#1026: Together Review, Sunset Boulevard at 75, AngelHeaded Hipster

Filmspotting

Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen

Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Adam and Josh, um, split on the Dave Franco-Alison Brie body horror movie TOGETHER, then catalog the wonders of Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BOULEVARD, which still astonishes at 75. Plus, the new doc about T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan and the Deeply Flawed Filmspotting Poll asks you to relitigate the 1976 Best Picture race. This episode is presented by Regal Unlimited⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. (Timecodes and chapter starts may not be precise with ads.) Intro (00:00:00-00:01:54) Review: “Together” (00:01:55-00:40:06) Filmspotting Family (00:40:07-00:43:43) Review (AK): “AngelHeaded Hipster” (00:43:44-00:47:13) Next Week / Notes (00:47:14-00:52:29) Polls (00:52:30-01:01:13) Sacred Cow: “Sunset Boulevard” at 75 (01:01:14-01:42:46) Credits / New Releases (01:42:47-01:45:58) Links: -Cinema Interruptus: “The Player” https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/interruptus -"AngelHeaded Hipster” Screenings https://greenwichentertainment.com/film/angelheaded-hipster-the-songs-of-marc-bolan-t-rex/ Feedback: -Email us at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠. -⁠⁠Ask Us Anything⁠⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and archive access. ⁠⁠http://filmspottingfamily.com⁠⁠ -T-shirts and more available at the Filmspotting Shop. ⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/shop⁠ Follow: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/filmspotting⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://facebook.com/filmspotting⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/filmspotting⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/larsenonfilm https://bsky.app/profile/larsenonfilm.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Film spotting is presented by Regal Unlimited, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits.
0:07.1	Sign up now in the Regal app or at the link in the show description and use code FilmSpot 25.
0:12.3	That's Film Spot 25 to receive your discount.
0:19.5	What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?
0:22.4	You're not interested in art?
0:23.5	No.
0:24.0	No, look, we're going to do this thing.
0:25.3	We're going to have a conversation.
0:28.6	From Chicago, this is Film Spotting, celebrating our 20th year.
0:33.0	I'm Josh Larson.
0:34.0	And I'm Adam Kempinard.
0:35.1	We spend our lives in search of the other half. If you think you've found that, don't be so quick to let it go.
0:45.8	What a comforting thought. That's from the trailer for director Michael Shanks together with Allison Brie and Dave Franco as a couple whose relationship undergoes an unsettling transformation.
0:55.9	We've got a review.
0:57.0	Speaking of unusual relationships, how about Joe Gillis and Norma Desmond?
1:01.8	We'll talk Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard to mark its 75th anniversary.
1:07.1	That and more.
1:08.0	All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
1:10.5	Ahead on FilmSpotting.
1:20.8	Welcome to FilmSpotting.
1:22.6	Josh, if you count dating, certainly.
1:24.3	We have both been with our wives for over 30 years. And still, no fusing of the
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