Filmspotting

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Family Bonus #48: Filmspotting Madness - Best of the '50s Preview

February 19, 2024  /  Adam Kempenaar

With the play-in round of Filmspotting Madness - Best of the ‘50s starting this week and the first round only a week away, Adam, Josh, and producer Sam fired up Zoom for a chat with members of the Filmspotting Advisory Board, giving them a first glance at the tourney’s top 20 seeds. What resulted was a very thoughtful discussion that threw the existing bracket into some disarray. Also on the agenda: finalizing titles for our 2024 Marathons.

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categories / Bonus, 2024
tags / madness, marathon
categories / Bonus, 2023
tags / marathon, golden brick

#936: Dazed and Confused at 30, I Am Not A Witch (African Cinema #5)

September 15, 2023  /  Betty Lavandero

Just keep l-i-v-i-n’.

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categories / Marathon, Sacred Cow, 2023
tags / marathon, sacred cow, polls, african

#935: Midnight Run at 35, Yeelen (African Cinema #4)

September 08, 2023  /  Betty Lavandero

Is the beloved ‘80s action comedy a sacred cow or a false idol? 

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categories / 2023, Marathon, Sacred Cow
tags / pantheon, sacred cow, massacre theatre, marathon, african

#934: Fall Movie Preview, Touki Bouki (African Cinema Marathon #3)

September 01, 2023  /  Betty Lavandero

Films from Scorsese, Coppola, Fincher, and more, populate a “Dune”-less season.

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categories / Marathon, 2023
tags / top 5, questions, polls, marathon, african

#931: Mailbag (Oppenheimer, Actor-Director Duos), Black Girl (African Cinema #2)

August 11, 2023  /  Betty Lavandero

Feedback, Friedkin, and a film that made Sight & Sound’s Top 100 Poll.

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categories / 2023, Marathon
tags / marathon, massacre theatre, mailbag, african

#910: '23 Oscars Special w/ Michael Phillips and '60s Madness Rd. 1

March 03, 2023  /  Betty Lavandero

Who will win, who should win - and who should have been nominated.

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categories / 2023
tags / oscars, madness, marathon, michael phillips

#889: Blonde / Double Indemnity (Stanwyck #6) / Hockeyland

September 16, 2022  /  Betty Lavandero

Andrew Dominik's Marilyn Monroe tale is nightmarish and reductive. That's not necessarily a bad thing.

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categories / 2022, Marathon
tags / marathon, barbara stanwyck

#888: Three Thousand Years of Longing / Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul / Ball of Fire (Stanwyck #5)

September 01, 2022  /  Betty Lavandero

Getting on George Miller’s wavelength.


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categories / 2022, Marathon
tags / george miller, marathon, barbara stanwyck

#886: Bodies Bodies Bodies / Meet John Doe (Stanwyck #4)

August 19, 2022  /  Betty Lavandero

Halina Reijn’s well-cast horror satire has real bite.


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categories / 2022, Marathon
tags / a24, marathon, barbara stanwyck, michael phillips

#883: Nope / The Gray Man / The Lady Eve (Stanwyck #3)

July 29, 2022  /  Betty Lavandero

The prophetic voice of Jordan Peele.

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categories / 2022, Marathon
tags / barbara stanwyck, marathon, jordan peele

#880: Stanwyck #1 - Baby Face (1933) / 1930s Starter Pack

July 01, 2022  /  Betty Lavandero

The Barbara Stanwyck marathon kicks off with a provocative precode gem.

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categories / 2022, Marathon
tags / marathon, barbara stanwyck, rev, polls

#877: Top 5 Films of the Year So Far / Keaton Marathon Awards (Live in Chicago)

June 09, 2022  /  Betty Lavandero

Consensus on 2022's best film.


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categories / 2022, Marathon
tags / top 5, buster keaton, marathon, live show, golden brick

#874: Men / The General (Keaton #4)

May 20, 2022  /  Betty Lavandero

Brainy sci-fi specialist Alex Garland gets biblical.


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categories / 2022, Marathon
tags / buster keaton, alex garland, marathon, a24, sight and sound 2022

#871: The Northman / Sherlock, Jr. (Buster Keaton #3)

April 29, 2022  /  Betty Lavandero

Robert Eggers’ bold and bloody Viking epic.

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categories / 2022, Marathon
tags / buster keaton, robert eggers, marathon, sight and sound 2022

#863: The Batman / Our Hospitality (Keaton #2) / Madness Rd. 1

March 04, 2022  /  Betty Lavandero

Matt Reeves brings the goth to Gotham City.

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categories / Marathon, 2022
tags / buster keaton, pattinson, batman, marathon, matt reeves, maitland, madness

#862: Buster Keaton #1 - The Shorts / Filmspotting Madness

February 25, 2022  /  Betty Lavandero

A quartet of Keaton two-reelers kicks off the Buster Keaton Marathon.

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categories / Marathon, 2022
tags / buster keaton, marathon, madness, 1970s