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About Adam (and Matty)

Matty Robinson lives in Garbo-esque seclusion in greater Hammond, Indiana.

If you want to know more about Adam, here are some tidbits Filmspotting listeners wanted to know... and other stuff.

Education
B.A., English - Grinnell College (1997)
B.A., Communication/Film Studies - U. of Iowa (1998)
M.A., Journalism - U. of Iowa (2005)

Day job
Web Producer

Family
Wife, Sarah and three kids - Holden, Sophie and Quinn.

How Filmspotting started
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Film experience
I made short films as an MFA student at Columbia College Chicago from 1998-99. You can check one out here. Otherwise, I started writing reviews as the film critic for The Daily Iowan (2000-02) and hosted a weekly film talk show at the U. of Iowa called "Burn Hollywood Burn." I also previously published a movie blog called "Cinemascoped."

Places I've lived
Grinnell, IA (born and went to college)
Newton, IA
London, England (Study abroad)
Iowa City, IA
Chicago, IL

How many movies I see per year
150-175

All-time favorite movies
The Godfather I and II, Chinatown, Raging Bull, All The President's Men, Annie Hall and Fletch.