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Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).

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    • 4.6 • 3.8K Ratings

Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).

    From the Archive: Alien at 40, Top 5 Joaquin Phoenix Performances

    From the Archive: Alien at 40, Top 5 Joaquin Phoenix Performances

    With Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” in theaters, we revisit a 2019 Sacred Cow review of the director’s “Alien” and, from earlier this year, the Top 5 Joaquin Phoenix Performances.  
    -Notes: Live in L.A.(03:20)
    -Sacred Cow Review: “Alien” (05:59)
    -Top 5 Joaquin Phoenix Performances (40:43)
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    • 1 hr 30 min
    The Holdovers, Essential Werner Herzog

    The Holdovers, Essential Werner Herzog

    Alexander Payne reunites with Paul Giamatti for the period holiday comedy "The Holdovers" which is one of the director’s best and one of the best of the year.  
    -Review: “The Holdovers” (05:43)
    -The Essential Werner Herzog” (23:59)
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    • 1 hr 20 min
    The Killer (with Spoilers), Fincher Ranked, The Marvels

    The Killer (with Spoilers), Fincher Ranked, The Marvels

    David Fincher’s THE KILLER has more on its mind than mere genre thrills. Adam and Josh review of Fincher’s 12th feature and dig into spoilers. Plus, THE MARVELS, and Fincher Ranked. 
    -Review: “The Killer” (01:55)
    -Review (JL): “The Marvels” (35:42)
    -Next Week / Notes / Massacre Theatre (42:00)
    -David Fincher Ranked (57:16)
    -Spoiler Talk: “The Killer” (01:05:54)
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    -David Fincher, ranked (Adam)
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    • 1 hr 40 min
    Priscilla, Sofia Coppola Ranked, Fingernails

    Priscilla, Sofia Coppola Ranked, Fingernails

    Adam and Josh debate whether Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” is a new kind of biopic or just more of the same. Plus, Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed in “Fingernails.” 
    -Review: “Priscilla” (02:31)
    -Sofia Coppola Ranked (37:08)
    -Next Week / Notes / Polls (41:28)
    -Review: “Fingernails” (01:08:00)
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    • 1 hr 33 min
    Anatomy of a Fall (with Spoilers), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Theater Camp

    Anatomy of a Fall (with Spoilers), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Theater Camp

    Praise for star Sandra Hüller in director Justine Triet’s slippery, sophisticated courtroom drama that puts a woman and her marriage on trial. 
    -Review: “Anatomy of a Fall” (03:47)
    -Brickspotting: “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” “Theater Camp” (40:37)
    -Next Week / Notes / Massacre Theatre (50:17)
    -Spoiler Talk: “Anatomy of a Fall” (01:00:51)
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    Notes/Links:
    -Scorsese on Letterboxd
    -Adam on “The Shining”
    -”Hasan Minhaj’s Emotional Truths”
    -Hasan Minhaj Responds to The New Yorker
    -Golden Bricks 
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    • 1 hr 44 min
    Killers of the Flower Moon (with Spoilers), Scorsese Ranked

    Killers of the Flower Moon (with Spoilers), Scorsese Ranked

    Adam and Josh go long and spoiler-y - on the new Scorsese, and do their best to rank their favorite of the director’s features. 
    -Review: “Killers of the Flower Moon” (03:10)
    -”Killers of the Flower Moon” with Spoilers (18:44)
    -Next Week / Notes / Polls (49:56)
    -”Killers of the Flower Moon” with Spoilers, cont. (01:09:51)
    -Scorsese, Ranked (01:33:42)
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    • 1 hr 52 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
3.8K Ratings

3.8K Ratings

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Wahooooooooo

Reminds me why I love movies and the people who care about them!

Jill Lloyd Flanagan ,

Great long running film podcast

Very thoughtful conversations the only thing I would say negatively is that some of the podcast only content like the exhaustive listener polls can get tedious

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These are your cool film professors

Love these guys. Great to listen to. They KNOW their stuff

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