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The Phoenician Scheme, Bring Her Back, Pavements, Tarkovsky Marathon Awards Jun 13, 2025

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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

https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting/list/wes-anderson-ranked/

Filmspotting Archive: Wes Anderson

⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/episodes-archive/tag/wes+anderson

Josh's Wes Anderson Ranked

https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm/list/wes-anderson-ranked/

Adam's Tarkovsky Ranked

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

Josh's Tarkovsky Ranked

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

Filmspotting Marathons

https://www.filmspotting.net/marathons

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From the Archive: Asteroid City Jun 11, 2025

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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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Clueless at 30, Top 5 Movie Quotes (In Our Lexicon) with Aisha Harris Jun 06, 2025

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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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M:I - The Final Reckoning, Top 5 Movie Stunts May 30, 2025

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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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Intro (00:00:00-00:01:54)

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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Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, Nostalghia (Tarkovsky #5) May 23, 2025

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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

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

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

-Andrei Tarkovsky Marathon

https://www.filmspotting.net/marathons

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Actors of the Century Draft, Stalker (Tarkovsky #4) May 16, 2025

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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

https://www.filmspotting.net/top-5-lists-archive/1013-top-25-century

Andrei Tarkovsky Marathon

https://www.filmspotting.net/marathons

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Top 25 Films of the Last 25 Years May 09, 2025

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Adam and Josh leave their Filmspotting Madness brackets behind to make their Top 25 Films of the Century picks – and they manage to do it with only a little overlap. Plus, the return of Massacre Theatre.

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Intro (00:00:00-00:02:19)

Top 25 - Pt. 1 (00:02:20-00:40:58)

Filmspotting Family (00:40:59-00:45:12)

Next Week / Notes (00:45:13-00:47:54)

Massacre Theatre (00:47:55-00:50:54)

Top 25 - Pt. 2 (00:50:55-01:15:56)

Credits / New Releases (01:15:57-01:20:30)

Links:

-Sam's Top 25 of the Last 25

https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/top-25-of-the-last-25/

-Filmspotting Madness

⁠⁠⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/madness⁠⁠⁠

-"Petite Maman" Criterion Essay

⁠https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8153-petite-maman-au-revoir-l-enfance⁠

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The Shrouds with Violet Lucca, Revenge of the Sith at 20, Madness Champ, Vulcanizadora May 02, 2025

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Adam sits down with film writer Violet Lucca to discuss David Cronenberg's provocative filmography and his latest foray into body horror, THE SHROUDS. Plus, he revisits STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH for the first time since his five-star review in 2005, Josh has a review of the new VULCANIZADORA from director Joel Potrykus, and a new Madness Champion is crowned.

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Intro (00:00:00-00:01:55)

Review: “Revenge of the Sith” at 20 (00:01:56-00:35:56)

Review (JL): “Vulcanizadora” (00:35:57-00:42:52)

Filmspotting Family (00:42:53-00:46:34)

Next Week / Notes (00:46:35-00:51:54)

Preview: Chicago Critics Film Festival (00:51:55-00:57:58)

Filmspotting Madness Champion (00:57:59-01:09:41)

Violet Lucca Interview (01:09:42-01:39:57)

Josh on “The Shrouds” (01:39:58-01:43:06)

Credits / New Releases (01:43:07-01:45:47)

Links:

-Chicago Critics Film Fest

⁠https://www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/⁠

-Filmspotting Madness

⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/madness⁠

-Madness '26 Shortlist

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

-Violet Lucca (“David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials”)

⁠https://www.filmdeskbooks.com/shop/p/david-cronenberg-clinical-trials-by-violet-lucca⁠

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Sinners, Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky #2), Madness ‘25 (Finals) Apr 25, 2025

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Ryan Coogler puts everything, and we do mean everything, into SINNERS, his first film post-”Black Panther.” Adam and Josh have a review, plus ANDREI RUBLEV, THE LEGEND OF OCHI, and the Filmspotting Madness: Best of the Century Final.

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Intro (00:00:00-00:02:27)

Review: “Sinners” (00:02:28-00:32:07)

Filmspotting Family (00:32:08-00:36:34)

Review (JL): “The Legend of Ochi” (00:36:35-00:40:48)

Next Week / Notes (00:40:49-00:44:23)

Filmspotting Madness Final (00:44:24-00:52:02)

Tarkovsky #2: “Andrei Rublev” (00:52:03-01:32:13)

Credits / New Releases (01:32:14-01:36:42)

Links:

-Chicago Critics Film Fest

https://www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/

-Filmspotting Madness

https://www.filmspotting.net/madness

-Scott Tobias and Keith Phipps on “Andrei Rublev”

https://thereveal.substack.com/p/67-tie-andrei-rublev-the-reveal-discusses

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Tangerine at 10 with Alison Willmore, Ivan’s Childhood (Tarkovsky #1), Madness ‘25 (Final 4) Apr 18, 2025

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The same weekend that Sean Baker won a shelf-full of Oscars, Filmspotting was screening his 2015 breakout TANGERINE as part of Filmspotting Fest. Following that screening, Vulture’s Alison Willmore joined Adam and Josh to discuss the film. That conversation, plus reviews of THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND and THE FISHING PLACE, the Filmspotting Madness Final 4, and the start of the Andrei Tarkovsky Marathon.

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Intro (00:00:00-00:06:49)

Review (JL): “The Fishing Place” (00:06:50-00:14:15)

Review (AK): “The Ballad of Wallis Island” (00:14:16-00:18:28)

Filmspotting Fest: “Tangerine” (00:18:29-00:52:44)

Filmspotting Family (00:52:45-00:57:08)

Next Week / Notes (00:57:09-01:03:53)

Filmspotting Madness: Final 4 (01:03:54-01:14:00)

Tarkovsky #1: “Steamroller and the Violin,” “Ivan’s Childhood” (01:14:01-01:47:28)

Credits / New Releases (01:47:29-01:50:45)

Notes/Links: