WBEZ

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WBEZ 91.5 offers over 560,000 listeners each week a wide variety of programs from news and public affairs to music and arts.  Chicago Public Media produces such distinctive and innovative programming as This American Life, Eight Forty-Eight, Sound Opinions, Worldview and Vocalo.org. WBEZ is the only Chicago area member station of NPR®, producers of Morning Edition® and All Things Considered®. We also broadcast programming distributed by Public Radio International and American Public Media as well as from many other national and international program sources.

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Caption: Naomi Watts and Tom Holland in 'The Impossible'
Everybody knows the first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. But Filmspotting joins Tyler Durden in exploring their primal se...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 3
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In 1988, our action heroes looked like Sly Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger... then we met a barefoot Bruce Willis. Adam and Josh find out if it ...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva in Michael Haneke's "Amour", Credit: Allstar/Canal+/Sportsphoto Ltd
Last year, two of Josh's most anticipated films didn’t even end up getting released. Find out who he cursed this year as he and Adam reveal their T...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 55:28
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Michael Phillips, Josh Larsen and Adam Kempenaar at Filmspotting's 2012 'Wrap Party'
The Oscar nominees have just been announced, and to add a slight twist to the cinematic award season, Adam Kempenaar, Josh Larsen and Michael Phill...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Josh Larsen, Michael Phillips, Dana Stevens and Adam Kempenaar, Filmspotting live at Lincoln Hall
Filmspotting is gearing up for another live event. With that in mind, we bring you this special rebroadcast of Filmspotting, when it celebrates it...

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 53:28
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Django Unchained'
Quentin Tarantino’s ode to Spaghetti Westerns "Django Unchained" brought Josh and Adam together over the holidays. Was it a fortuitous turn of even...

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 55:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Filmspotting hosts Adam and Josh assemble their group of film critic Avengers -- which also includes Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) and Scott T...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 55:28
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jessica Chastain in 'Zero Dark Thirty
The end-of-year onslaught begins with the announcement of Filmspotting's eight "Golden Brick" nominees for 2012. Plus, an unexpected journey with "...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Brad Pitt in 'Killing Them Softly'
Like Nicolas Cage in "Raising Arizona," last night Josh had a dream... a dream he and Adam were going to discuss the H.I. McDunnough Memorial List ...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 55:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jennifer Lawrence in 'Silver Linings Playbook'
"Nevermind what you would ordinarily do. Just cough in your buck like everybody else." Whether or not you remember the line, you'll likely recall...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 55:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Quvenzhané Wallis as Hushpuppy in 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'
Each year, Filmspotting hands out its "Golden Brick" award for the best overlooked film of the year. This (post-)Thanksgiving, Filmspotting offers...

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Christian Bale in 'The Dark Knight Rises'
Which battle is more brutal: Batman vs. Bane, or Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune vs. A.O. Scott of the New York Times? Adam and Josh discus...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 55:29
Caption: Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in 'Lincoln'
Michael Phillips from the Chicago Tribune joins Adam and Josh as they review "Lincoln," the new Spielberg film starring Daniel Day-Lewis as our 16t...

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2012
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Tim Heidecker in 'The Comedy'
Filmspotting pays respect to the performers who decided they were no longer satisfied simply being clowns here to amuse with a countdown of the Top...

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Tom Hanks and Halle Berry in 'Cloud Atlas'
Filmspotting crosses continents and generations in search of the "true-true" with a discussion of the new film from Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski si...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining'
Heeeeere's Michael Phillips! From the spacious Overlook studio at WBEZ, Michael joins Filmspotting for a Sacred Cow discussion of "The Shining." Al...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Filmspotting likes reviewing movies, but what the hosts really want to do is direct. Themselves. Inspired by their discussion of Ben Affleck's "Arg...

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2012
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Christopher Walken in 'Seven Psychopaths'
On this fun, culture-filled edition of Filmspotting, Adam's conversation with writer/director Martin McDonagh about his latest dark comedy, "Seven ...

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 'Looper'
Adam tries to convince Judy, er, Josh, to change his hair for their Vertigo Memorial Top 5 Doppelganger Movies. Plus, a discussion of Rian Johnson'...

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Joaquin Phoenix in 'The Master'
"The Master" tells us that "Good science, by definition, allows for more than opinion." Adam and Josh mostly prove to be good scientists as they go...

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 55:28
  • Purchases: 2