Filmspotting #166: Paris, Je T'aime / Gun Crazy / Top 5 Actors We'd Cast In Our Movie

June 29: Much of the new collaborative film "Paris, Je T'aime" is, appropriately, in French. And if you haven't seen the film, Adam and Sam's review may sound a lot like watching a foreign language film... without subtitles. With 18 love stories in 18 Paris neighborhoods from 18+ writer/directors, a coherent conversation about "Paris" proved to be a difficult juggling act. But with a film that pits the Coen Brothers against Tom Tykwer and Alexander Payne against Alfonso Cuaron, it might just be a conversation worth navigating.

Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre, the fourth movie in our Film Noir Marathon, "Gun Crazy," and the Top 5 Actors We'd Cast In Our Movie.

Music by The Winter Sounds courtesy of Livewire Recordings.

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Filmspotting #166
:22-18:14 - Review: "Paris Je T'aime"
Music: The Winter Sounds, "Windy City Nights"
19:14-23:47 - Poll Questions
23:48-31:23 - Listener Feedback (Top 5 Journalism Movies)
Music: The Winter Sounds, "Static in the Whole"
31:56-35:23 - Notes, New DVDs, Donations
35:24-37:44 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Erika Calvert)
37:45-49:34 - Noir Marathon #4: "Gun Crazy"
Music: The Winter Sounds, "Poor Sailors"
50:13-1:01:50 - Top 5: Actors We'd Cast In Our Movie
1:01:51-1:03:43 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes

CORRECTIONS/NOTES
- You can watch listener Ben Yackshaw's short "Nine Minute Love Song" on YouTube.

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Filmspotting #165: A Mighty Heart / Michael Winterbottom / Top 5 Journalism Movies

June 22: A week after lightly criticizing Filmspotting favorite Steven Soderbergh's new film "Ocean's Thirteen," Adam gets a chance to speak with another luminary in the Filmspotting universe, director Michael Winterbottom. Listen attentively as Adam does what no journalist has done since the director began work on his adaptation of Mariane Pearl's "A Mighty Heart": spend 15 minutes with Winterbottom without asking once about star Angelina Jolie or producer/husband Brad Pitt. Also on the show... Adam and Sam rate the return of Jolie as a 'serious actress' with their review of "A Mighty Heart."

Plus: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre and -- in honor of "A Mighty Heart" and the late Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl -- our Top 5 Journalism Movies.

Music by Gore Gore Girls from their new album "Get The Gore" courtesy of Bloodshot Records.

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Filmspotting #165
:22-15:28 - Review: "A Mighty Heart"
Music: Gore Gore Girls, "Fox in a Box"
15:58-31:49 - Interview: Michael Winterbottom
Music: Gore Gore Girls, "Voodoo"
32:17-36:06 - Notes, New DVDs, Donations
36:07-38:31 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Michael Botts)
38:32-43:09 - Listener Feedback (Once), Polls
43:10-49:02 - Feedback cont. Top 5 Music Movies
49:03-50:07 - Audio Feedback
Music: Gore Gore Girls, "You Lied To Me Before"
50:37-1:06:05 - Top 5: Journalism Movies
1:06:06-1:07:38 - Close/Next Show

CORRECTIONS/NOTES

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Filmspotting #164: Ocean's Thirteen / Once / Out of the Past / Top 5 Music Movies

June 15: Since following up his twin Oscar nominations [and Best Director win] in 2000 with the blockbuster "Ocean's Eleven," Steven Soderbergh has stayed busy but failed to reach those same early millennium artistic and box office highs. The big-budget "Ocean's Thirteen," like its predecessor "Ocean's Twelve," follows two films that seemed to satisfy Soderbergh's film-geek curiosity -- the digital art project "Bubble" and the homage to classic Hollywood cinema "The Good German", just as "Ocean's Twelve" was preceeded by the digital art project "Full Frontal" and a remake of Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky's "Solaris." Maybe making the "Ocean's" franchise is how a guy like Soderbergh relaxes. A lot of fans of "Ocean's Eleven" were let down by the lightweight sequel. Will a return to Vegas return Soderbergh and company to the audience's good graces? Adam and Sam weigh in.

Also on the show, a review of "Once," winner of the World Dramatic Audience Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The low-budget musical romance has audiences swooning. Will Adam and Sam dare to stand in the way of what is fast becoming one of the most beloved films of the year?

Plus: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre, the third film in Filmspotting's Film Noir Marathon, "Out of the Past," and -- in honor of "Once" -- our Top 5 Movies About Music.

Music by Fever Marlene from their new album "Civil War."

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Filmspotting #164
:22-11:55 - Review: "Ocean's Thirteen"
11:56-22:37 - Review: "Once"
Music: Fever Marlene, "Red Fire"
23:07-29:43 - Personal Notes, Polls
29:44-35:48 - Listener Feedback (Knocked Up, Opposites Attract)
Music: Fever Marlene, "We Are All Colors"
36:14-39:31 - New DVDs, Donations
39:32-42:17 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Ailyn Renteria)
42:18-52:44 - Noir Marathon #3: Out of the Past
Music: Fever Marlene, "Melodies in Four"
53:35-1:07:06 - Top 5: Movies About Music
1:07:07-1:08:29 - Close/Next Show/No outtake

CORRECTIONS/NOTES
- Live in Eastern Iowa? Come hear Adam talk about podcasting on June 29 at The Bookmark Cafe.
- Check out a picture of Adam's newborn son, Quinn.
- The next film in our Noir Marathon is actually "Gun Crazy," not "The Asphalt Jungle" -- which we'll review in two weeks.

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Filmspotting #163: Knocked Up / Bug / Top 5 Opposites Attract Movies

June 1: "Knocked Up," writer/director Judd Apatow's follow-up to 2005's hilarious "The 40 Year-Old Virgin," burdens its portly, uncouth leading man Seth Rogen with a formidable task -- the "Virgin" sidekick doesn't just have to carry a movie for the first time (granted, with the help of Apatow regulars Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill and Jason Segel, among others), he also has to convince the audience that his sexy, put-together co-star Katherine Heigl could actually find him endearing. Does Rogen (and Apatow) succeed? Can a comedy that features a group of buddies developing pink eye after farting on each other's pillows actually prompt use of the word "profound"? Adam and guest host Scott Tobias from The Onion AV Club have your answers... and discuss William Friedkin's wacked-out, minimalist new film "Bug" starring Ashley Judd as a lonely barmaid who falls for a creepy former soldier (Michael Shannon) and becomes convinced that her run-down hotel room is teeming with insects. [Read Scott's review of "Knocked Up" here and his interview with Seth Rogen here.]

Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre and -- in honor of "Knocked Up" -- our Top 5 Opposites Attract Movies.

Music by Robert Pollard courtesy of Merge Records.

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Filmspotting #163
:22-13:00 - Review: "Knocked Up"
Music: Robert Pollard, "Love is Stronger Than Witchcraft"
13:30-26:26 - Review: "Bug"
Music: Robert Pollard, "Supernatural Car Lover"
26:50-30:04 - New DVDs, Donations
30:05-33:14 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Amy Fox)
33:15-44:59 - Polls, Listener Feedback (Pirates 3, 'Sea' Movies)
Music: Robert Pollard, "Dancing Girls and Dancing Men"
45:58-1:00:25 - Top 5: Opposites Attract Movies
1:00:26-1:03:05 - Close/Next Show/Pirates 3 Voicemails

CORRECTIONS/NOTES
- My goodness. Scott was right, of course. Seth Rogen discusses watching a woman have sex with a horse in "The 40 Year-Old Virgin." What was I thinking of -- the donkey in "Clerks 2"? I'm an idiot.

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