#1018: The Phoenician Scheme, Bring Her Back, Pavements, Tarkovsky Marathon Awards
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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1:44:57
From the Archive: Asteroid City
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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#1017: Clueless at 30, Top 5 Movie Quotes (In Our Lexicon) with Aisha Harris
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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1:57:05
#1016: M:I - The Final Reckoning, Top 5 Movie Stunts
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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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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1:53:49
#1015: Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, Nostalghia (Tarkovsky #5)
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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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/
-Filmspotting Fest
https://www.filmspotting.net/filmspotting-fest
-Andrei Tarkovsky Marathon
https://www.filmspotting.net/marathons
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