Nov 28: Adam and Matty are eating turkey. Please enjoy this 'best of' show featuring discussions of Rob Epstein's documentary "The Times of Harvey Milk" and Gus Van Sant's "Paranoid Park," plus a conversation with Danny Boyle about his overlooked 2007 sci-fi release "Sunshine," and an oldie-but-Filmspotting-goodie tying in with this holiday season... Top 5 Dysfunctional Families.

Music courtesy of "The Loom."

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FS Revisited
:11-15:52 - Review: "The Times of Harvey Milk"
15:53-23:17 - Review: "Paranoid Park"
Music: The Loom, "Patience for Books"
24:32-41:39 - Interview: Danny Boyle ("Sunshine)
Music: The Loom, "Song for the Winter Sun"
42:38-57:29 - Top 5: Dysfunctional Families
Music: The Loom, "True Believers All"
57:54-59:10 - Close/Next Show

NOTES/CORRECTIONS

Nov. 25: On this bonus After Hours edition of Filmspotting... Our 'Listener's Choice' discussion of "Battle Royale" and more of your great feedback.

Thanks again to all of our donors for your tremendous support! Winners on this show were chosen from episodes #227-#234.

Nov. 21: From the hidden F.I.L.M.S.P.O.T.T.I.N.G. lair, located deep inside a dormant volcano buried beneath the floor of Lake Michigan, the two criminal masterminds known as Adam and Matty weigh in on the latest installment of the James Bond franchise, "Quantum of Solace." Will your diabolical hosts approve of director Marc Forster's continued reinvention of everyone's favorite playboy-spy? Or will it leave them shaken and stirred, clamoring for less Bourne, Jason Bourne?

Also, hoping to capitalize on the growing vampire zeitgeist sweeping America, Matty gives you a taste of his upcoming roller-skating musical treatment of the chupacabra as the boys mull over the finer points of dealing with the Swedish undead with a discussion of "Let the Right One In" -- the "other" teenage vampire movie currently making the rounds satisfying America's growing bloodlust for all things Dracula.

"Mr. Shyamalan, thanks for coming, your seat is over there next to the guy in the Skywalker Ranch dungarees" ... In honor of Thanksgiving, Adam and Matty roll out a cornucopia of incompetence as they announce their Top 5 Turkeys of 2008. "You see that movie goat?"

Music this week courtesy of The Secret History.

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Filmspotting #236
:24-14:23 - Review: "Quantum of Solace"
Music: The Secret History, "It's Not The End of the World, Jo"
15:02-18:43 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Jeff Klein, Lisle, IL)
18:44-29:02 - Review: "Let the Right One In"
Music: The Secret History, "Our Lady of Palermo"
31:24-35:38 - Voicemail, Polls
35:39-44:33 - Feedback (Mortality Movies)
Music: The Secret History, "The Ballad of the Haunted Hearts"
45:23-48:56 - New DVDs, Donations
48:57-1:03:37 - Top 5: Turkeys of '08
1:03:38-1:06:48 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes

NOTES/CORRECTIONS
- Trailer: "Twilight"

- Trailer: "Let the Right One In"

- Jeffrey Donovan is in "Don?t Dress for Dinner" at Chicago's Royal George Theatre, November 14-January 11.

- Victor Nunez is the director of "Ruby in Paradise" and "Ulee's Gold."

Filmspotting #236 with reviews of "Quantum of Solace" and "Let the Right One In," plus our Top 5 Turkeys of 2008 will be posted soon. If you can't wait, you can find the show in the Filmspotting Message Boards here and even right-click and manually add to your iPod.

Nov. 14: The following is a rush transcript from Thursday's special prime time edition of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"

Regis: We welcome into the hot seat this week two dapper lads from Chicago, Adam and Matty. Now I understand you're both film critics?

Adam: Yes.

Matty: I'm 25.

Regis: I see, and, I suppose you get this question all the time, but how many movies do you see in a month?

Adam: Well, on average, about twelve or thirteen. Depends on the time of the year.

Matty: Two.

Regis: I see, and what film are you reviewing this week?

Matty: No idea.

Adam: "Slumdog Millionaire", the latest from "Trainspotting" director Danny Boyle, about a young man from the slums of Mumbai who makes an unexpected run on the Hindi-version of this very show.

Regis: Fascinating. Can you favor us with just a taste of the review?

Matty: Well, you know, I'm an actor...

Adam: You'll just have to listen to the show to find out, Regis, and be sure to stay tuned for our always popular Listener Feedback and Massacre Theatre segments, as well a special segment featuring Matt Singer from IFC News and Tasha Robinson from the AV Club, who join us in confessing our Top 5 Movie Mancrushes.

Regis: Sounds like fun. Do I make your lists?

Matty: Absolutely. You're my number #1, Mr. Trebek.

Adam: We're sorry for wasting your time.

Music this week courtesy of Super XX Man.

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Filmspotting #235
:28-14:14 - Review: "Slumdog Millionaire"
Music: Super XX Man, "Crazy People"
16:29-20:11 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Melissa, Bellingham, WA)
20:12-24:22 - Voicemail, Polls
24:23-33:32 - Feedback (Zack and Miri, Scary Scenes)
Music: Super XX Man, "House, Home"
34:33-39:01 - New DVDs, Donations
39:02-1:00:21 - Top 5: Mancrushes
1:00:22-1:02:05 - Close/Next Show

NOTES/CORRECTIONS
- Sorry, there were outtakes, just no time to put them in. Will have some bonus stuff next week.

Nov. 7: This week Adam and Matty -- recipients of a million dollar MacArthur Genius Grant -- have transformed the grand ballroom at the end of Navy Pier in Chicago into a giant performance space and hired thousands of actors, birthday clowns and giant Macy's Thanksgiving Day-parade balloons to create an epic "living arts" performance piece dramatizing the life of Filmspotting. The role of Adam will be played by Mildred Fletcher, an 84 year-old former Scrabble grand master from Corvallis, Oregon, while Matty will be played by Thabo, an eighteen year-old engineering student of Basotho ethnicity from greater Lesotho. Thabo Matty and Mildred Adam will piece together their thoughts on Charlie Kaufman's latest mindbender "Synecdoche, New York" starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Samantha Morton.
The real Adam and Matty will then break down the cavalcade of funny performances from the likes of Paul Rudd, Jane Lynch, Sean William Scott and more in "Role Models," the latest comedy from the madcap minds behind The State and "Wet Hot American Summer." As an added bonus, Adam got a chance to catch up with "Role Models" director David Wain and somehow resisted the urge to ask for Paul Rudd's phone number in a great interview.

Then in honor of "Synecdoche," the lads play some chess with death and mull exactly how they might shuffle off this mortal coil with their Top 5 Movies About Mortality. Here's hoping Filmspotting's eternal summer shall never fade...

Also on the show: Massacre Theatre and music by Ben Folds.

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Filmspotting #234
:24-14:33 - Review: "Synecdoche, New York"
Music: Ben Folds, "The Frown Song"
15:23-18:32 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: T. Stair)
18:33-22:29 - Voicemail, Polls
22:30-32:34 - Review: "Role Models"
Music: Ben Folds, "You Don't Know Me"
34:28-54:26 - Interview: David Wain
Music: Ben Folds, "Cologne"
55:13-1:00:37 - New DVDs, Donations
1:00:38-1:13:43 - Top 5: Movies About Mortality
1:13:44-1:16:39 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes

NOTES/CORRECTIONS
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I'm sorry to report that Filmspotting #234 with reviews of "Synecdoche, New York" and "Role Models" ... plus an interview with "Role Models" director David Wain and our Top 5 Movies About Mortality will not be available until late afternoon Friday. Thanks for your patience!

Update at 4:55 CT: Estimating at least 2 hours away.

Update at 6:47 CT: Coming soon to iTunes... but if you absolutely cannot wait, the show can be accessed here via the Filmspotting Message Boards.

Oct. 31: Halloween always reminds me about the tragic story of Filmspotting: Adam and Matty were just two healthy, happy-go-lucky kids backpacking through the mountains of Chicago when they stumbled upon an abandoned radio studio. It's been more than a year since that fateful day when they first turned on that cursed microphone... and they haven't been seen since! But it's said, if you listen closely, every Friday, their voices can still be heard giving out ghoulish movie reviews and singing the praises of director Kevin Smith's "Zack & Miri Make a Porno," and the performances of stars Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks and Craig Robinson.

The legend also goes that if you say AdamandMatty three times into your iPod, you're immediately haunted by a review of Clint Eastwood's latest period drama "Changeling" starring Angelina Jolie (and the ghost of Billy Bob Thornton's career). But, most importantly children, if you ever see Adam and Matty floating outside your window, you must promise me NOT to let them in, as they will regale you with their terrifying Top 5 Scariest Scenes until you bleed from your ears! Happy Halloween!

Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre and music by Fever Marlene.

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Filmspotting #233
:24-13:47 - Review: "Zack & Miri"
Music: Fever Marlene, "Won't Let You Down"
14:32-17:38 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: S. Lane)
17:39-29:08 - Review: "Changeling"
Music: Fever Marlene, "Oh Berlin"
30:09-37:51 - Voicemail, Polls, Notes
37:52-47:44 - Feedback (Breakthroughs)
Music: Fever Marlene, "Lemon King Mahoney"
48:30-52:45 - New DVDs, Donations
52:46-1:06:50 - Top 5: Scariest Scenes
1:06:51-1:10:04 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes

NOTES/CORRECTIONS
- Point of fact: It's actually been 10 years since I was in film school in Chicago, not 6. Yikes.

- Michelle from Chicago... actually, I'm not sure we did meet her at the Filmspotting Chicago Meetup.

- Geraldine Page is great in Woody Allen's "Interiors." And probably never been described as creepy. She has, however, been dead since 1987, so she is not in "The Orphanage." That would be Geraldine Chaplin.

Oct. 24: This week on Filmspotting... your hosts take a trip around London with the most chipper and ebullient tour guide ever to grace the screen, Pauline "Poppy" Jones, in the new dramedy "Happy-Go-Lucky." Will the boys be charmed by Sally Hawkins' ceaseless brand of optimism? And will Adam fall for the charms of the film's writer/director Mike Leigh? Find out as Adam sits down for an interview with the filmmaker behind "Naked," "Vera Drake" and Topsy Turvy."

Plus, our resident in-house pollsters find time to work in a few words on Oliver Stone's latest presidential opus "W.," chronicling the rise and reign of our 43rd president, starring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks and James Cromwell. In honor of Dubya, the lads also lay out their Top 5 Oliver Stone Scenes. As always Filmspotting undauntedly asks, "is our listeners learning?"

Also on the show: Massacre Theatre and music by The Silos.

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Filmspotting #232
:32-13:10 - Review: "Happy-Go-Lucky"
Music: The Silos, "Behind Me Now"
14:04-29:29 - Interview: Mike Leigh
Music: The Silos, "Never Leaving"
31:34-35:06 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: T. Torrey)
35:07-37:09 - Polls
37:10-49:20 - Review: "W."
Music: The Silos, "Tell Me You Love Me"
49:50-56:03 - New DVDs, Donations
56:04-1:10:29 - Top 5: Oliver Stone Scenes
1:10:30-1:14:01 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes

NOTES/CORRECTIONS
- Yes, guess I probably meant Matty was tipping his 'hand' on "W." not his 'hat.'
- Yes, guess I meant MLK and Malcolm X, of course, during Top 5 discussion.
- Re: "Bush-league" outtake... no, sadly, that pun wasn't intended.

Oct. 17: Accepting director Jonathan Demme's invitation, Adam and Matty joined the Buckmans this past weekend for the celebration of their daughter's wedding in "Rachel Getting Married." Adam thought the shrimp was a tad over-cooked, and Matty's Electric Slide almost took out gramma Buckman, but the boys can't deny the fireworks and entertainment provided by Rachel (Rosemarie Dewitt) and the antics of her disruptive sister, Kym (Ann Hathaway). Plus, Filmspotting takes a quick look at the Chicago International Film Festival and offers up some suggested must-see's. Then, in honor of the Oscar buzz surrounding Anne Hathaway's performance in "Rachel," your hosts run out their personal Top 5 Breakthrough Performances.

Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre and music by The Essex Green.

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Filmspotting #231
:13-12:26 - Review: "Rachel Getting Married"
Music: The Essex Green, "Sin City"
13:29-17:23 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: R. Wistar)
17:24-24:36 - Chicago Film Fest Preview
Music: The Essex Green, "This Isn't Farmlife"
26:43-32:06 - Voicemail, Polls
32:07-42:14 - Feedback (Soundtracks)
Music: The Essex Green, "Penny and Jack"
43:03-48:10 - New DVDs, Donations
48:11-1:05:12 - Top 5: Breakthroughs
1:05:13-1:07:31 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes

NOTES/CORRECTIONS
- Another Chicago Film Fest movie you should check out -- that we failed to mention: "Wesley Willis's Joyrides"

- Hulu - SNL - Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals

Filmspotting #231 with a review of "Rachel Getting Married" and our Top 5 Breakthrough Performances won't be available until around 1 pm CT. Sorry for the delay. If you absolutely can't wait to hear it, check out the Filmspotting Message Boards.

Oct. 10: This week, Adam adopts a terrible Southern accent and Matty adds 80 pounds and a bad wig to review Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio in Ridley Scott's Skin-e-maxly-titled spy thriller, "Body of Lies." Plus, the boys deconstruct the latest from the director of "City of God" and "The Constant Gardener," Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness," starring Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo. Then the lads spend the rest of the episode looking for the purple banana waiting to be put into the truck* while bringing you their Top 5 Movie Soundtracks. Let's go crazy!

Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre, Matty's Movie Minute and music by Conor Oberst.

* Actual lyrics from "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince.

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Filmspotting #230
:24-12:29 - Review: "Body of Lies"
Music: Conor Oberst
13:19-17:25 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Josh Spiegel)
17:26-20:03 - Matty's Movie Minute
20:04-29:03 - Review: "Blindness"
Music: Conor Oberst
31:27-35:43 - Voicemail, Polls
35:44-43:26 - Feedback (Actor Pairings, Spike Lee)
Music: Conor Oberst
44:04-49:25 - New DVDs, Donations
49:26-1:00:26 - Top 5: Soundtracks
1:00:27-1:03:01 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes

NOTES/CORRECTIONS
- Watch Elliott Smith perform "Miss Misery" at the 1998 Oscars.

Oct. 3: It's close-out week here on Filmspotting and everything must go! We're giving you three reviews, count 'em three new reviews, all on 2008 films at dealer prices. The lads will give you a polemic free discussion of "Religulous," Bill "Love Him or Hate Him" Maher's new documentary filled with some tough questions on religion's place in today's society. But that's not all! Also this week, Michael Cera and Kat Dennings try to warm Adam's cold, cold heart in "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," and Matty's heart practically breaks while watching "Trouble the Water, a documentary from Tia Lessin and Carl Deal chronicling a family's experience during Hurricane Katrina. Plus, in honor of the late great Paul Newman, we offer up our Top 5 Paul Newman Performances.

Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre and music by National Beekeeper's Society.

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Filmspotting #229
:24-16:13 - Review: "Religulous"
Music: National Beekeeper's Society
16:52-19:48 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Brad DeMoss)
19:49-24:29 - Review: "Nick and Norah's"
24:30-28:38 - Review: "Trouble the Water"
Music: National Beekeeper's Society
30:15-43:57 - Voicemail, Poll, Feedback
Music: National Beekeeper's Society
44:25-51:40 - New DVDs, Donations
51:41-1:04:35 - Top 5: Paul Newman Performances
1:04:36-1:07:48 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes

NOTES/CORRECTIONS
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Sept. 26: This week's Filmspotting Joint is brimming with reviews of two new disparate war films. First up, Sgt. Kempenaar and PFC Ballgame dissect Spike Lee's latest skirmish in the war movie genre with "Miracle at St. Anna."

They then join Tim Robbins, Michael Pena and Rachel MacAdams for some R&R on their leave from the Iraq war in "The Lucky Ones." Plus, Adam sits down for a debriefing with "Lucky Ones" director Neil Burger... and the mission concludes with Filmspotting's Top 5 Spike Lee Scenes. Semper fi, son, semper fi.

Also on the show: Massacre Theatre and music by Posterboy.

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Filmspotting #228
:24-15:21 - Review: "Miracle at St. Anna"
Music: Posterboy
16:14-19:44 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: M. Fussell)
19:45-28:18 - Review: "The Lucky Ones"
Music: Posterboy
29:29-44:25 - Interview: Neil Burger
Music: Posterboy
45:26-52:22 - New DVDs, Donations
52:23-1:08:23 - Polls, Top 5: Spike Lee Scenes
1:08:24-1:11:06 - Close/Next Show/Outtake

NOTES/CORRECTIONS
- Gosh I hope nobody bothers to correct pronunciations of "Guillermo" and "stoicism." Sometimes we talk too fast, you know?

Sept. 23: Finally, after a hectic two months of festivals, weddings, and broken promises, the boys found time to sit down and record a long-awaited After Hours podcast. In addition to wading through your feedback on "good" films suitable for teenage audiences, After Hours also brings you the Neill Cameron Listeners Choice review of "Brief Encounter," the classic unrequited love story from director David Lean and screenwriter Noel Coward. Plus, as an added bonus, After Hours brings you a bootleg recording of a Q&A session with Adam and Matty recorded at the recent Chicago Filmspotting Meetup (rumor is the boys finish their set with a 27-minute cover of Baba O'Reilly). Good times.

Thanks again to all of our donors for your tremendous support. Winners on this show were chosen from episodes #221-#226.



NOTES
- Roger Ebert's list of great 'teen movies' can be found here.

- Thanks to Joe DeCeault for engineering the Chicago Filmspotting Meetup audio... He's also, of course, the Joe mentioned during the response to the question about the show's transition to Chicago Public Radio.

- Great 'Massacre Theatre' version of "Brief Encounter" from "The History Boys."

Sept. 19: "Say hello to our little friends ..." This week, Adam and Matty perform the entire show using their best Bobby De Niro and Al Pacino impressions in honor of the legendary duo's new crime drama, "Righteous Kill." The guys might even find time to work in some of their best Samuel L. Jackson when they cover his performance in "Lakeview Terrace," the newest social commentary/thriller from director Neil Labute. Plus, in honor of Bobby and Al, Filmspotting presents the Top 5 Actor Pairings We'd Like To See. "Yeah, we're talking to you ... hoo-HAH!"

Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre and music by The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir courtesy of Bloodshot Records.

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Filmspotting #227
:11-14:15 - Review: "Lakeview Terrace"
Music: SYGC
15:22-19:30 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Sean T. DeLap)
19:31-29:24 - Review: "Righteous Kill"
Music: SYGC
30:58-38:35 - Voicemail, Polls, Notes,
38:36-50:17 - Feedback (Burn After, Fall Movies)
Music: SYGC
51:32-56:32 - New DVDs, Donations
56:33-1:14:35 - Top 5: Actor Pairings
1:14:36-1:17:32 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes

NOTES/CORRECTIONS
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Sept. 12: George Clooney joins Brad Pitt for some Dumb and Dumber antics in the latest Coen Bros. comedy "Burn After Reading." Will the Brothers Coen follow up their critically-acclaimed "No Country for Old Men" with another sensational effort? Or will "Burn After Reading" leave Adam and Matty nostalgic for the likes of "The Ladykillers" and "Intolerable Cruelty" ... yikes. Plus, Matty was so excited when he heard Adam had brought him a gift from his recent trip to the Toronto International Film Festival; Matty was holding out hope for a lock of Bryan Adams' hair but would have been satisfied with a six pack of Molson. Fortunately for Filmspotting fans (but unfortunately for Matty), Adam came back bearing his Top 5 Toronto Films and an interview with legendary Canadian director Atom Egoyan ("The Sweet Hereafter") discussing his new film "Adoration." Plus, your hosts find time to preview the Fall slate with their Top 5 Most Anticipated Fall Movies.

Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre and music by Ari Hest.

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Filmspotting #226
:09-11:54 - Review: "Burn After Reading"
Music: Ari Hest
12:30-15:44 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Dylan Northrup)
15:45-30:27 - Voicemail, Polls, Feedback
Music: Ari Hest
31:44-40:56 - Toronto Recap
40:57-59:18 - Interview: Atom Egoyan
Music: Ari Hest
59:52-1:04:47 - New DVDs, Donations
1:05:01-1:18:25 - Top 5: Fall Movies
1:18:26-1:21:07 - Close/Next Show/Outtake

NOTES/CORRECTIONS
- Banned "Zach and Miri" poster

Sept. 5: "Clip show, clip show, CLIP SHOW!" Exhausted and relieved, Adam and Matty are performing an ad hoc Conga line around the Filmspotting studios. With Adam heading North to cover the Toronto International Film Festival and Matty fulfilling his community service... or, um, otherwise engaged... this week Filmspotting digs into the vaults to bring you some of the shows "best of" conversations with directors Rian Johnson ("Brick"), Richard Linklater (above, "Fast Food Nation") and Michael Winterbottom ("A Mighty Heart").

Plus, in honor of the 10th Anniversary of "The Big Lebowski," the guys really tie the room together with a replay of their Top 5 Coen Bros. Scenes. Filmspotting will be back in full voice next week with a review of the new Coen Bros. movie "Burn After Reading" and Adam's Toronto recap.

Music from the "Donnie Darko" soundtrack courtesy of Everloving Records.

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FS Revisited
:24-16:11 - Interview: Rian Johnson
Music: Donnie Darko, "Mad World"
17:19-31:24 - Interview: Richard Linklater
Music: Donnie Darko, "Time Travel"
32:21-49:17 - Interview: Michael Winterbottom
Music: Donnie Darko, "Middlesex Times"
49:26-1:00:20 - Top 5: Coen Bros. Scenes
1:00:21-1:01:19 - Close/Next Show

NOTES/CORRECTIONS

August 29: Matty couldn't complete his big post-production task -- writing the clever show description that goes here -- before jetting off to scenic Wyoming, a mythic land without computers or the Internet. And since he's the creative one... This week, please enjoy our review of Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," starring Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall and Javier Bardem. Plus, we hand out "The Stephies," our Classic Heist Marathon Awards, and look forward to next week's Toronto International Film Festival with a countdown of our Top 5 Canadian Films.

Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre, a Spout.com Telluride Film Festival Preview and new music by Touch and Go Records artists Calexico, The Uglysuit and The New Year.

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Filmspotting #225
:24-15:11 - Review: "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Music: Calexico
16:13-20:34 - Voicemail, Poll
20:35-31:42 - Feedback (Tropic Thunder, Man on Wire)
Music: The Uglysuit
32:05-35:06 - Telluride Preview
35:07-38:26 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Matt Rhodes)
38:27-47:31 - Heist Marathon Awards
Music: The New Year
48:26-54:21 - New DVDs, Donations, Contest
54:22-1:09:54 - Top 5: Canadian Films
1:09:55-1:13:18 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes

NOTES/CORRECTIONS
- Check out photos from the Chicago Meetup on Filmspotting's Facebook page! Thanks to Sandor Weisz for the great pics.

- It's Chris Messina not Doug from "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." Thanks to Thevoid99.

- Toronto Meetup information can be found here!

- Congrats to our buddy Matt Singer from IFC News!

August 22: "Bueller? Bueller?" Class is in session this week as Matty and Adam offer up a dialectic deconstruction of "Hamlet 2," director Andrew Fleming's 2008 Sundance sensation spoofing our collectively beloved "inspirational teacher" genre.
As an added bonus, Adam sits down for a conversation with "