#485: Top 5 Desert Island Directors / David Gordon Green & Tye Sheridan / Jonathan Glazer
Which five directors’ filmographies would best distract them from a lifetime of isolation and solitude?
Read More#484: Nymphomaniac / Top 5 Sex-Obsessed Characters / Captain America: Winter Soldier
Michael and Josh try to avoid embarrassing flashbacks to their adolescence when they get into this week’s Top 5: Sex-Obsessed Characters, inspired by the new film from Lars Von Trier — NYMPHOMANIAC.
Read More#483: Noah / Top 5 Movie Boats
Hope you’ve got your sea legs for this week’s show as Josh and Michael Phillips count down their Top 5 Movie Boats, a list inspired by the first famous boat — Noah’s Ark, which returns to movie screens in Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH with Russell Crowe.
Read More#482: Enemy / Top 5 Actor-Director Pairs / Muppets Muppets Most Wanted
Jake Gyllenhaal tests his acting chops against... Jake Gyllenhaal, in the new psychological thriller ENEMY, Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up to 2013's PRISONERS. Plus, Josh and Michael present their choices in this week's TOP 5: ACTOR-DIRECTOR PAIRS and discuss MUPPETS MOST WANTED.
Read More#481: Grand Budapest Hotel / Top 5 Wes Anderson Scenes
Josh and Michael Phillips stroll the grounds of Rushmore, walk the halls of the Tenenbaum mansion, and go five fathoms deep in Steve Zissou's sub to come up with their TOP 5 WES ANDERSON SCENES. Plus, a review of the director's latest, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL.
Read More#480: Groundhog Day / Top 5 Harold Ramis Moments
CADDYSHACK, STRIPES, GHOSTBUSTERS… as an actor, a writer and a director, Harold Ramis left an indelible mark on the last three decades of movie comedies. Josh and Michael Phillips honor the passing of the Chicago native with their Top 5 Ramis Moments. Plus, a Sacred Cow review of arguably his defining work, GROUNDHOG DAY.
Read More#479: 2014 Oscar Preview with Kyle Buchanan / Blazing Saddles
Filmspotting recruits Kyle Buchanan, senior editor at New York Magazine's Vulture, to get the inside scoop on this weekend's Academy Awards. Plus, Adam and Josh celebrate the 40th anniversary of BLAZING SADDLES with a ‘Stampeding’ Sacred Cow review.
Read More#478: The Lego Movie / The Wind Rises / Top 5 Miyazaki Characters
Josh and Adam head to Toontown to discuss THE LEGO MOVIE and the latest, and reportedly last, film from Japanese animator/genius Hayao Miyazaki, THE WIND RISES. Plus, the Top 5 Miyazaki Characters.
Read More#477: Philip Seymour Hoffman Tribute
Be honest and unmerciful. Good advice for a budding rock critic. Also a fine description of the actor who spoke those lines. Filmspotting devotes this week's show to Philip Seymour Hoffman and his tragically short career as Adam and Josh share their Top 5 Hoffman Scenes.
Read More#476: Life Itself / Top 5 Movies About Fame
Josh, Adam and guest Michael Phillips avoid turning into Norma Desmond's driveway for this week's Top 5: Movies About Fame (Non-Hollywood Edition). Plus, the trio offers some thoughts on the new Steve James documentary about Roger Ebert, LIFE ITSELF, and last weekend’s tragic passing of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Read More#475: 2014 Movie Preview (Pt. 2) / Broken Circle Breakdown
Belgium: we have long loved you for your beer; we had no idea you were so into tattoos and bluegrass music. Or so Adam and Josh learned from watching THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN, which recently earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Read More#474: The Wolf of Wall Street vs. American Hustle / 2014 Movie Preview
Adam and Josh do a bit of looking behind -- and a bit of looking ahead this week. First, a showdown of sorts over two newly-minuted Best Picture nominees: THE WOLF OF WALL STREET and AMERICAN HUSTLE. Plus, the Top 5 Most Anticipated Movies of 2014.
Read More#473 Live: 2013 Wrap Party From Mayne Stage
With Filmspotting's best films of the year safely in the books - and, per tradition, etched in stone - Josh and Adam take a final look at the year in film, live from Mayne Stage in Chicago. Michael Phillips from the Chicago Tribune joins the panel to share 2013's best performances, scenes and more.
Read MoreFS Revisited: Raiders of the Lost Ark / Top 5 Films of 1981
With Josh and Adam off furiously prepping for their Jan. 11 live show, it's time for another Filmspotting Revisited featuring a Sacred Cow discussion of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and the Top 5 Films of 1981.
Read MoreFS Fix: Her / Inside Llewyn Davis
The first Filmspotting fix of 2014 has reviews of Spike Jonze's HER and the Coen Brothers' INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS. Happy New Year!
Read More#472 (Pt. 2): Top 10 Films of 2013
Debates over PAIN & GAIN and FRUITVALE STATION, plus HER love, dominate Pt. 2 of Filmspotting's Top 10 Films of 2013 -- with guests Scott Tobias (The Dissolve) and Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune). Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Read More#472 (Pt. 1): Top 10 Films of 2013
4 critics, 20 picks, 79 minutes... it must be time for Filmspotting's Top 10 Films of 2013 roundtable with guests Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune and Scott Tobias from The Dissolve.
Read More#471: Top 5 2013 Surprises & Disappointments / Out of the Furnace
The year-end onslaught continues with Filmspotting's 2013 Surprises & Disappointments. Plus, OUT OF THE FURNACE, with Christian Bale and Woody Harrelson... and the five finalists for the coveted Golden Brick Award.
Read More#470: Oldboy / Top 5 2013 Discoveries / Korean Auteurs Awards
Adam and Josh name their Top 5 Discoveries of 2013. Plus, a review of Spike Lee's remake of the Chan-wook Park revenge tale OLDBOY.
Read More2013 Golden Bricks Preview Special
Josh and Adam announce their initial candidates for the Golden Brick Award, and revisit reviews of some films that flew a little under the radar in 2013. Among them, Sarah Polley’s STORIES WE TELL.
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