Columbus with Kogonada, Pather Panchali with Dana Stevens at Filmspotting Fest (#1030)

Filmspotting

Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen

Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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To celebrate 20 years of the show, we hosted Filmspotting Fest in March – six films over three days at two of Chicago’s iconic cinemas. This episode features two standout post-screening conversations: director Kogonada reflects on his Golden Brick-winning debut COLUMBUS, and Slate film critic Dana Stevens joins Josh to discuss Satyajit Ray’s indelible PATHER PANCHALI. 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 (00:00:00-00:01:47) Columbus with Kogonada (00:01:48-00:28:21) Notes (00:28:22-00:29:31) Pather Panchali with Dana Stevens (00:29:32-00:56:49) Credits / New Releases (00:56:50-01:00:16) Links: -Filmspotting Fest https://www.filmspotting.net/filmspotting-fest -"Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the 20th Century" https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Camera-Man/Dana-Stevens/9781501134203 -Filmspotting Poll: Pixar or Ghibli https://poll.fm/15908981 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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0:00.0	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.
0:28.5	From Chicago, this is Film Spotting, celebrating our 20th year.
0:32.3	I'm Adam Kempinar.
0:33.5	You feel this hope and possibility of a time, you know, where people really felt like they could make a difference by the spaces they created.
0:42.9	And I just, I thought, I have to make a film here because there's such a story.
0:47.1	That's director Koganada, who went on to make that film, his first, 2017's Columbus, which is set in Columbus, Indiana, a mecca for modernist architecture.
0:56.6	We screened the film earlier this year as part of Film Spotting Fest, and Koganada was kind enough to join us.
1:02.7	We'll share our post-screening Q&A.
1:04.9	Also from Film Spotting Fest, Slates Dana Stevens on Statujit Ray's Pother Panchali.
1:10.3	That and more.
1:11.5	Ahead on FilmSpotting.
1:21.1	Welcome to FilmSpotting.
1:22.9	Adam Flying Solo this week with Josh's big move.
1:26.6	Back in March of this year, we celebrated 20 years of
1:29.1	film spotting with the first ever film spotting fest, six films over three days at two great
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