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The Top 5 Jump Scares that messed Adam and Josh up. Also, thoughts on the new horror film “Talk To Me,” Ira Sachs’s “Passages,” and a marathon review of 1958’s “Cairo Station.”   -Top 5: Jump Scares (09:15) -Review (JL): “Talk To Me” (1:02:27) -Review (AK): “Passages” (1:08:26) -Next Week / Notes / Poll (1:12:40) -African Cinema Marathon #1: “Cairo Station” (1:24:36) (Times may not be precise with ads) Notes: -Josh’s Fear Not: A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies -“Venomous, Sexy, Queer Romance Passages Lives in the Fallout of a Narcissist’s Dalliance” -Cairo Station on YouTube -African Cinema Marathon -The Filmspotting Guide to the Archives -Filmspotting Pantheon Promo: Filmspotting is presented by Fandango! Find times, read reviews, AND buy tickets to your favorite theater--fast and easy on the Fandango app or Fandango.com. Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal by going to https://nordvpn.com/filmspotting to get a Huge Discount off your NordVPN Plan + a Bonus Gift! It’s completely risk free with Nord’s 30 d

For the most anticipated double feature in years - Greta Gerwig's BARBIE and Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER - Adam and Josh praise two very different films for treating their subjects with similar complexity.  -Review: “Barbie” (03:20) -Brickspotting (JL): “Earth Mama” (30:27) -Next Week / Notes / Massacre Theatre (36:02) -Review: “Oppenheimer” (52:03) -”Oppenheimer” Spoiler Talk (01:09:37) (Times may not be precise with ads) Resources: -Alicia Wilkinson's "Oppenheimer" review https://www.vox.com/culture/23800888/oppenheimer-review-physics-donne-trinity-christopher-nolan-fission-fusion-manhattan-project Promo: Filmspotting is presented by Factor Meals. Go to FACTORMEALS.com/filmspotting50 and use code filmspotting50 to get 50% off. Filmspotting is presented by Fandango! Find times, read reviews, AND buy tickets to your favorite theater – fast and easy on the Fandango app or Fandango.com. Feedback: Email us at feedback@filmspotting.net. Ask Us Anything and we might answer your question in bonus content. Suppo

With its show-stopping stunts, the long-awaited seventh film in the “Mission: Impossible” series - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE - delivers the goods. But has the series - and its star - become too meta for their own good?  -Review: M:I Dead Reckoning Part One (02:40) -Mission: Impossible Ranked (24:55) -Next Week / Notes / Poll (39:00) -Christopher Nolan Oeuvre-view Awards [2020] (50:31) (Times may not be precise with ads) Links: -Adam’s M:I Ranking -Josh’s M:I Ranking Promo: Filmspotting is presented by Fandango! Find times, read reviews, AND buy tickets to your favorite theater--fast and easy on the Fandango app or Fandango.com. Feedback: Email us at feedback@filmspotting.net. Ask Us Anything and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support us: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and complete archive access. http://filmspottingfamily.com -T-shirts (and more) on sale at the Filmspotting Shop. https://filmspotting.net/shop Contact us: https://twitter.com/filmspotting https://facebook.com/fi

Lots of directors have favorite actors. But for their Top 5 Actor-Director Duos since 2000, Adam and Josh choose the definitive collaborations of the last 20-plus years.   -Top 5: Actor-Director Duos (02:37) -Next Week/Notes (45:56) -Massacre Theatre (51:31) -Top 5, cont. (57:01) (Times may not be precise with ads) Promo: Filmspotting is presented by Fandango! Find times, read reviews, AND buy tickets to your favorite theater – fast and easy on the Fandango app or Fandango.com. Feedback: Email us at feedback@filmspotting.net. Ask Us Anything and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support us: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and complete archive access. http://filmspottingfamily.com -T-shirts (and more) on sale at the Filmspotting Shop. https://filmspotting.net/shop Contact us: https://twitter.com/filmspotting https://facebook.com/filmspotting https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting https://twitter.com/larsenonfilm https://facebook.com/larsenonfilm https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm L

Adam and Josh praise Harrison Ford’s farewell to Indy with their review of DIAL OF DESTINY and narrow down their favorite scenes in the franchise with their Top 5 Indiana Jones Moments.  -Top 5: Indiana Jones Moments (01:52) -Next Week/Notes/Poll (48:52) -Review: “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (01:03:20) (Times may not be precise with ads) Promo: AMANDA Opens July 7th at The IFC Center in NY and the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles More at CinemaMadeinItaly.com Feedback: Email us at feedback@filmspotting.net. Ask Us Anything and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support us: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and complete archive access. http://filmspottingfamily.com -T-shirts (and more) on sale at the Filmspotting Shop. https://filmspotting.net/shop Contact us: https://twitter.com/filmspotting https://facebook.com/filmspotting https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting https://twitter.com/larsenonfilm https://facebook.com/larsenonfilm https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm Learn more ab

The space race and method acting collide in Wes Anderson’s '50s-set ASTEROID CITY, and former sweethearts reunite in Celine Song’s acclaimed debut PAST LIVES. -Review: “Asteroid City” (01:42) -Notes (38:21) -Massacre Theatre (40:30) -Review: “Past Lives” (47:42) (Times may not be precise with ads) Promo: FACTORMEALS.com/filmspotting50 and use code filmspotting50 to get 50% off your first box. Feedback: Email us at feedback@filmspotting.net. Ask Us Anything and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support us: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and complete archive access. http://filmspottingfamily.com -T-shirts (and more) on sale at the Filmspotting Shop. https://filmspotting.net/shop Contact us: https://twitter.com/filmspotting https://facebook.com/filmspotting https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting https://twitter.com/larsenonfilm https://facebook.com/larsenonfilm https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aisha Harris’s new book - “Wannabe: Reckoning With the Pop Culture that Shapes Me” - inspires this week’s show. Adam, Josh, and Aisha share the Top 5 Movie Characters Who Shaped Us. Plus, Josh’s take on Pixar’s ELEMENTAL. -Interview: Aisha Harris (02:01) -Top 5: Characters Who Shaped Us (10:13) -Review (JL): Pixar’s “Elemental” (56:40) -Notes/Polls (1:00:45) -Top 5, cont. (1:17:35) (Times may not be precise with ads) Notes/Corrections: Resources/Links: “Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture that Shapes Me” https://www.harpercollins.com/products/wannabe-aisha-harris?variant=40679574437922 Upcoming in-person events with Aisha Harris https://twitter.com/craftingmystyle/status/1658526875629797376?s=20 "There was no one better to watch a movie with than Casey Tourangeau" https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dq56B-YAhI41dBCSXgaA_9JRXDY6KF83/view Casey Tourangeau's 5-Star Films https://letterboxd.com/c_redmond/list/caseys-five-star-films/ Feedback: Email us at feedback@filmspotting.net. Ask Us Anything and we might a

Adam and Josh celebrate Pride Month with the Top 5 LGBTQ+ Movies that were formative in shaping their understanding of queer life. Plus, ‘The BFIs’ recognize the best of the Sight & Sound Top 100 Marathon. -Pride Top 5: LGBTQ+ Movies (02:01) -Next Week/Notes (31:28) -Review (AK): “Close To Vermeer” (39:42) -Massacre Theatre (44:42) -Top 5, cont. (56:18) -Sight & Sound Top 100 Awards (1:16:00) (Times may not be precise with ads) Notes/Corrections: -”All That Heaven Allows” made the Sight & Sound Critcs’ Top 250 – not the Top 100. Resources/Links: “Garp, Forty Years Later” https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/08/23/garp-forty-years-later/ “The Top 175 Essential Films of All Time for LGBT Viewers” https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2014/06/23/top-175-essential-films-all-time-lgbt-viewers “Kenneth Anger Never Cooled Off” https://www.vulture.com/2023/05/kenneth-anger-filmmaker-obituary-appreciation.html 826CHI: A Nonprofit Creative Writing, Tutoring, and Publishing Center https://www.826chi.org/