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Filmspotting 818 (03/19/21): Network (7 From '76) / Oscar Nominations / Laura ('40s Noir #3)
From: WBEZ
Caption: 'Network' (7 From '76) / 'Laura' ('40s Noir #3)
A primal scream from the post-Watergate American malaise, "Network" is a movie entirely of its time that manages to speak directly to ours. Adam an...

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 817 (03/12/21): Top 5 Movie Meals
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Top 5 Movie Meals
Inspired by the visually striking - and slyly funny - new documentary "The Truffle Hunters," Adam and Josh consider the greatest meals they've ever...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 816 (03/05/21): Taxi Driver (7 From ’76) / This Gun for Hire (40s Noir #2)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Taxi Driver (7 From ’76) / This Gun for Hire (40s Noir #2)
Set post-Vietnam in the Big Apple at its filthiest, Martin Scorsese's Best Picture-nominated "Taxi Driver" is very much of its time, but the film's...

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  • Added: Mar 05, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 815 (02/26/21): Top 5 Anthony Hopkins Performances
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Top 5 Anthony Hopkins Performances
A five-time Oscar nominee, Anthony Hopkins has played a Pope, a psychopath and the most loyal of butlers. He's also killed vampires, fought a bear ...

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  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 813 (02/12/21): Judas and the Black Messiah / The Letter (40s Noir #1)
From: WBEZ
Caption: 'Judas and the Black Messiah' / 'The Letter' (40s Noir #1)
The new Fred Hampton biopic "Judas and the Black Messiah" gives as much time to the FBI informant (Lakeith Stanfield) who infiltrates Hampton’s Bla...

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  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 812 (02/05/21): All The President’s Men (7 From ’76) / Malcolm & Marie
From: WBEZ
Caption: All the President's Men (1976) / Malcolm & Marie
It doesn’t take the investigative powers of a Woodward or Bernstein to pick up on the giddiness that Adam and Josh bring to their review of "All th...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Spectrum 01/21/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Close your eyes, open your heart, and join our experiment on music and emotions - What do you get when you mix three D...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Living Planet 08302019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Living Planet: Jumping in the green end - DW's Neil King, Gabriel Borrud and Vanessa Fischer drop by the studio to talk...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WRGY, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Filmspotting REVISITED (07/12/19): Top 5 Classic Rock Moments in Movies
From: WBEZ
Caption: Robert De Niro in 'Goodfellas' (1990)
Whether used ironically or to provide insight -- or just to make characters look really, really cool -- classic rock has been memorably employed by...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting REVISITED (07/05/19): Pulp Fiction (Sacred Cow review) / Top 5 of 1994
From: WBEZ
Caption: Samuel L. Jackson in Quentin Tarantino's classic film, 'Pulp Fiction'
Back in 2012, Josh was only a couple months into his role as new co-host, when Adam suggested the Best of '94 Top 5. The reconsideration of "Pulp F...

Bought by WRIR, KSRQ, GCR (Global Community Radio), KCPW Salt Lake City, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 05, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 735 (06/28/19): Top 5 Films of 2019 (So Far)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Elisabeth Moss in 'Her Smell'
Midway through the year, Adam and Josh run down their lists for the best films of 2019 (so far).

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 732 (06/07/19): Fight Club at 20 / Top 5 David Fincher Scenes
From: WBEZ
Caption: Edward Norton and Brad Pitt in David Fincher's 'Fight Club' (1999)
"Fight Club," the third film our 9From99 series, was initially met with lukewarm critical and box office response, but developed a cult following o...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 730 (05/24/19): Top 5 Films of 1979
From: WBEZ
Caption: Robert Duvall in 'Apocalypse Now' (1979)
John Hurt's exploding chest turns 40. Of the films celebrating 40th anniversaries in 2019, only Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" can really...

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  • Added: May 24, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 727 (05/03/19): Top 5 Summer Movie Questions / Donen #3 - Charade
From: WBEZ
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Marvel burnout. "Booksmart" hype. Will Smith's genie. Detective Pikachu. And of course the astonishingly worded "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & S...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KSRQ, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 03, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 723 (04/05/19): Top 5 Overlooked Films of the 2000s / Madness Final / Assassination of Jesse James (Sacred Cow review)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Brad Pitt in 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford' (2007)
As the 2019 edition of Filmspotting Madness comes to a close, Adam and Josh share some favorite titles that didn't make the 64-film bracket. Then, ...

Bought by WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSRQ, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 719 (03/08/19): Captain Marvel / Round 2 Filmspotting Madness (Best of the 2000s)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Brie Larson in 'Captain Marvel'
Marvel's first female-led feature is also one of its best. Indie duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck ("Half Nelson," "Sugar") were a surprising choice t...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 718 (03/01/19): Filmspotting Madness (Best of the 2000s) / Cassavetes #2 - A Woman Under the Influence
From: WBEZ
Caption: PRX default Piece image
64 films. Only one survives. Welcome to the Madness. In the 2018 edition of Filmspotting Madness -- Best of the 90s -- the championship round had ...

Bought by KTXK, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSRQ, WMUU-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Filmspotting 717 (02/22/19): Top 5 Movies About Suburbia (w/Jessica Harper) / Cassavetes #1 - Faces
From: WBEZ
Caption: Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton in 'Ordinary People'
Worse than a coven of witches? The 'Burbs. "Suspiria" star Jessica Harper has appeared in over 20 films since the mid-'70s, but she's also had a c...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 716 (02/15/19): The Matrix (9 from 1999), Top 5 Slow Motion Scenes (Since The Matrix)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Keanu Reeves in 'The Matrix' (1999)
For the second film in their "9 From '99" series, Adam and Josh reconsider the Wachowski Sisters' seminal sci-fi film, which, while a popular and c...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, WRIR, KSRQ, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 626 (03/17/17): Danny Boyle Interview, & He Shares His Top 5 Boyle Characters
From: WBEZ
Caption: Ewen Bremner, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle in 'T2 Trainspotting '
"Trainspotting" wasn't huge hit in its day, but the 1996 film made an impression on a generation of young film fans thanks to its visual flair, mem...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Filmspotting 624 (03/03/17): Get Out, Filmspotting Madness-Top 5 Pantheon Contenders, Remembering Bill Paxton
From: WBEZ
Caption: Daniel Kaluuya in Jordan Peele's 'Get Out'
Who needs to be told how great "The Godfather" is? Or "Citizen Kane"? Or, um... "Midnight Run"? That was the logic back in the earliest days of the...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Filmspotting 623 (02/24/17): 2017 Oscar Picks
From: WBEZ
Caption: 2017 Oscar Picks
This year’s Oscar ceremony is bound to get political, but how might Oscar voters send a message with their ballots? Adam and guest host Michael Phi...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Filmspotting 620 (02/03/17): 2017 Movie Preview, Oscar Talk, Sundance Recap
From: WBEZ
Caption: Denis Villeneuve's 'Blade Runner 2049'
The short version of Filmspotting's 2017 Movie Preview is easy: it starts with "Last" and ends with "Jedi." For a longer take, listen to this week'...

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Filmspotting Revisited (01/27/17): Interview with Barry Jenkins & Naomie Harris (Moonlight), La La Land review
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Barry Jenkins' 'Moonlight'
With its 14 Oscar nominations, the 2017 Best Picture Oscar seems ""La La Land’s" to lose. In the role of spoiler? The critically adored "Moonlight,...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WQCS, WRIR, KCMJ Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Filmspotting 619 (01/20/17): 2016 Wrap Party Live (Best Opening Scenes, Scenes of the Year, Funniest Scenes, Golden Brick Award & more)
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Michael Phillips, Josh Larsen & Adam Kempenaar at Filmspotting's 2016 Wrap Party Live
For Filmspotting's annual year-end Wrap Party, Adam, Josh and some very special guests set up camp on Chicago's South Side for a live show dedicate...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WQCS, WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNJR and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8