# Filmspotting Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times). Page: Feed: --- ## [Top 5 Kristen Stewart Scenes | Archive](https://omny.fm/shows/filmspotting/top-5-kristen-stewart-scenes-archive) _2026-08-19_ Kristen Stewart is back in theaters with The Wrong Girls, which is an excuse to share our Top 5 KStew Scenes from 2017. Unlock the full archive, Filmspotting Discord, ad‑free + bonus episodes, and more when you ⁠join the Filmspotting Family⁠ . Promo code: summer for 20% off through Aug. 31. "Personal Shopper and the Movies That Haunt Us" Scott, Morris - Great Performances of 2016 Stewart: Hiding… [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/d28227f8-56d8-46d9-b2c5-b3d3012db5ab/f76f8df2-6e65-4085-a4be-b4a900e1814e/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=83c52568-54c6-438a-8751-b3d3012db5c3) ## [The Last House and Netflix’s Apocalypse Obsession | SVU](https://omny.fm/shows/filmspotting/the-last-house-and-netflix-s-apocalypse-obsession-svu) _2026-08-18_ It's all fine and good to be sealed up in a house with Wagner Moura and Greta Lee, but the longer Netflix's new The Last House keeps us there, the more time Matt and Jordan have for questions about the why and the how and… is that broccoli you're growing in the floorboards, Greta? Matt and Jordan also discuss Netflix's curious fascination with apocalyptic tales. Then, some Last House -inspired… [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/d28227f8-56d8-46d9-b2c5-b3d3012db5ab/06fa0be4-5062-488b-a5e0-b4a9002c0a01/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=83c52568-54c6-438a-8751-b3d3012db5c3) ## ["You owe everything to the movie and nothing to the original" with David Kajganich | The Movie Racket](https://omny.fm/shows/filmspotting/you-owe-everything-to-the-movie-and-nothing-to-the-original-with-david-kajganich-the-movie-racket) _2026-08-17_ Screenwriter and producer David Kajganich ( Suspiria , Bones and All ) joins Michael Phillips to test a provocative rule of adaptation from filmmaker Whit Stillman: "You owe everything to the movie and nothing to the original \[source\]." But what about the opposite approach? As the Coen brothers once joked about adapting Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men: "One of us types into the computer… [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/d28227f8-56d8-46d9-b2c5-b3d3012db5ab/78648541-3caa-4a96-a99b-b4a8015a1b87/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=83c52568-54c6-438a-8751-b3d3012db5c3) ## [Marathon Awards | Dissident Cinema](https://omny.fm/shows/filmspotting/the-partisans-dissident-cinema) _2026-08-16_ Adam and Josh share their favorite discoveries, performances, and scenes from the recently completed Dissident Cinema Marathon, which included Chaplin's The Great Dictator , Kurosawa's No Regrets for Our Youth , and Rossellini's Rome, Open City . Links: -The Circle Ending Revealed | BFI ⁠old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/1960⁠ -Filmspotting Marathons https://www.filmspotting.net/marathons See… [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/d28227f8-56d8-46d9-b2c5-b3d3012db5ab/a36bc05c-4823-4784-973c-b4a701208904/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=83c52568-54c6-438a-8751-b3d3012db5c3) ## [Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and The Brink of War | #1076](https://omny.fm/shows/filmspotting/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-the-brink-of-war-1076) _2026-08-14_ Jane Schoenbrun's uncategorizable third feature, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma , marks the director as among the most assured and provocative filmmakers of their generation. Adam and Josh agree that it's the film of the year so far. Plus, other notable third features this decade, listeners pick their favorite Spider-Man movie, and Adam reviews The Brink of War . This episode is presented… [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/d28227f8-56d8-46d9-b2c5-b3d3012db5ab/9fd3aa43-3e55-4d38-a001-b4a500025453/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=83c52568-54c6-438a-8751-b3d3012db5c3) ## [Anyone Can Cook, Pt. 1 — Ratatouille](https://omny.fm/shows/filmspotting/535-anyone-can-cook-pt-1-ratatouille) _2026-08-13_ Anthony Bourdain, whose early experience working in a restaurant kitchen is chronicled in the new biopic Tony, once singled out Ratatouille as Hollywood's best depiction of working in a restaurant kitchen, which is all the invitation we need to revisit Brad Bird's 2007 Pixar classic. So this week, with the help of Vulture critic Roxana Hadadi, we consider how Ratatouille trusts its viewers to… [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/d28227f8-56d8-46d9-b2c5-b3d3012db5ab/2224ce5b-3d94-4b73-819d-b4a3002ae360/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=83c52568-54c6-438a-8751-b3d3012db5c3) ## [Top 5 Movie Posters | Archive](https://omny.fm/shows/filmspotting/top-5-movie-posters-archive) _2026-08-12_ In 2015, Adam and Josh welcomed poster designer Sam's Myth on the show to talk shop and share their Top 5 Movie Posters. Unlock the full archive, Filmspotting Discord, ad‑free + bonus episodes, and more when you ⁠join the Filmspotting Family⁠ . Promo code: summer for 20% off through Aug. 31. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/d28227f8-56d8-46d9-b2c5-b3d3012db5ab/7800fa80-95ff-4715-88ea-b4a3014f3c52/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=83c52568-54c6-438a-8751-b3d3012db5c3) ## [Making Spidey Sense of Brand New Day’s Historic Box Office Haul | SVU](https://omny.fm/shows/filmspotting/making-spidey-sense-of-brand-new-day-s-box-office-haul-svu) _2026-08-11_ When the author of "Marvel's Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular" is the co-host of your show, you don't avoid talking about the new Spidey movie Brand New Day just because it's not streaming. So Matt and Jordan use the release of the movie to theorize about its massive box office, and to share some related steaming recommendations. Plus, listener requests for an unsentimental Italian film and… [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/d28227f8-56d8-46d9-b2c5-b3d3012db5ab/f85c0739-ec1f-4824-bb53-b4a30118ca91/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=83c52568-54c6-438a-8751-b3d3012db5c3) ## ["If my fanny squirms, it's bad. If my fanny doesn't squirm, it's good" with Dana Stevens | The Movie Racket](https://omny.fm/shows/filmspotting/if-my-fanny-squirms-its-bad-if-my-fanny-doesnt-squirm-its-good-with-dana-stevens-the-movie-racket) _2026-08-10_ What can your body tell you about a movie? According to legendary Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn, everything. This week's Movie Racket explores Cohn's infamous rule for separating hits from flops. Joining Michael Phillips is Slate film critic Dana Stevens ( Camera Man ), who helps unpack what that deceptively simple dictum reveals about audiences, critics, attention spans, and streaming… [Listen](https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/d28227f8-56d8-46d9-b2c5-b3d3012db5ab/2408ac62-437d-45ac-bb2c-b4a00129d995/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=83c52568-54c6-438a-8751-b3d3012db5c3) ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kRPOqwqVj8Sg) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [The Circle: Oppression Is an Endless Loop | Dissident Cinema](https://omny.fm/shows/filmspotting/the-circle-oppression-is-an-endless-loop-dissident-cinema) _2026-08-09_ For the final film in the Dissident Cinema Marathon, Adam and Josh discuss Jafar Panahi's formally ingenious 2000 film THE CIRCLE, an unflinching chronicle of Iran's oppressive treatment of women. 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