Matt and Alison take a trip to THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS for a tour of the world of Studio Ghibli and legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki, plus recommend other documentaries about great artists you can rent or stream at home right now. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 20, 2015•1 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Put down that smartphone, you're going to want to hear this one: On the new episode of Filmspotting: SVU, Alison and Matt discuss the British sci-fi series BLACK MIRROR, newly added to Netflix. Plus they'll recommend some technophobic movies you can rent or stream at home right now. After that, you'll probably want to watch them... or destroy your computer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 06, 2015•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast From Brooklyn, New York, it's the 3rd Annual SVUvie Awards! While Matt and Alison reveal their top ten movies of 2014, they also continue their annual tradition of handing out eclectic year-end awards on this extra-special – meaning extra-long – year-end blowout episode of Filmspotting: SVU! Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. See the full list of movies mentioned on this episode at filmspottingsvu.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 23, 2014•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast As the year is winding down, Matt and Alison will recommend some notable 2014 titles you can rent or stream at home right now. Plus Alison and Matt review Vol. I and II of Lars von Trier's epic Nymphomaniac. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break I Origins Dying Of The Light Starry Eyes Queue Shots: Catching Up With 2014 Movies Ida Stranger By The Lake The Congress Happy Christmas Listeners Choice Review Nymphomaniac Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt...
Dec 10, 2014•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Alison return to Tim Burton's BATMAN RETURNS. More than 20 years later, how does Burton's edgy, strange superhero sequel hold up? Plus, they recommend some other movies featuring female anti-heroes you can rent or stream at home right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 26, 2014•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Copy: 1! 2! 3! 4! Hey Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit listeners, are you ready to rock? Well, too bad, we're doing it anyway. On the new SVU, Matt and Alison recommend some great movies about rock bands you can rent or stream at home right now. Plus, a Listeners' Choice Review of Lucas Moodysson's new punk-rock coming-of-age drama WE ARE THE BEST! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 10, 2014•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this spooktacular episode, Matt and Alison and recommend some indie horror movies you can rent or stream at home right now, perfect for your Halloween viewing plans this weekend. Plus, a review of the iconic indie horror film HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Begin Again Camp X-Ray Stonehearst Asylum Queue Shots: Indie Horror Absentia Grabbers Proxy A Nightmare On Elm Street Listeners Choice Review Henry: Portra...
Oct 29, 2014•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast The new Filmspotting SVU is all about the new flesh -- and the films of David Cronenberg. Matt and Alison review Cronenberg's 1981 film SCANNERS, and recommend other Cronenberg movies you can rent or stream at home right now. If you're looking for a podcast that will give you unsettling nightmares about mental powers and bodily trauma, you've come to the right place! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2014•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get ready for the holiest (or maybe the most blasphemous) episode of SVU yet, as noted heathens Matt and Alison recommend biblical movies you can rent or stream at home right now, in honor of this week's Listeners Choice Review of Darren Aronofsky's NOAH. We promise this is one episode you won't want to pass over. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Chef White Bird In A Blizzard Open Windows Queue Shots: Biblical Movies Jesus Christ Superstar The Robe ...
Oct 01, 2014•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Let's go to prison! Alison and Matt review STARRED UP. Plus, inspired by the new British prison drama (and only three months late for Father's Day 2014!), they recommend other movies about fathers and sons that you can rent or stream at home right now. Don't miss out on Matt's family recipe for prison-grade toilet wine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 15, 2014•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast You wanna get nuts? Let's get nuts! On the new SVU, Matt and Alison recommend some of the craziest, weirdest, most WTF movies you can watch at home right now. Plus, their Listeners Choice Review of the trippy sci-fi/horror oddity THE VISITOR. Then they will use their mind powers to unleash devil birds on one another. You don't want to miss this one. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Night Moves The Zero Theorem Starred Up Queue Shots: WTF Movies Even...
Sep 01, 2014•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world, listening to the new Filmspotting: SVU, as Matt and Alison recommend some movies set in small towns. Plus, a review of the Netflix miniseries SOUTHCLIFFE from "Martha Marcy May Marlene" director Sean Durkin. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Coherence Locke Frankie & Alice Queue Shots: Small Town Movies Show Me Love Bernie Waiting For Guffman Shadow Of A Doubt Listeners Choice Review Southcliffe Behin...
Aug 19, 2014•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hello, Clarice... and SVU listeners with other names. Matt and Alison review Michael Mann's MANHUNTER, and go film-by-film (and TV show) through the Hannibal Lecter franchise, picking their favorites that you can rent or stream at home while considering why the series has aged better than a nice chianti. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 05, 2014•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Surely they can't be serious: a whole episode about spoofs? They are serious--and don't call them Shirley. They're Matt and Alison, and on the latest episode of Filmspotting: SVU, they're recommending some spoofs you can watch at home right now, and reviewing the new David Wain rom-com spoof THEY CAME TOGETHER. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 22, 2014•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Scarlett Johansson prowls the streets of Scotland looking for men in UNDER THE SKIN, this week's Listeners Choice pick on Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit. After reviewing the latest film from director Jonathan Glazer (and vowing never to get into a creepy white van with Scarlett Johansson), Matt and Alison also recommend some other movies about aliens walking among us on Earth you can rent or stream at home right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 08, 2014•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Whoa, whoa, whoa! Put down that prison shank you made out of a toothbrush! The new episode of Streaming Video Unit is here! Matt and Alison review the second season of Netflix's ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK and recommend some other recent television shows you can rent or stream at home (or in jail) right now. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Ernest & Celestine The Final Member Hellion Queue Shots: Recent TV Recommendations Fargo Last Week Tonight Terrier...
Jun 18, 2014•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast You just call out Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit's name, and you know wherever you are, we will be there (assuming you've downloaded the podcast to your smartphone). On the new SVU, Matt and Allison review THE BIG CHILL and recommend some other movies about friendship you can rent or stream at home. Plus, Alison's report on the recent Cannes Film Festival. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Tim's Vermeer Ping Pong Summer The Pretty One Queue Shots...
Jun 02, 2014•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Copy: That's not a podcast. THIS is a podcast. Matt and guest host Mike Ryan from ScreenCrush.com review the 1980s comedy CROCODILE DUNDEE. And inspired by everyone's favorite Australian bushman, they also recommend some other fish-out-of-water movies that you can rent or stream at home right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 21, 2014•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Alison review Asghar Farhadi's powerful domestic drama THE PAST. Plus, the SVU team recommends some more movies about marriage that you can rent or stream at home right now. If you're thinking about skipping this podcast, just remember that vow you took to listen to us until death do us part. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 06, 2014•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Alison and Matt get to know comedy alpha papa Steve Coogan as they review ALAN PARTRIDGE. Inspired by the film, they'll also recommend some other British comedies from film and television you can rent or stream at home right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 22, 2014•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast "The way of the Samurai is found in death. Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily." Also recommended: listening to Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit's review of Jim Jarmusch's GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI. Matt and Alison also recommend some of their favorite films and TV shows featuring swords and sword fights that you can rent or stream at home right now. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break The Invisible Woman Hateship Loveshi...
Apr 08, 2014•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast We're on lockdown on the new episode of Filmspotting: SVU, as Matt and Alison review PANIC ROOM. Plus, inspired by the David Fincher film, they'll recommend more claustrophobic movies you can rent or stream at home right now — and, if time permits, stab each other in the back with insulin needles. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Mistaken For Strangers Afflicted Goodbye World Queue Shots: Claustrophobic Movies Exam Devil Red Eye Lifeboat Listeners C...
Mar 25, 2014•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Alison, the most luscious podcasters in all of Internetdom, review Ridley Scott and Cormac McCarthy's THE COUNSELOR. Plus, inspired by the movie's nameless protagonist, they'll recommend more movies about nameless characters you can rent or stream at home right now -- all while referring to each other only as "The Podcaster" and "The Other Podcaster." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 10, 2014•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to Washington, and to the second season of Netflix's HOUSE OF CARDS, the subject of Matt and Alison's Listeners Choice Review on the new episode of Filmspotting: SVU. Plus, they examine the career of actor Kevin Spacey, and recommend some of his films you can stream or rent at home right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 26, 2014•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Buckle up, SVU listeners! On this episode, Alison and Matt review Ron Howard's racing movie RUSH. As they compete to determine who is the best podcaster in the world, they'll also recommend some movies about rivalries available for streaming and rental online. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Wadjda Knights Of Badassdom Adult World Queue Shots: Rivalry MoviesTalladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby Reprise The Trip The Last Days Of Disco Listener...
Feb 11, 2014•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Alison review Thomas Vinterberg's THE HUNT, an Oscar nominee this year for Best Foreign Language Film. Plus, the SVU team recommends some streaming and rental titles featuring characters who are accused of crimes they didn't commit. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Grand PianoMetallica Through The NeverThe Fifth Estate Queue Shots: Wrongfully Accused Movies Red Rock WestIn A Lonely PlaceThe FugitiveThe Warriors Listeners Choice Review The H...
Jan 28, 2014•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Alison put on their berets, eat some baguettes and prove that they clearly know nothing about French culture beyond stereotypes from Pepe Le Pew cartoons as they review Francois Truffaut's SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER. Plus, some hosts' choice recommendations for movies currently available via streaming and on demand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 17, 2014•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is 50! On this golden anniversary episode of Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit, Matt and Alison celebrate the best of 2013 with the Second Annual SVUvie Awards. Plus, the Listeners' Choice Review of PRISONERS sparks one of the biggest disagreements in the first 50 episodes of SVU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 01, 2014•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Spring break forever, y'all. On this dark tanning oil-soaked edition of SVU, Matt and Alison head to St. Petersburg for a little fun (and crime and maybe a Britney Spears cover or two) to review Harmony Korine's SPRING BREAKERS. Plus, their picks for other James Franco movies and TV shows you can stream or rent at home right now. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break We Are What We Are Hours Wrong Cops Queue Shots: James Franco Movies & TV As I Lay Dying...
Dec 18, 2013•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Alison are making their year-end lists and checking them twice, and they're going to tell you which films you can watch online right now are worthing tracking down. Plus, their listener's choice review is Noah Baumbach's latest film, FRANCES HA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 04, 2013•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast