Filmspotting
By Filmspotting
Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).
Episodes (8)
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Introducing : Cultivating H.E.R. Space Podcast | We Ride at Dawn: Ways We Show Up for Our Sisters with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford | Network Drop
Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, founder of Therapy for Black Girls and author of *Sisterhood Heals*, delivers a powerful, intimate conversation on the sacredness of Black female sisterhood—how it’s rooted in ancestral resilience, manifests in everyday acts of care, a
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Jack Ryan: Ghost War - A Simulacrum of Cinema | SVU
Jack Ryan: Ghost War isn’t just a bad movie—it’s a corporate ghost, a hollow simulacrum that mistakes explosions for storytelling and spectacle for substance. Matt Singer and Jordan Hoffman deliver a scathing indictment, calling it a 'Xerox of a Xerox' that ab
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Top 5 Films of 1987 | Archive
In a nostalgic deep dive, Film Spotting revisits its 2016 archive episode ranking the top five films of 1987—just in time for the release of Travis Knight’s new Masters of the Universe. Host Adam, solo for the night, kicks off with a mix of self-aware humor an
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Netflix’s The Crash is an Ethical Sinkhole | SVU
Netflix’s The Crash isn’t just a true crime documentary—it’s a calculated ethical breach that weaponizes grief for algorithmic gain. Jordan Hoffman and Matt Singer dismantle the film’s exploitative architecture, revealing how it repackages a 17-year-old girl’s
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Top 5 Movie Bands | Archive
The Filmspotting team revisits a 2014 archive episode to rank their top five fictional movie bands, blending nostalgia, musical authenticity, and emotional resonance. The list kicks off with Hedwig and the Angry Inch — a transgender rock frontwoman whose raw,
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Obsession and Power Ballad: Be Careful What You Wish For | #1068
The film *Obsession* isn’t just a horror movie—it’s a psychological mirror held up to modern romance, emotional repression, and the terrifying cost of desire. At its core, the film explores what happens when a man’s unspoken crush is granted literal, supernatu
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Z: Costa-Gavras’s Jolting Anti-Fascist Thriller | Dissident Cinema
Costa-Gavras’s 1969 political thriller Z is not just a film—it’s a manifesto. Framed as a docudrama about a fictional assassination in an unnamed European country, the movie weaponizes its raw, handheld style and jarring editing to simulate the chaos of real p
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HBO’s Miss You Love You Belongs On Stage | SVU
HBO Max’s Miss You, Love You isn’t just a quiet film—it’s a defiant act of emotional honesty in an era of algorithmic noise. Centered on a grieving widow (Allison Janney) and her estranged son’s assistant (Andrew Runnels), the film unfolds almost entirely in o
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