Filmspotting

Panoply

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

Episodes

Direct to Camera, Pt. 1 — Real Life (1979)

Double Indemnity | Archive

The Godzilla Show! | SVU

The Third Man vs. Touch of Evil | Movie Death Match

Hoop Dreams (1994) with Samantha N. Sheppard | Field of Scenes

Wes Craven’s Scream at 30 | #1087

Zuck Dynasty, Pt. 2 — The Social Reckoning

The Exorcist (1973) | Archive

Campy and Creeping Dread Horror, plus The Movies That (De)Formed Us | SVU

"There is a distinct difference between suspense and surprise" with Bilge Ebiri | The Movie Racket

Sense & Sensibility (2026), plus Fatherland and Whalefall | #1086

Zuck Dynasty, Pt. 1 — The Social Network

Top 5 Sofia Coppola Scenes | Archive

Apple TV’s Matchbox The Movie Is a Movie For No One, plus Slow-Burn Horror Movies | SVU

"I wonder what percent of people ever actually encounter a work of art that changes them" with Manohla Dargis | The Movie Racket

Fall Movie Preview, plus The Social Reckoning | #1085

Trial By Media, Pt. 2 — Primetime

Top 5 of 1991 | Archive

Too Much of a Good Thing: Prime’s Carrie Remake | SVU

"Hollywood's like Egypt, full of crumbled pyramids" with Laura Friedman & Ron Falzone | The Movie Racket