FS Fix: Richard Linklater's Boyhood
Richard Linklater's BOYHOOD was twelve years in the making... Before taking off for a little post-500th episode R&R, Josh and Adam gave it well more than 12 minutes for this Filmspotting Fix.
Read More#500 Live: Rian Johnson / Top 5 Films of FS Era
Michael Phillips from the Chicago Tribune, Slate's Dana Stevens and — via Skype from San Francisco — the newly anointed writer/director of STAR WARS VIII, Rian Johnson, join Adam and Josh for this special LIVE edition of Filmspotting recorded at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago on Saturday, July 26.
Read More#499: Snowpiercer / Top 5 Magic Realism Moments
With director Michel Gondry’s MOOD INDIGO currently in theatres and available on demand, Josh and Adam devote this week’s Top 5 to a subject that Gondry exploits to great effect, those moments when a director allows the rules of nature to be unseated by the fantastic.
Read More#498: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes / Top 5 Actors of the Future
Josh and Adam check in on the damned dirty apes of DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, the sequel to 2011's surprisingly successful — and surprisingly good — Apes restart. Plus, Filmspotting anoints the Top 5 Actors of the Future (2014 class).
Read More#497: Batman ('89) / Top 5 Films of 1989
Josh and Adam really carpe the diem this week: they find the holy grail, ask out Diane Cort and fake orgasms at the Carnegie Deli — all on the hottest day of the year in Bed-Stuy. Get a Sacred Cow review of Tim Burton's BATMAN, plus the Top 5 Films of 1989.
Read More#496: Top 5 Films of 2014 (So Far) / The Rover
At the midway point of the moviegoing year, Josh and Adam try their best to be master list builders. Plus, a review of David Michod's bleak THE ROVER, starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson.
Read More#495: Night Moves / Top 5 Pacific Northwest Movies
Adam and Josh discuss director Kelly Reichardt’s NIGHT MOVES with Jesse Eisenberg, and also do some location scouting for this week’s Top 5 — Pacific Northwest Movies — while having some pie and, excuse me, a damn fine cup of coffee.
Read More#494: The Immigrant / Top 5 Immigrant Movies
Josh and Michael Phillips leave the Five Points for an exploration of immigration in the movies. They’ve got a review of James Gray’s THE IMMIGRANT and their Top 5 Immigrant Movies.
Read More#493: Maleficent / Top 5 Disney Villains
Josh and The Dissolve’s Tasha Robinson may have to wait until Prince Adam returns in a week or two to lift the curse Tasha just put on this week’s Top 5: Disney Villains. Plus, the hosts weigh in on Angelina Jolie's interpretation of one of those classic Disney villains, MALEFICENT.
Read More#492: X-Men: Days of Future Past / Cannes / Top 5 Movie Teams
Josh and Michael put aside their petty differences for the good of humanity — and the show — when they share their Top 5 Movie Teams. Plus, Michael's report from Cannes and a review of X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST.
Read More#491: Godzilla / Top 5 Movie Tattoos / The Double
Don’t tell their wives, but after taping this show, Josh and Adam split a bottle of Jack Daniels and got ink for all of the picks that made this week’s Top 5: Movie Tattoos (That We’d Get). Plus, Larsen Recommends THE DOUBLE starring Jesse Eisenberg and critic David Ehrlich phones in to rave about GODZILLA.
Read More#490: Locke / Top 5 Car Scenes
Josh and Adam celebrate their Top 5 Car Scenes by lip syncing all of Queen’s "Bohemian Rhapsody." Plus, a review of LOCKE starring Tom Hardy... and his SUV.
Read More#489: 2014 Summer Movie Preview / Blue Ruin
Adam's Top Most Anticipated Summer Movies boasts a collective budget that might cover a week of catering on the set of "Transformers: Age of Extinction." Does Josh go for a little more mainstream fare?
Read More#488: Top 5 Films of 1991 / My Own Private Idaho
Adam and Josh go back to their high school days for a countdown of the Top 5 Films of 1991, inspired by a Sacred Cow discussion of Gus Van Sant's Shakespeare-inspired MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO.
Read More#487: Only Lovers Left Alive / Top 5 Things From Space
Filmspotting comes in peace, even if its Top 5 list does not. Your hosts consider their favorite cinematic Things From Space (That Came To Destroy Us). Plus, a review of Jim Jarmusch's latest starring Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as a centuries-old vampire couple, ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, and Josh's thoughts on UNDER THE SKIN.
Read More#486: Top 5 Performances by Non-Professionals / Joe
Filmspotting has been making radio for almost 10 years as amateurs, so Adam and Josh should have an insight or two on the folks who make their Top 5 Performances by Non-Professionals.
Read More#485: Top 5 Desert Island Directors / David Gordon Green & Tye Sheridan / Jonathan Glazer
Which five directors’ filmographies would best distract them from a lifetime of isolation and solitude?
Read More#484: Nymphomaniac / Top 5 Sex-Obsessed Characters / Captain America: Winter Soldier
Michael and Josh try to avoid embarrassing flashbacks to their adolescence when they get into this week’s Top 5: Sex-Obsessed Characters, inspired by the new film from Lars Von Trier — NYMPHOMANIAC.
Read More#483: Noah / Top 5 Movie Boats
Hope you’ve got your sea legs for this week’s show as Josh and Michael Phillips count down their Top 5 Movie Boats, a list inspired by the first famous boat — Noah’s Ark, which returns to movie screens in Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH with Russell Crowe.
Read More#482: Enemy / Top 5 Actor-Director Pairs / Muppets Muppets Most Wanted
Jake Gyllenhaal tests his acting chops against... Jake Gyllenhaal, in the new psychological thriller ENEMY, Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up to 2013's PRISONERS. Plus, Josh and Michael present their choices in this week's TOP 5: ACTOR-DIRECTOR PAIRS and discuss MUPPETS MOST WANTED.
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