A Top 5 worthy of Rob Gordon and crew. You get five movies, but they must be from a consecutive five-year period. Plus, Adam reviews SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES, Josh recommends THE HISTORY OF SOUND, and Michael Phillips comes aboard to talk about the late Robert Redford and report on this year’s Venice Film Festival.

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5 Years / 5 Movies (00:04:15-00:57:28)

Filmspotting Family (00:57:29-01:01:15)

Spinal Tap II / The History of Sound (01:01:16-01:16:34)

Notes (01:16:35-01:20:32)

Massacre Theatre (01:20:33-01:27:29)

Robert Redford / Venice Film Festival (01:27:30-01:54:33)

Credits / New Releases (01:54:34-01:58:28)

Links:

-Vulture’s Movies Fantasy League (“Filmspotters”)

https://moviegame.vulture.com/

-Steven Soderbergh’s B&W cut of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”

https://extension765.com/blogs/soderblog/raiders

-Filmspotting Poll: 1960s Musicals

https://poll.fm/15976522

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Cameron Crowe's ALMOST FAMOUS turns 25 this fall, so we dig into the archive for a 2018 Sacred Cow (or should we say Golden God?) review of Cameron Crowe's autobiographical film with bonus insights from ⁠Uproxx rock critic Steven Hyden⁠.

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Adam and Josh enter the Pantheon for a welcome revisit of Martin Scorsese’s 1990 masterpiece GOODFELLAS, which turns 35 this month. Plus, Josh shares thoughts on Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch in THE ROSES and nominates the sinister new indie LURKER for the Golden Brick.

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GoodFellas (35th Anniv.) (00:02:09-00:57:17)

Filmspotting Family (00:57:18-01:03:19)

Lurker, The Roses (01:03:20-01:09:16)

Notes (01:09:17-01:17:16)

Polls (01:17:17-01:27:59)

Credits / New Releases (01:28:00-01:31:24)

Links:

-Vulture's Movies Fantasy League ("Filmspotters")

https://moviegame.vulture.com/

-“Towards a True Children’s Cinema: On My Neighbor Totoro”

https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2017/03/13/towards-a-true-childrens-cinema-on-my-neighbor-totoro/

-Filmspotting Poll: 1960s Musicals

https://poll.fm/15976522

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To celebrate 20 years of the show, we hosted Filmspotting Fest in March – six films over three days at two of Chicago’s iconic cinemas. This episode features two standout post-screening conversations: director Kogonada reflects on his Golden Brick-winning debut COLUMBUS, and Slate film critic Dana Stevens joins Josh to discuss Satyajit Ray’s indelible PATHER PANCHALI. 

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Intro (00:00:00-00:01:47)

Columbus with Kogonada (00:01:48-00:28:21)

Notes (00:28:22-00:29:31)

Pather Panchali with Dana Stevens (00:29:32-00:56:49)

Credits / New Releases (00:56:50-01:00:16)

Links:

-Filmspotting Fest

https://www.filmspotting.net/filmspotting-fest

-"Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the 20th Century"

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Camera-Man/Dana-Stevens/9781501134203 

-Filmspotting Poll: Pixar or Ghibli

https://poll.fm/15908981

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The definitive '80s high school movie is 40 and back in theaters. Adam and Josh gave it the Sacred Cow treatment back in 2015 for its 30th.

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For their fifth collaboration, HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reimagine Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 masterpiece “High and Low.” Adam and Josh review the film coming to Apple TV+ Sept. 5. Plus, spoiler feedback for Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS, Massacre Theatre, and revisiting the show’s 2020 Sacred Cow review of JAWS.

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Highest 2 Lowest (00:02:00-00:47:59)

20th Anniversary Messages (00:48:00-00:54:43)

Weapons Spoilers Feedback (00:54:44-01:25:12)

Notes (01:25:13-01:30:16)

Massacre Theatre (01:30:17-01:40:53)

Jaws at 50 (01:40:54-02:17:57)

Credits / New Releases (02:17:58-02:25:24)

Links:

“How to Watch Jaws in Theaters for Its 50th Anniversary”

https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/how-to-watch-jaws-in-theaters-for-50th-anniversary

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With a review of the new Spike Lee/Denzel Washington collaboration HIGHEST 2 LOWEST coming Friday, we're sharing 2016's Top 5 Denzel Washington Performances with guest W. Kamau Bell ("United Shades of America", "We Need to Talk About Cosby", the "Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor of All Time Period" podcast).

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For its 50th anniversary, Adam and Josh revisit Sidney Lumet’s Best Picture-nominated (and ⁠Filmspotting Pantheon⁠ enshrined) DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Plus, Josh recommends the Chinese animated phenomenon NE ZHA II, and a new Deeply Flawed Filmspotting Poll ⁠pits two giants of animation against each other.

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Intro (00:00:00-00:02:12)

Dog Day Afternoon at 50 (00:02:13-00:57:55)

Filmspotting Family (00:57:56-01:02:42)

Review (JL): Ne Zha II (01:02:43-01:07:05)

Notes / RIP Terrence Stamp / Michael Phillips News (01:07:06-01:34:19)

Deeply Flawed Filmspotting Polls (01:34:20-01:48:25)

Credits / New Releases (01:48:26-01:51:54)

Links:

-Michael Phillips Says So Long For Now

⁠https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/20/tribune-film-critic-goodbye/⁠

-Filmspotting Madness (Updated) List

https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting/list/filmspotting-madness-2026-best-of-the-1940s-1/

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With THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN back in theaters for its 20th anniversary, we're sharing a Top 5 from 2016: 21st Century Comedies. Judd Apatow's 2005 comedy fares pretty well on one of the lists.

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Adam and Josh go long on Zach Cregger’s provocative horror mystery WEAPONS, and Adam recommends the new doc IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY. Plus Massacre Theatre.

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Intro (00:00:00-00:01:25)

Review: Weapons (00:01:26-00:43:20)

20th Anniversary Messages (00:43:21-00:50:15)

Review (AK): It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley (00:50:16-00:59:43)

Next Week / Notes (00:59:44-01:07:04)

Massacre Theatre (01:07:05-01:12:53)

Credits / New Releases (01:12:54-01:17:13)

Links:

-1976 Best Pic Poll

https://poll.fm/15851187

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https://soundstripe.com/filmspotting (code FILMSPOTTING10)

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