of its shape that it evokes that comic’s own…
Jul 6, 2026 · 1:30:24
Welcome to the sophomore installment of Movie Death Match. Host Chris Klimek presides as two Christopher Nolan films go head to head in anticipation of The Odyssey. Arguing for…
Jul 3, 2026 · 1:26:53
Adam and Josh celebrate the holiday weekend with a "Blind Cow" review of Independence Day , the #1 movie at the box office back in '96. Thirty summers after its release, Adam…
Jul 1, 2026 · 42:34
As part of their 2020 Christopher Nolan "Oeuvre-view," Adam and Josh revisited 2014's Interstellar , a film they'd split on six years earlier. Unlock the full archive,…
Jun 30, 2026 · 1:31:38
Matt and Jordan check out Julian Schnabel’s In The Hand of Dante , a rare midsummer Netflix prestige picture with a stacked cast that includes Oscar Isaac, Al Pacino,…
Jun 26, 2026 · 1:27:41
Is Toy Story 5 an inspired reorienting of the venerable Pixar franchise, or a tired rehash? Adam and Josh offer differing takes. Plus, Adam reviews Michael Sarnoski's bleak but…
Jun 24, 2026 · 56:52
When the fourth Toy Story installment came to theaters in the summer of 2019, Adam invited the Blank Check podcast's Griffin Newman to join him for the Top 5 Toy Story Scenes.…
Jun 23, 2026 · 1:26:53
Matt and Jordan review Netflix’s generically titled but surprisingly witty Office Romance . Co-written by and starring Brett Goldstein alongside JLo, the workplace rom-com…
Jun 19, 2026 · 1:08:35
Adam and Josh review Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day , praising star Emily Blunt and the impeccably staged action while questioning whether Spielberg and screenwriter…
Jun 17, 2026 · 34:53
In 2020, Adam and Josh used the 45th anniversary of Jaws to Power Rank the Spielberg Decades — from the Close Encounters ’70s to the Lincoln 2010s. With the release…
Jun 16, 2026 · 1:35:25
Matt and Jordan review HBO’s Sundance acquisition Miss You Love You . And while Jordan finds it to be a handsome, moving, and well-acted "filmed play", Matt finds too…
Jun 15, 2026 · 43:18
Adam and Josh reach a definitive milestone in Filmspotting’s Dissident Cinema Marathon with Costa-Gavras’s Oscar-winning 1969 masterpiece, Z . A thinly veiled account…
Jun 12, 2026 · 1:27:57
Adam and Josh catch up with the summer's surprise hit Obsession , the “monkey’s paw” update from YouTube creator turned first-time feature-director Curry…
Jun 10, 2026 · 37:42
From amps cranked up to eleven, to the sweet, soulful harmonies of a dynamic rhythm and blues revival, Adam and Josh count down their Top 5 (Fictional) Movie Bands. Unlock the…
Jun 9, 2026 · 1:29:41
Matt and Jordan review Netflix's massive true crime tabloid horror hit, The Crash , a direct-to-streaming look at the tragic Mackenzie Sherilla case. Jordan walks away feeling…
Jun 8, 2026 · 37:44
Adam and Josh continue Filmspotting’s Dissident Cinema Marathon with Akira Kurosawa’s 1946 drama No Regrets for Our Youth . Released in the immediate aftermath of…
Jun 5, 2026 · 1:17:52
Adam and Josh step into the uncanny world of eerie, empty spaces to ask whether 2026 is the year of liminal horror. First up: YouTube curiosity turned box office phenom Backrooms…
Jun 3, 2026 · 34:04
From the manic, diaper-stealing chaos of the American Southwest, to the timeless charm of a classic fairy tale, Adam and Josh count down their Top 5 Films of 1987. Unlock the…
Jun 2, 2026 · 1:43:37
Matt and Jordan review Prime Video’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War , a straight-to-streaming title they are branding "movie Toferky." For Rec Seg, the duo finds…
Jun 1, 2026 · 1:09:05
In anticipation of Disclosure Day , Steven Spielberg’s two most beloved alien films face off in the inaugural Filmspotting Movie Death Match. Representing Close Encounters…
May 29, 2026 · 1:36:26
Vulture critic Roxana Hadadi joins Adam to break down the first theatrical Star Wars feature in eight years, The Mandalorian and Grogu . They discuss whether its wall-to-wall…
May 27, 2026 · 32:46
From the suffocating tension of open-ocean survival and alcohol-fueled marital warfare, to the isolated terrors of demonic cabins and haunted bedrooms, Adam and Josh break down…
May 26, 2026 · 1:29:23
Matt and Jordan punch their tickets to an alternate reality to review Ladies First , the new Netflix comedy starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike. They break down the…
May 22, 2026 · 1:25:28
Adam sits down with legendary actor Tony Leung ( In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express ) to discuss his brilliant career and his new starring role in Ildiko Enyedi’s…
May 20, 2026 · 44:55
From the timeless, unadorned perfection of early cinematic icons to the textured, battle-tested tactical gear of modern blockbusters, Adam and Josh (and some special guests)…
May 19, 2026 · 1:24:02
In the first installment of a semi-regular series, Matt and Jordan take a break from reviewing a single film in order to interrogate an entire streaming platform: the industry…
May 15, 2026 · 1:20:01
15 years after its release, Adam and Josh return to the 1950s Waco of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life . They discuss Malick’s bold attempt to voice the divine,…
May 14, 2026 · 37:23
Adam and Josh review Sophy Romvari’s debut feature Blue Heron , a semi-autobiographical "memory piece" that follows a Hungarian immigrant family on Vancouver Island in the…
May 13, 2026 · 30:46
From the outlaw poetry of Badlands to the cosmic spirituality of The Tree of Life , this week's Archive episode has Adam and Josh counting down the five most indelible moments…
May 12, 2026 · 1:49:41
This week, Matt and Jordan flip for the conch to discuss the BBC’s new four-part adaptation of The Lord of the Flies , now streaming on Netflix. The duo dives deep into…
May 11, 2026 · 43:06
Adam and Josh continue Filmspotting’s Dissident Cinema Marathon with its second entry, Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City . Made in the immediate aftermath of Nazi…
May 8, 2026 · 1:46:23
Meryl Streep is back as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada 2 , and what better way to pay tribute to the best to ever do it than with a Top 5 devoted exclusively to her?…
May 7, 2026 · 41:18
Adam and Josh discuss how The Devil Wears Prada 2 softens Miranda Priestly’s edges and why, despite mealy‑mouthed social commentary, the legacy sequel mostly works as…
May 6, 2026 · 49:38
As the 2019 edition of Madness – Best of the 2000s wrapped up, Adam and Josh took a break from the heavy hitters to highlight the gems that didn't make the 64-film bracket,…
May 5, 2026 · 1:34:41
Matt and Jordan see if Netflix’s massive rom-com hit People We Meet on Vacation (starring "generational talent" Emily Bader) lives up to its 50-million-stream hype. Does…
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