Filmspotting Podcast
1) Top 5 Movies Adapted From Iowa Writers – Live at Refocus Film Festival (#1042)
Back in October, Michael Phillips joined Adam at Iowa City’s Refocus Film Festival for a live recording of the Top 5 Movies Adapted From Iowa Writers. The town is home to the University of Iowa’s fame...Show More
2) Bonus: Ask Us Anything (Excerpt)
For November's Filmspotting Family bonus episode, Adam, Josh, and Producer Sam fielded a wide variety of questions from listeners, including how Josh ended up in Scotland, how Adam ended up (back) in ...Show More
3) Wicked: For Good Review, Train Dreams, Golden Brick Longlist (#1041)
Josh (a fan of last year’s "Wicked") and Adam (not a fan) review the sequel, WICKED: FOR GOOD, and try to get to the bottom of why it fails where the stage musical (mostly) succeeds. Plus, raves for C...Show More
4) The Running Man Review, Nouvelle Vague (#1040)
Director Edgar Wright’s latest, THE RUNNING MAN, is an update of the Schwarzenegger-starring ‘87 sci-fi action film (and the ‘82 Stephen King novella). Josh finds just enough to recommend it, but Adam...Show More
5) Bonus: The Next Picture Show’s 500th Episode
For this week's Archive episode, we celebrate our sister podcast's milestone by sharing their recently published 500th episode, which has hosts Scott Tobias, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski, and Keith...Show More
6) Bugonia Review, Die My Love, The Mastermind, It Was Just an Accident (#1039)
For their fourth film together, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone get weird and go bald in BUGONIA with Jesse Plemons as Stone’s conspiracy-obsessed kidnapper. Adam and Josh discuss, along with reviews ...Show More
7) From the Archive: Emma & Yorgos - The Favourite/Poor Things Reviews
With BUGONIA in theaters - and a review coming this Friday - we're sharing Filmspotting Archive reviews of Lanthimos and Stone's first two collaborations, 2018's THE FAVOURITE and 2023's POOR THINGS. ...Show More
8) Frankenstein Review, Hedda, Christy, Peter Hujar’s Day (#1038)
Adam and Josh split on Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN, but praise its star – not Oscar Isaac as the mad doctor, but Jacob Elordi’s soulful Creature. Also, reviews of Nia DaCosta’s Ibsen update HEDD...Show More
9) Tom Cruise Draft (Bonus Excerpt)
October's Filmspotting Family bonus episode was a Tom Cruise Movie Draft with Adam and Josh, Producer Sam, and listener Zach Cook. For the full draft and other benefits like the weekly newsletter, acc...Show More
10) Back to the Future (40th Anniv.), Deliver Me From Nowhere, Blue Moon, A House of Dynamite Reviews (#1037)
With BACK TO THE FUTURE back in theaters for its 40th anniversary, Adam and Josh take the opportunity to give it Sacred Cow consideration. Plus, reviews of the Bruce Springsteen biopic DELIVER ME FROM...Show More