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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...

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


  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 731 (05/31/19): Booksmart / Top 5 Female Friendships
From: WBEZ
Caption: Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein in 'Booksmart'
A raunchy/sweet comedy in the "Superbad" mold, Olivia Wilde's "Booksmart" mixes genre clichés and clever updates as it follows its high-achieving h...

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  • Added: May 31, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
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 729 (05/17/19): Top 5 Keanu Moments / John Wick 3
From: WBEZ
Caption: Keanu Reeves
Whether you love or hate the "John Wick" franchise -- or even if you're completely indifferent to it -- it has given us all the chance to appreciat...

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  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 728 (05/10/19): Chicago Critics Film Festival / Donen #4 - Two for the Road
From: WBEZ
Caption: Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney in Stanley Donen's 'Two for the Road'
Now in its 7th year, the Chicago Critics Film Festival prides itself on bringing the best of the fest circuit to Chicago. With 15 or so features th...

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  • Added: May 10, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 727 (05/03/19): Top 5 Summer Movie Questions / Donen #3 - Charade
From: WBEZ
Piece image
Marvel burnout. "Booksmart" hype. Will Smith's genie. Detective Pikachu. And of course the astonishingly worded "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & S...

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  • Added: May 03, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 726 (04/26/19): Avengers: Endgame / Beyoncé's Homecoming / Donen #2 - Funny Face
From: WBEZ
Caption: The MCU's 'Avengers: Endgame'
Can the MCU mothership stick the landing? After earning a probably undeserved reputation for being hard on the MCU, Adam and Josh return from thei...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 725 (04/19/19): Her Smell / Stanley Donen Marathon Pt 1 -- On the Town
From: WBEZ
Caption: Elisabeth Moss in 'Her Smell'
Elisabeth Moss smells like teen spirit. In Alex Ross Perry's "Her Smell," Elisabeth Moss gives a performance that, for Adam and Josh, evokes Gena ...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 724 (04/12/19): Claire Denis (interview) / High Life / Filmspotting Madness Champ
From: WBEZ
Caption: Filmmaker Claire Denis
The 70 year-old French director of "Beau Travail," "35 Shots of Rum" and last year's "Let the Sunshine In" is having a moment. After 30 years of cr...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 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, ...

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 722 (03/29/19): Dumbo / Final 4 Madness / Top 5 Movie Circus Acts
From: WBEZ
Caption: Tim Burton's 'Dumbo' (2019)
With Adam out of town, Michael Phillips joins Josh for a review of the new "Dumbo," plus Filmspotting Madness Final 4 matchups and the Top 5 Movie ...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Filmspotting 721 (03/22/19): Us / Elite 8 Filmspotting Madness / Cassavetes #4
From: WBEZ
Caption: Lupita Nyong'o, Evan Alex, and Shahadi Wright Joseph in Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Jordan Peele's "Get Out" was one of the defining films of 2017. A huge box office success early in the year, it went on to be nominated for Best Pi...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 720 (03/15/19): Transit / Sweet 16 Filmspotting Madness (Best of the 2000s) / Cassavetes #3 - A Woman Under the Influence
From: WBEZ
Caption: Paula Beer and Franz Rogowski in 'Transit'
German director Christian Petzold’s “Phoenix” was a “Vertigo”-inspired thriller set in the aftermath of the Holocaust. It received some of the best...

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • 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 ...

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  • 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...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 715 (02/08/19): The Lego Movie 2, Velvet Buzzsaw, Miss Bala
From: WBEZ
Caption: 'The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part'
"The Lego Movie" was Josh's #1 film of 2014. Dan Gilroy's "Nightcrawler" made Adam's Top 10 of the same year. Five years later, Emmet Brickowski an...

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
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 625 (03/10/17): Logan, Filmspotting Madness
From: WBEZ
Caption: Hugh Jackman in 'Logan'
The tale of the once-great gunslinger forced out of retirement for one more job is a familiar one, but not one we’ve seen adopted by the superhero ...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
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 622 (02/17/17): John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, The Lego Batman
From: WBEZ
Caption: Keanu Reeves in 'John Wick: Chapter 2'
When the Keanu Reeves revenge tale "John Wick" opened back in 2014, it made a modest $80 million at the box office. But in the couple years since i...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 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

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