"The Flagship Film Podcast"
“The flagship film podcast” featuring in-depth reviews, top 5 lists and interviews.
It’s a cinematic Battle Royale this week as Matty “Beefcake” Ballgame and Adam “The Crying Dutchman” Kempenaar get between the Filmspotting arena ropes to offer up dueling lists of the Top 5 Films of 2010 (So Far).
Read MoreHad the weirdest dream last night. Want to hear it?
Read MoreThis week's Filmspotting is comprised solely of a shirtless, lupine Matty and guest host, the gorgeous, sparkly Steve Prokopy (Capone, Ain't It Cool News) taking turns screaming 'Belllllllla' into the microphone.
Read MoreAdam’s got a Matty. Buzz has a Woody. Pixar trots out its intrepid team of toys for one more great escape with this week’s hot summer release of "Toy Story 3."
Read MoreWelcome back to Navy Pier's Tchotchke Arena as this exciting Stanley Cup Edition of Filmspotting rolls into overtime.
Read More“I mean, what are they gonna say, man, when he’s gone, huh? ‘Cause he dies. When it dies, man. When it dies, he dies. What are they gonna say about him? What?“
Read MoreMatty's in London shirking his Filmspotting blurb-writing duties, so... Please enjoy this episode with a discussion of Nicole Holofcener's "Please Give," Listener Feedback and our Top 5 Films of 1997.
Read MoreAdam-a-dale and Friar Ballgame wear Ridley's Scott's "Robin Hood" for a codpiece this week.
Read MoreFilmspotting returns to its regularly scheduled programming this week with a discussion of the Merchant Ivory period set-piece "Iron Man 2."
Read MoreA lot of people don't realize that the Filmspotting podcast first started as a complementary forum for Adam and Matty to discuss their most recent work as street artists…
Read MoreHere it is. Five years and 299 shows in the making... Filmspotting brings you its 300th episode.
Read MoreWho doesn't love a little confrontation from time to time?
Read MoreThere have been many famous movie mothers through the years: Mrs. Bates, Mommy Dearest, Mrs. Doubtfire... V.I. Warshawski, etc... But there probably has been no better example of a doggedly doting mother than Kim Hye-Ja's turn as the over-protective matriarch at the center of Bong Joon-ho’s latest thriller, "Mother."
Read MoreIt was probably a bad idea that Matty convinced Adam to record their discussion of the new Noah Baumbach film, "Greenberg," in the WBEZ hot tub at the end of Navy Pier.
Read MoreMatty left for vacation without writing a clever intro, so... please enjoy this show with discussions of the new film "The Runaways" and Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 classic "To Be or Not To Be," plus our Top 5 Actresses of the Decade.
Read MoreDirector Paul Greengrass is great at two different styles of film: gritty historical "re-enactments" (think "United 93" and "Bloody Sunday") and gritty action thrillers (see: Bourne. Jason Bourne). In his latest, "Green Zone," he audaciously attempts to blend the two.
Read MoreIn honor of Filmspotting’s discussion of Roman Polanski’s "The Ghost Writer," this week’s show description is being ghostwritten by long time Filmspotting fan and regional Boggle champion, Linnea Knutsen of Yankton….
Read MoreAnd then Alice came upon one of the strangest creatures she had ever before seen. Sitting high atop a mountain of marzipan and wearing a flowing robe of postage stamps and chiffon sat a large, bulbous beast with two heads. The two heads, one a tad more handsome than the other, each wore outlandish chapeaus that read "Kritik Hat," and the duo seemed to be arguing feverishly with each other over the merits of director Tim Burton’s latest film "Alice in Wonderland."
Read MoreWhat do Michele Williams, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Max Von Sydow, Patricia Clarkson and Jackie Earle Haley have in common?
Read More"Arthouse Adam" is back in his element this week as the Filmspotting duo discusses the new film "Fish Tank." No – not because Michael Fassbender spends the better part of the movie sans shirt.
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