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Filmspotting 611.5 (11/18/16): 2016 Golden Brick Preview Special
From: WBEZ
Caption: Royalty Hightower in Anna Rose Holmer's 'The Fits'
With Thanksgiving approaching, Adam and Josh give a shout out to some of the year's best overlooked movies. Along with the shortlist for the 2016 G...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Filmspotting 610 (11/04/16): Barry Jenkins and Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Doctor Strange, Tower
From: WBEZ
Caption: Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Barry Jenkins' 'Moonlight'
Director Barry Jenkins and playwright Tarell McCraney grew up in the same neighborhood in 1980s-era Miami. "Moonlight," based on an autobiographica...

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 609 (10/28/16): Top 5 Childhood Movie Scares (with guest Ti West), sacred cow review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in 'A Nightmare On Elm Street'
The clown under the bed. The shadow on the other side of the shower curtain. The elevator filled with blood. Scary movies make an impression -- and...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
Filmspotting 608 (10/21/16): Kelly Reichardt inteview, Certain Women
From: WBEZ
Caption: Kristen Stewart in Kelly Reichardt's 'Certain Women'
For certain film lovers, a new Kelly Reichardt film is an event. Spare and deliberately paced movies like "Wendy and Lucy" and "Meek's Cutoff" are ...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 607 (10/14/16): Conversation with Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrrupters)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Documentary director and producer, Steve James
Back in June, IDA and Chicago's Kartemquin Films invited Adam to host a career-spanning conversation with documentary filmmaker Steve James ("Hoop ...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
Filmspotting 606 (10/07/16): The Birth of a Nation, Top 5 Most Anticipated Films at the Chicago International Film Festival
From: WBEZ
Caption: Colman Domingo and Nate Parker in 'The Birth of a Nation' (2016)
Director Nate Parker came out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival in January with an award-winning debut film and talk of being an Oscar front-ru...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 605 (09/30/16): Top 5 Denzel Performances (with W. Kamau Bell), The Magnificent Seven
From: WBEZ
Caption: Denzel Washington in Spike Lee's biopic 'Malcolm X'
Denzel Washington has been nominated for an Oscar in every decade since the ‘80s. He’s been a consistently bankable star for just about that long, ...

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  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 604 (09/23/16): Top 5 Oliver Stones Scenes (with Matt Zoller Seitz)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Oliver Stone's 'Born on the Fourth of July'
In the 1980s and '90s, Oliver Stone was one of the most vital and high-profile directors working in Hollywood. "Platoon," "JFK," "Natural Born Kill...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 603 (09/16/16): Sully, Nordic Cinema Marathon Awards
From: WBEZ
Caption: Tom Hanks stars in 'Sully'
When a couple of American movie icons pair up, it’s sometimes a little surprising to realize that they’ve never worked together before. In the case...

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 602 (09/09/16): Gene Wilder, 'Young Frankenstein' (Sacred Cow Review), Top 5 Comedies of the 21st Century
From: WBEZ
Caption: Teri Garr, Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman in 'Young Frankenstein'
Earlier this year, the BBC polled movie critics worldwide for the best films of the 21st century. The resulting list -- the Top 100 of the new mill...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Filmspotting 601 (09/02/16): Morris From America, Remembering Gene Wilder, Southside with You, Little Men
From: WBEZ
Caption: Markees Christmas and Craig Robinson in 'Morris from America'
Single dad moves to Germany for work bringing his reluctant, rap-obsessed teen son along with him. The Sundance-friendly plot made comic drama "Mor...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 600 (08/26/16): Top 5 Movies Future Historians Will Remember w/ Chuck Klosterman
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Christopher Nolan's 'Inception'
Citizen Kane, Vertigo, The Godfather. 200 years from now, will anyone even remember these movies? Or are we currently overlooking the classics of t...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Filmspotting 598 (08/12/16): Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Top 5 Directors We'd Bankroll
From: WBEZ
Caption: Julian Dennison in 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople'
New Zealand director Taika Waititi got on a lot of people’s radars last year with his hilarious vampire mock documentary "What We Do in the Shadows...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Filmspotting 597 (08/05/16): Suicide Squad, Top 5 Women Comic Book Characters (Done Right)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in 'Suicide Squad'
Chicago critic and passionate comic-book fan Angelica Bastién joins Josh to consider DC's latest big-screen offering: "Suicide Squad," starring Wil...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Filmspotting 596 (07/29/16): The Fits, Star Trek Beyond, Nuts
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Royalty Hightower in 'The Fits'
Director Anna Rose Holmer had a Sundance hit earlier this year with her debut film "The Fits," a stunningly shot tale of a young girl coming to ter...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 595 (07/22/16): Ghostbusters, interview with James Solomon (Director, The Witness)
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones in 'Ghostbusters'
After facing a surprisingly hostile campaign from fans of the 1984 original, the new "Ghostbusters" has finally made it to theaters. But have Krist...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Filmspotting 594 (07/15/16): Top 5 Films of 2016 (So Far)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Anya Taylor in 'The Witch'
The 2016 box office has been dominated by the usual suspects -- animated films from Pixar and Disney, caped crusaders, sequels. But with half the y...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Filmspotting 592 (07/01/16): The BFG, The Top 5 Children’s Book Adaptations
From: WBEZ
Caption: Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in 'The BFG'
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach," "Matilda" -- Roald Dahl’s children’s books are equal parts magical whimsy and sin...

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  • Added: Jul 01, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Filmspotting 590 (06/17/16): Body Double ('Blindspotting' Review), Contemporary Nordic Cinema Marathon with Roy Andersson's You the Living
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Scene from Brian De Palma's 1984 'Body Double'
Director Brian De Palma made his mark in the ‘70s alongside contemporaries like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg. But 40 ...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Filmspotting 589 (06/10/16): The Royal Tenenbaums (Sacred Cow Review), Top 5 Films To Show Your Kids
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: 'The Royal Tenenbaums'
Back in 2001, Wes Anderson was known as the director of the modest indie hit "Rushmore." Then came "The Royal Tenenbaums," with its family full of ...

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Filmspotting 588 (06/03/16): Top 5 Movie Rivalries, Sunset Song
From: WBEZ
Caption: Agyness Deyn in Terence Davies' critically acclaimed 'Sunset Song'
In music writer Steven Hyden's provocatively titled new book "Your Favorite Band is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning o...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Filmspotting 587 (05/27/16): The Lobster, Rebecca Miller interview (Maggie's Plan)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz in 'The Lobster'
If the long-anticipated "The Lobster" didn't make it to U.S. theaters soon, Adam and Josh were threatening to transform into crustaceans in protest...

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  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Filmspotting 586 (05/20/16): The Nice Guys, Last Days in the Desert, Top 5 Films of 1987
From: WBEZ
Caption: Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe in 'The Nice Guys'
The buddy crime picture is a well-worn movie genre, but the right combination of players can still make it seem fresh. Enter "The Nice Guys" with R...

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  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
Filmspotting 585 (05/13/16): April and the Extraordinary World, Chicago Critics Film Fest, Contemporary Nordic Cinema Marathon
From: WBEZ
Caption: Scene from 'April and the Extraordinary World'
Comic artist Jacques Tardi is little known in the U.S but revered in his native France. His expressionistic, historical graphic novels are the insp...

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  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
Filmspotting 584 (05/06/16): Captain America: Civil War, Key & Peele's Keanu, Top 5 Summer Movie Preview
From: WBEZ
Caption: Anthony Mackie, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans, Elizabeth Olsen and Sebastian Stan in 'Captain America: Civil War.'
Even if you’re a comic book fan, it’s possible that you’re feeling some Marvel Movie fatigue. But one of the surprising things about the dozen or s...

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  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9