Podcast Episodes

Knives Out Review (Archive)

For this week's archive drop, we're sharing Adam and Josh's 2019 review of Rian Johnson's KNIVES OUT. The third film in the series, WAKE UP DEAD MAN, is currently in theaters and comes to Netflix on …

Published on 3 hours ago

Top 5 Movies Adapted From Iowa Writers – Live at Refocus Film Festival

Episode 1042

Back in October, Michael Phillips joined Adam at Iowa City’s Refocus Film Festival for a live recording of the Top 5 Movies Adapted From Iowa Writers. The town is home to the University of Iowa’s fam…

Published on 5 days, 3 hours ago

Bonus: Ask Us Anything (Excerpt)

For November's Filmspotting Family bonus episode, Adam, Josh, and Producer Sam fielded a wide variety of questions from listeners, including how Josh ended up in Scotland, how Adam ended up (back) in…

Published on 6 days, 3 hours ago

Wicked For Good Review, Train Dreams, Golden Brick Long List

Episode 1041

Josh (a fan of last year’s "Wicked") and Adam (not a fan) review the sequel and try to get to the bottom of why it fails where the stage musical (mostly) succeeds. Plus, raves for Clint Bentley’s TRA…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

The Running Man Review, Nouvelle Vague

Episode 1040

Director Edgar Wright’s latest, THE RUNNING MAN, is an update of the Schwarzenegger-starring ‘87 sci-fi action film (and the ‘82 Stephen King novella). Josh finds just enough to recommend it, but Ada…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

The Next Picture Show’s 500th Episode

We celebrate our sister podcast's milestone by sharing their recently published 500th episode, which has hosts Scott Tobias, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski, and Keith Phipps reflecting on their 10 y…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Bugonia Review, Die My Love, The Mastermind, It Was Just an Accident

Episode 1039

For their fourth film together, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone get weird and go bald in BUGONIA with Jesse Plemons as Stone’s conspiracy-obsessed kidnapper. Adam and Josh discuss, along with reviews…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Emma & Yorgos - The Favourite/Poor Things Reviews (Archive)

With BUGONIA in theaters – and our review dropping soon – we're sharing archive reviews of Lanthimos and Stone's first two collaborations, 2018's THE FAVOURITE and 2023's POOR THINGS.

For more inform…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Frankenstein Review, Hedda, Christy, Peter Hujar’s Day

Episode 1038

Adam and Josh split on Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN, but praise its star – not Oscar Isaac as the mad doctor, but Jacob Elordi’s soulful Creature. Also, reviews of Nia DaCosta’s Ibsen update HED…

Published on 1 month ago

Tom Cruise Draft (Bonus Excerpt)

October's Filmspotting Family bonus episode was a Tom Cruise Movie Draft with Adam and Josh, Producer Sam, and listener Zach Cook. For the full draft and other benefits like the weekly newsletter, ac…

Published on 1 month ago