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

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

 

#64

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 l... more

05 Dec 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:49

05 Dec 2025


#63

Bonus: Ask Us Anything (Excerpt)

For November's Filmspotting Family bonus episode, Adam, Josh, and Producer Sam fielded a w... more

04 Dec 2025

19 MINS

19:07

04 Dec 2025


#62

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... more

26 Nov 2025

2 HR 09 MINS

2:09:53

26 Nov 2025


#61

The Running Man Review, Nouvelle Vague (#1040)

Director Edgar Wright’s latest, THE RUNNING MAN, is an update of the Schwarzenegger-starri... more

21 Nov 2025

1 HR 51 MINS

1:51:50

21 Nov 2025


#60

The Next Picture Show’s 500th Episode

We celebrate our sister podcast's milestone by sharing their recently published 500th epis... more

20 Nov 2025

1 HR 28 MINS

1:28:11

20 Nov 2025


#59

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 B... more

14 Nov 2025

2 HR 05 MINS

2:05:19

14 Nov 2025


#58

Emma & Yorgos - The Favourite/Poor Things Reviews (Archive)

With BUGONIA in theaters – and our review dropping soon – we're sharing archive reviews of... more

12 Nov 2025

30 MINS

30:52

12 Nov 2025


#57

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 ... more

07 Nov 2025

1 HR 46 MINS

1:46:10

07 Nov 2025


#56

Tom Cruise Draft (Bonus Excerpt)

October's Filmspotting Family bonus episode was a Tom Cruise Movie Draft with Adam and Jos... more

06 Nov 2025

22 MINS

22:12

06 Nov 2025


#55

Back to the Future Review (40th Anniv.), Deliver Me From Nowhere, Blue Moon, A House of Dynamite (#1...

With BACK TO THE FUTURE back in theaters for its 40th anniversary, Adam and Josh take the ... more

31 Oct 2025

2 HR 05 MINS

2:05:00

31 Oct 2025


#54

Night of the Living Dead ('68) Review (Archive)

Just in time for Halloween, this week's archive episode is Adam and Josh's 2017 Sacred Cow... more

22 Oct 2025

39 MINS

39:47

22 Oct 2025


#53

Top 5 Robert Redford Movies, Chicago Int'l Film Fest Preview (#1036)

When Robert Redford died last month at 89, he left behind a formidable legacy as an actor,... more

17 Oct 2025

1 HR 52 MINS

1:52:42

17 Oct 2025


#52

Top 5 Actor-Director Duos We’d Like To See, The Smashing Machine Review (#1035)

Inspired by Leonardo DiCaprio’s long-hoped-for recent collaboration with Paul Thomas Ander... more

10 Oct 2025

1 HR 50 MINS

1:50:27

10 Oct 2025


#51

All the President's Men (Archive)

Next week on the show, Adam and Josh will honor the passing of Robert Redford with their T... more

08 Oct 2025

46 MINS

46:50

08 Oct 2025


#50

One Battle After Another Review, Predators (#1034)

Paul Thomas Anderson is back in a big way with ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Adam and Josh hav... more

03 Oct 2025

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:39

03 Oct 2025


#49

Inception (Archive)

With Leonardo DiCaprio back on the big screen in PTA's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, we're sha... more

01 Oct 2025

43 MINS

43:28

01 Oct 2025


#48

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Review, PTA Decades (#1033)

Adam and Josh review the latest from Columbus and After Yang director Kogonada, A BIG BOLD... more

26 Sep 2025

1 HR 22 MINS

1:22:28

26 Sep 2025


#47

Magnolia (Archive)

With PTA's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER coming to theaters this weekend, we're sharing Adam an... more

24 Sep 2025

43 MINS

43:02

24 Sep 2025


#46

5 Years / 5 Movies, Spinal Tap II, The History of Sound, RIP Robert Redford (#1032)

A Top 5 worthy of Rob Gordon and crew. You get five movies, but they must be from a consec... more

19 Sep 2025

2 HR 03 MINS

2:03:51

19 Sep 2025


#45

Almost Famous (Archive)

Cameron Crowe's ALMOST FAMOUS turns 25 this fall, so we dig into the archive for a 2018 Sa... more

17 Sep 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:36

17 Sep 2025


#44

GoodFellas Review, Lurker, The Roses (#1031)

Adam and Josh enter the Pantheon for a welcome revisit of Martin Scorsese’s 1990 masterpie... more

12 Sep 2025

1 HR 35 MINS

1:35:39

12 Sep 2025


#43

Columbus with Kogonada, Pather Panchali with Dana Stevens at Filmspotting Fest (#1030)

To celebrate 20 years of the show, we hosted Filmspotting Fest in March – six films over t... more

05 Sep 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:31

05 Sep 2025


#42

The Breakfast Club (Archive)

The definitive '80s high school movie is 40 and back in theaters. Adam and Josh gave it th... more

03 Sep 2025

48 MINS

48:58

03 Sep 2025


#41

Highest 2 Lowest Review, Jaws Review, Weapons Feedback (#1029)

For their fifth collaboration, HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reimagine... more

29 Aug 2025

2 HR 29 MINS

2:29:39

29 Aug 2025