Filmspotting

Matt and Jordan deep-dive into the free, ad-supported streaming platform Tubi. They evaluate the platform across five distinct categories: library; playback/interface; reliability; originals; and price. Plus, recommended titles to watch on Tubi, and a recommendations for a listener who is looking for a hangout comedy like semi-obscure 2005 comedy. And Producer Sam hosts this week’s game: Tubi or Not Tubi.
The State of Streaming: Tubi (00:00:00–00:49:36)
Rec Seg: Watch on Tubi (00:49:37–01:01:23)
Listener Request Recs: Hangout Comedies (01:01:24–01:17:23)
Game: Tubi or Not Tubi (01:17:24–01:38:35)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:38:36–01:45:49)
Show Notes
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive⁠ https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/⁠
Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th):⁠ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/⁠
Alissa Quart’s “Hyperlink Cinema” in Film Forum
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/549355e2e4b0a309c8cef596/t/556ca8c0e4b0ca905b2d74ef/1433184448821/QuartonHyperlink%281%29.pdf
Hyperlink Cinema, a Letterboxd List
https://letterboxd.com/sc_elly/list/hyperlink-films/
Handmade Films, a Letterboxd List
https://letterboxd.com/studio/handmade-films/
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Welcome to The Movie Racket, a new Filmspotting production hosted by Michael Phillips.
Each week, we’ll test a so-called "law" of cinema — a bit of received wisdom about how movies work, or don’t. For our debut episode, actor Michael Shannon joins the show to examine a provocative claim from François Truffaut: that every film about war ends up being pro-war.
Is it true that a movie about combat, survival, and heroism can never escape the pull of spectacle and the way cinema inevitably renders violence compelling? Shannon reflects on that inherent tension and revisits his experience working on Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor, a film that presents this question of representation head-on.
So: was Truffaut right? Or does cinema allow for something more complicated than a binary verdict? Join the conversation at movieracket@filmspotting.net.
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Adam and Josh celebrate Fargo's 30th anniversary with a Pantheon Project review (the show’s longest ever) of the Coen Brothers' career-altering 1996 film. Plus, Olivia Wilde's The Invite, David Wain's Gail Daughtry's Celebrity Sex Pass, and listeners choose the best pair of '90s blockbusters.
This episode is presented by⁠ Regal Unlimited⁠⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. Use code FILMSPOT26 to take 15% off.
(Timecodes/chapters may not be precise with ads.)
Intro (00:00:00-00:03:33)
Fargo at 30 (00:03:34-01:16:58)
Filmspotting Family (01:16:59-01:21:34)
The Invite (01:21:35-01:25:46)
Gail Daughtry’s Celebrity Sex Pass (01:25:47-01:33:56)
Polls (01:33:57-01:41:34)
Credits / Releases (01:41:35-01:44:08)
Links:
-Josh’s Fargo Video Essay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaRRXpfTyfU
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This week's archive episode is Adam and Josh's 2018 Sacred Cow review of the Coen Brothers' period gangster film Miller's Crossing.
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Matt and Jordan review Netflix’s new comedy Little Brother, which stars Eric Andre as a chaos agent who disrupts the life of a tightly wound real estate agent played by John Cena. Hijinx, nudity, and parabolas of urine ensue. Then, in Rec Seg, they offer some related streaming titles, including a musical dramedy about brothers and a classic '70s comedy. Plus, in reply to a listener streaming request, a pair of international films from the early '60s, and Producer Sam hosts a John Cena-inspired round of trivia.
Intro, Little Brother (00:00:00–00:24:16)
Rec Seg: Little Brother-Inspired Streaming Recs (00:24:17–00:39:27)
Listener Request Recs for an Artsy Down Under Movie Club (00:39:28–01:00:06)
Trivia: So You’ve Cen-a Lotta Movies, Have You? (01:00:07–01:24:51)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:24:52–01:32:35)
Show Notes
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive⁠ https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/⁠
Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th):⁠ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/⁠
Feedback: Email us at feedback@filmspottingSVU.com
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