Filmspotting

This week’s Best Picture-winning archive pick takes us back to May, 2018, when Adam and Josh returned to The Shire for a LORD OF THE RINGS reckoning, with a review of the entire trilogy (the final two installments of which Adam had never seen, including the Best Picture-winning RETURN OF THE KING). The original episode (#681) also includes a Top 5 Lord of the Rings Scenes.
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This week’s Top 5 explores cinema’s most unreliable narrators, characters who bend, twist, or completely invent the truth. Adam and Josh pair the list with a fresh look at Kurosawa’s RASHOMON, the film that set the template for them all – and a potential 2026 Pantheon inductee.
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Intro (00:00:00-00:03:18)
Top 5 Unreliable Narrators (00:03:19-01:05:17)
Filmspotting Family (01:05:18-01:11:08)
Next Week, Notes, Poll (01:11:09-01:18:16)
Pantheon Project: Rashomon (01:18:17-01:56:39)
Credits / New Releases (01:56:40-01:59:51)
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This week’s Best Picture-winning archive pick takes us back to October 2016 and Adam’s conversation with MOONLIGHT director Barry Jenkins and star Naomie Harris. Then, hear the show's original review from that same episode.
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Adam and Josh share their Top 5 Catherine O’Hara Characters, revisiting the brilliance and range she brought to every role — from Delia and Cookie to Moira Rose and Mickey. A heartfelt tribute to a performer whose presence defined some of cinema and TV’s most hilarious moments.
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Intro (00:00:00-00:02:59)
Top 5 Catherine O’Hara Characters (00:02:59-01:08:17)
Filmspotting Family (01:08:18-01:14:18)
Next Week, Notes (01:14:19-01:21:07)
Massacre Theatre (01:21:08-01:29:08)
Credits / New Releases (01:29:08-01:32:37)
Notes/Links:
-O’Hara On the “Wiser Than Me” Podcast
https://lemonadamedia.com/podcast/julia-gets-wise-with-catherine-ohara/
-Catherine O’Hara’s 10 Best Roles | Consequence of Sound
https://consequence.net/list/catherine-ohara-10-best-roles/after-hours/
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Oscar‑winning filmmaker Morgan Neville joins Adam to discuss his intimate archival portrait of Paul McCartney’s turbulent and creatively explosive 1970s. Neville reflects on his own documentarian origin story, his lifelong connection to the Beatles and Wings, how he built the film from audio‑only conversations with Paul, and why McCartney’s post‑Beatles decade feels like a sequel to Get Back.
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