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

Shut the f*ck up, Donnie, it’s the Dude’s birthday.

The many and varied expressions of onscreen male friendship.

Coppola’s ’72 masterpiece is perfect and here’s why.

Loneliness, desire and playacting in Wong Kar Wai’s 2000 masterpiece.

Alan J. Pakula’s Best Picture nominee remains a thrilling marriage of craft and ensemble acting.

Director Sean Durkin returns with his first film since "Martha Marcy May Marlene"—and Chantal Akerman's '75 masterpiece.

The technical brilliance - and bracing relevance - of Spielberg's early masterpiece.

After getting bounced from the Best of the 90s Filmspotting Madness tourney, the Coen Brothers' third feature gets the Sacred Cow treatment.

Adam and Michael Phillips celebrate "Casablanca's" 75th anniversary with a Sacred Cow review. Plus, the Filmspotting Madness Final Four is revealed.

Adam, Josh, and Sam consider how THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS holds up 15 years after its release.

With the divisive "American Sniper" a surprise awards season success, Filmspotting takes a trip back a couple of decades for a Sacred Cow review of Clint Eastwood’s Best Picture-winning UNFORGIVEN.

Adam and Josh close out Satyajit Ray's "Apu Trilogy" – but fortunately not their exploration of Ray's work – with a discussion of THE UNVANQUISHED (1957) and THE WORLD OF APU (1959).

Adam and Josh discuss the first film in their (long-awaited) Satyajit Ray Marathon – Ray's breathtaking and heartbreaking 1955 debut, PATHER PANCHALI.

Josh and Adam share results from their listener poll about their favorite Sam Rockwell performance, plus Adam's quick chat with the actor about his new movie, "A Single Shot."

Open the pod bay doors. Michael Phillips fills in for Adam on this week's mission: the Sacred Cow review of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Plus, the Top 5 Stanley Kubrick Scenes.

On a whim, Josh and Adam stumble off a train together to see where things go with a (long) discussion of BEFORE MIDNIGHT. Then Filmspotting pops into a smoky Parisian cafe to share the Top 5 Americans Abroad.

In 1988, our action heroes looked like Sly Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger... then we met a barefoot Bruce Willis.

Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) plays the role of Belloq for this 'Sacred Cow' discussion of Steven Spielberg's action-adventure classic "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

Bring out the gimp... Inspired by this week's Top 5 Films of 1994, Adam and Josh revisit Quentin Tarantino's classic "Pulp Fiction" to see if it remains a great movie, or a lesser movie that's a captive of its time.

Malick, always you wrestle inside us. Always you will...

Special guest Dana Stevens from Slate.com and the Slate Culture Gabfest joins Adam to discuss the new "Jane Eyre" and the 35th Anniversary release of "Taxi Driver." Plus, our Top 5 Robert De Niro Scenes. Yes, we're talking to you. No, that scene didn't make the cut. Sorry.

Filmspotting tackles the "other" Facebook movie with a discussion of the new documentary "Catfish."

Had the weirdest dream last night. Want to hear it?

To help you navigate the local multiplex this weekend, Filmspotting offers up a triptych of reviews.