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Filmspotting

Filmspotting

Weekly film podcast and WBEZ radio show from Chicago featuring in-depth reviews, top 5 lists and interviews. Hosted by Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen. Part of the Panoply Network.

Episodes

20 of 236 episodes

You Can See Everything, plus Wildwood and Fjord | #1088

Open your eyes.

106:44Nov 6, 2026

Direct to Camera, Pt. 1 — Real Life (1979)

Albert Brooks's ahead-of-its-time mockumentary.

58:36Nov 5, 2026

Double Indemnity | Archive

The ballad of Walter and Phyllis (and Walter and Barton).

31:33Nov 4, 2026

The Godzilla Show! | SVU

Skreeeee-eeeeeongk!

111:15Nov 3, 2026

The Third Man vs. Touch of Evil with Matt Gourley and Anne Thompson | Movie Death Match

The many faces of Orson Welles.

72:32Nov 2, 2026

Hoop Dreams (1994) with Samantha N. Sheppard | Field of Scenes

The basketball film that changed the game.

64:58Nov 1, 2026

Wes Craven’s Scream at 30 | #1087

The 1996 meta-horror movie understands the rules.

88:40Oct 30, 2026

Zuck Dynasty, Pt. 2 — The Social Reckoning

Sorkin's follow-up to "The Social Network" goes astray.

62:54Oct 29, 2026

The Exorcist (1973) | Archive

What an excellent day for an exorcism.

36:25Oct 28, 2026

Campy and Creeping Dread Horror, plus The Movies That (De)Formed Us | SVU

There’s a clown under the bed.

92:36Oct 27, 2026

"There is a distinct difference between suspense and surprise" with Bilge Ebiri | The Movie Racket

The bomb under the table.

54:13Oct 26, 2026

Sense & Sensibility (2026), plus Fatherland and Whalefall | #1086

A new way to Austen.

93:27Oct 23, 2026

Zuck Dynasty, Pt. 1 — The Social Network

It's not because you're a nerd.

65:32Oct 22, 2026

Top 5 Sofia Coppola Scenes | Archive

Does it get easier?

28:08Oct 21, 2026

Apple TV’s Matchbox The Movie Is a Movie For No One, plus Slow-Burn Horror Movies | SVU

The Mattel Corp. follows up Barbie with not-Barbie.

94:13Oct 20, 2026

"I wonder what percent of people ever actually encounter a work of art that changes them" with Manohla Dargis | The Movie Racket

Can a movie really change your life?

57:51Oct 19, 2026

Fall Movie Preview and The Social Reckoning | #1085

With the fall film festival season (mostly) in the rearview and release dates set through the end of the year, Adam and Josh hold a Fall Mov...

105:56Oct 16, 2026

Trial By Media, Pt. 2 — Primetime | Next Picture Show

Primetime is a far-from-straightforward take on a true story, using the mid-aughts TV phenomenon To Catch a Predator and especially its host...

61:23Oct 15, 2026

Top 5 of 1991 | Archive

Hasta la vista, baby.

28:08Oct 14, 2026

Is Prime’s Carrie Remake Too Much of a Good Thing? | SVU

Mike Flanagan’s limited series adaptation of the King classic.

99:01Oct 13, 2026