Bugonia Review, Die My Love, The Mastermind, It Was Just an Accident (#1039)

Filmspotting

Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen

Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 124 minutes

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For their fourth film together, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone get weird and go bald in BUGONIA with Jesse Plemons as Stone’s conspiracy-obsessed kidnapper. Adam and Josh discuss, along with reviews of Lynne Ramsay’s DIE MY LOVE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Kelly Reichardt’s THE MASTERMIND with Josh O’Connor, and film-of-the-year candidate IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, the latest from Jafar Panahi. 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 (00:00:00-00:02:36) Bugonia (00:02:37-00:30:40) Die My Love (00:30:41-00:48:44) Filmspotting Family (00:48:45-00:51:48) The Mastermind (00:51:49-01:14:08) Mastermind Prize (01:14:09-01:17:49) It Was Just an Accident (01:17:50-01:34:18) Next Week / Notes (01:34:19-01:45:55) Polls (01:45:56-01:56:08) Credits / New Releases (01:56:09-02:00:04) Links: -Poll: Actor/Director Duos Since 2000 https://poll.fm/16260111 -Siskel & Ebert at 50: Lone Star with Adam and Michael https://luma.com/pwlqid75 -Fear Not! (50% Off + Free Shipping; code CONFSHIP, select Media Mail) https://wipfandstock.com/9781666738520/fear-not/ -London Meetup w/Josh on Dec. 11 https://forms.gle/rUcgUKicTddzwFBs5 RSVP: Feedback: -Email us at ⁠⁠⁠feedback@filmspotting.net⁠⁠⁠. -⁠⁠⁠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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0:40.7	FilmSpot 25. That's Film Spot 25 to receive your discount.
0:49.7	What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?
0:52.7	You're not interested in art?
0:53.8	No.
0:54.3	Now look, we're going to do this thing.
0:55.6	We're going to have a conversation.
0:59.0	From Chicago, this is film spotting, celebrating our 20th year.
1:03.0	I'm Josh Larson, and I'm Adam Kempinar.
1:06.1	Welcome to the headquarters of the human resistance.
1:10.1	Where is my hair?
1:11.5	Your hair has been destroyed.
1:13.7	To prevent you from contacting your ship.
1:16.7	What ship?
1:18.8	Your mother ship.
1:21.4	Okay.
1:22.9	Emma Stone is back with Bagonia, her fourth collaboration with director
1:27.0	Yorgos Lantemos. This time she's
1:29.5	been kidnapped, shaved bald, and is maybe an alien. Plus Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson
1:35.8	in Lynn Ramsey's Die My Love, Kelly Rikert's The Mastermind, starring Josh O'Connor,
1:41.3	and the latest from Iran's Jafar Panahi. It was just an accident.
1:45.8	It's all ahead on film spotting.
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