With THIS IS SPINAL TAP back in theaters for its 41st anniversary, we're sharing our 8 From '84 review of the mock rock doc classic. Also from '84, the Talking Heads' classic concert film directed by Jonathan Demme, STOP MAKING SENSE.

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Whether you agree 28 YEARS LATER has too many ideas “smooshed” together or that it all coheres around a single compelling one, Adam and Josh are both eager to see how these rage zombies evolve. Plus, a revisit of the Top 5 Danny Boyle Characters with Danny Boyle.

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

Review: “28 Years Later” (00:02:13-00:36:01)

Review: “Familiar Touch” (00:36:02-00:46:00)

Filmspotting Family (00:46:01-00:50:07)

Next Week / Polls / Promos (00:50:08-01:09:06)

Listener Feedback (01:09:07-01:23:02)

Top 5: Danny Boyle Characters Pt. 1 (01:23:02-01:45:21)

Danny Boyle Characters Pt. 2 (01:45:22-01:59:11)

Credits / New Releases (01:59:12-02:03:22)

Links:

Cinema Interruptus: “The Player”

https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/interruptus

New York Times: 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/best-movies-21st-century.html

LBX: Films That Inspired Celine Song’s “Materialists”

https://letterboxd.com/crew/list/films-that-inspired-celine-songs-materialists/

Top 5 Danny Boyle Characters with Danny Boyle

https://www.filmspotting.net/top-5-lists-archive/2017/4/12/626-danny-boyle-characters

Adam’s Danny Boyle Ranked

https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting/list/danny-boyle-ranked/

Josh’s Danny Boyle Ranked

https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm/list/danny-boyle-ranked/

Filmspotting’s Danny Boyle Episodes

https://www.filmspotting.net/episodes-archive/tag/danny+boyle

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Adam and Josh review Celine Song’s love-and-money triangle MATERIALISTS, the follow-up to her exquisite 2023 debut "Past Lives." Plus, reviews of Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation THE LIFE OF CHUCK and Pixar’s ELIO. 

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Intro (00:00:00-00:01:37)

Review: “Materialists” (00:01:38-00:36:48)

Family / 20th Anniversary Messages (00:36:49-00:42:41)

Review (JL): "Elio" (00:42:42-00:45:48)

Next Week / Notes (00:45:49-00:52:27)

Massacre Theatre (00:52:28-00:59:53)

Review: "The Life of Chuck" (00:59:54-01:19:49)

Credits / New Releases (01:19:50-01:22:54)

Links:

Cinema Interruptus: "The Player"

https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/interruptus

Celine Song's "Past Lives"

https://www.filmspotting.net/episodes-archive/2023/6/23/925-asteroid-city-past-lives

Stephen King Reviews

https://www.filmspotting.net/episodes-archive/tag/stephen+king

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With Celine Song's MATERIALISTS now in theaters, we share our review of her remarkable 2023 debut, PAST LIVES.

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Wes Anderson and the Anderson Players are back in theaters with THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME. Adam and Josh have a review, plus thoughts on the Philippou Brothers’ BRING HER BACK and Alex Ross Perry’s PAVEMENTS.

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Intro (00:00:00-00:02:35)

Review: “The Phoenician Scheme” (00:02:35-00:37:48)

Filmspotting Family (00:37:49-00:41:22)

Next Week / Notes (00:41:23-00:43:45)

Polls (00:43:45-00:58:19)

Reviews: "Pavements," "Bring Her Back" (00:58:20-01:09:29)

Tarkovsky Marathon Awards (01:09:30-01:35:08)

Credits / New Releases (01:35:09-01:38:44)

Links:

Adam's Wes Anderson Ranked

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Filmspotting Archive: Wes Anderson

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Josh's Wes Anderson Ranked

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Adam's Tarkovsky Ranked

https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting/list/andrei-tarkovsky-ranked/

Josh's Tarkovsky Ranked

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Filmspotting Marathons

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With his latest, THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, now in theaters, here's Adam and Josh's 2023 review of Wes Anderson's previous feature, ASTEROID CITY.

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It’s CLUELESS’s 30th anniversary garden party and everyone’s invited, including NPR’s Aisha Harris, who joins Adam for a revisit of Amy Heckerling’s ‘95 comedy and the Top 5 Movie Quotes (In Our Lexicon). 

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Intro (00:00:00-00:03:12)

Review: “Clueless” at 30 (00:03:13-00:46:46)

20th Anniversary Messages (00:46:47-00:51:22)

Next Week / Notes (00:51:23-00:55:42)

Massacre Theatre (00:55:43-01:02:25)

Top 5: Movie Quotes (01:02:26-01:46:56)

Credits / New Releases (01:46:57-01:51:47)

Links:

NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour

https://www.npr.org/people/912788259/aisha-harris

The “Clueless” CD-ROM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI4jaKizt5s

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Inspired by their review of  MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING, the latest and allegedly last film in the 30-year-old Tom Cruise-led franchise, Adam and guest Michael Phillips share their Top 5 Movie Stunts. Plus, what is the best M:I film anyway?  

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Top 5 Movie Stunts (00:01:55-00:34:11)

20th Anniversary Messages (00:34:12-00:39:10)

Review: “M:I - The Final Reckoning” (00:39:11-00:57:26)

Next Week / Notes / Polls (00:57:27-01:14:29)

Top 5 cont. (01:14:30-01:42:26)

Credits / New Releases (01:42:27-01:47:34)

Notes/Links:

-Did Adam forget DIE HARD was in the Pantheon? Absolutely.

-Filmspotting Pantheon

https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting/list/filmspotting-pantheon/detail/

-Michael Phillips' interview with Rolf Saxon

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/27/column-in-the-new-mission-impossible-rolf-saxon-is-the-secret-weapon-a-coffee-guy-no-more/

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Adam and Josh revisit BEFORE SUNSET for its 20th-ish anniversary and share their conversation about BEFORE SUNRISE, which followed a 30th-anniversary screening earlier this year to close Filmspotting Fest. Scott Tobias (The Next Picture Show, The Reveal) and Producer Sam Van Hallgren joined them for that. Plus, the final film in the Andrei Tarkovsky Marathon, 1983’s NOSTALGHIA.    

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Intro (00:00:00-00:01:56)

Pantheon Project: “Before Sunset” (00:01:57-00:37:39)

Filmspotting Family (00:37:40-00:40:02)

Next Week / Notes / Massacre Theatre (00:40:03-00:50:29)

Filmspotting Fest: “Before Sunrise” (00:50:30-01:20:46)

Pantheon Induction (01:20:47-01:23:27)

Tarkovsky #5: “Nostalghia” (01:23:28-01:53:27)

Credits / New Releases (01:53:28-01:56:39)

Links:

-Filmspotting Pantheon

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The Best of the Century conversation continues with a draft of the best actors and actresses of the last 25 years, and the Andrei Tarkovsky Marathon brings Adam and Josh into STALKER’s The Zone.

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Intro (00:00:00-00:01:43)

Actors of the Century Draft (00:01:44-00:56:24)

Filmspotting Family (00:56:25-00:59:52)

Next Week / Notes / Poll (00:59:53-01:06:45)

Tarkovsky Marathon #4: “Stalker” (01:06:46-01:47:10)

Credits / New Releases (01:47:11-01:50:58)

Links:

Top 25 Films of the Century

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Andrei Tarkovsky Marathon

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