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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...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KSRQ, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • 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
Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland: Toward a Sustainable Planet
From: Gordon Whiting
Series: In Deep With Angie Coiro: Interviews
Caption: Angie Coiro, Host and Senior Producer
Engaging conversation with an important thought-leader on climate change and global environmental issues.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 59:55
OutCasting 0047 - Safe spaces for LGBTQ people, particularly youth
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Gabby Rivera, Credit: Julieta Salgado
For a straight couple, holding hands in public is natural and normal. But when a same-sex couple does it, it's at least a political statement and ...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
445-Not So Secret
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A partnership of humans and computers will help to minimize the damage when asteroid hunters find a space rock with our number on it.

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
James Forman, Jr., LOCKING UP OUR OWN
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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Writer’s Voice spends the hour with James Forman, Jr., talking about his groundbreaking book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black Ame...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:28
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: 12
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
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
Filmspotting 600 REBROADCAST (01/13/17): 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: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 618 (01/06/17): Paterson, Fences, Top 5 Denzel Performances (Revisited)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Adam Driver and Golshifteh Farahani in Jim Jarmusch's 'Paterson'
The Filmspotting New Year's 'Fix' show has featured some memorable battles over the years ("Wolf of Wall Street" v "American Hustle" in 2015; "Hate...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 617 (12/30/16): Top 10 Films of 2016 (Part 2)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Top 10 Films of 2016, Part 2
2016 was a tough year. We lost icons like Prince, David Bowie and just days ago Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. And how about that not-divisive-...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2016
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 616 (12/23/16): Top 10 Films of 2016 (Part 1)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Top 10 Films of 2016, Part 1
A lot of usual suspects at the top of the box office charts in 2016: Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Disney and Harry Potter. And a lot of those movies? ...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 615 (12/16/16): Rogue One, 2016's Best Performances, Documentaries, Music and More
From: WBEZ
Caption: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
There’s no such thing as a small Star Wars movie, but without a roman numeral anywhere in its title the new "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" promises...

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  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 614 (12/09/16): La La Land, Top 5 Movie Musical Numbers
From: WBEZ
Caption: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in 'La La Land'
It says something about the contemporary movie landscape that the prospect of a new live-action movie musical is as much of a curiosity as the high...

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


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 613 (12/02/16): The Edge of Seventeen, Top 5 Teen Girl Movies Directed by Women
From: WBEZ
Caption: Hailee Steinfeld in Kelly Fremon Craig's 'The Edge of Seventeen'
In most teen coming of age movies, it’s usually the boys who do the coming of age. But in "The Edge of Seventeen," the focus is squarely on the gir...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
308-Planning For Impact
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Planning for the unlikely event that an asteroid is on a collision course with planet Earth will minimize injury and the loss of life.

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6