Take Shelter with Matt Singer, Lone Star with Michael Phillips (#1046)

Filmspotting

Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen

Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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For the first show of the New Year, we’re sharing a couple of previously unaired live conversations: Adam with Matt Singer about Jeff Nichols’s TAKE SHELTER, recorded at Filmspotting Fest; and Adam with Michael Phillips about John Sayles’s 1996 western noir LONE STAR at the City of Chicago’s Siskel & Ebert at 50 celebration. 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 (00:00:00-00:01:55) Take Shelter at Filmspotting Fest (00:01:56-00:26:45) Next Week / Notes (00:26:46-00:29:33) Lone Star at Siskel & Ebert at 50 (00:29:34-01:04:25) Credits / New Releases (01:04:26-01:05:44) Links: -Filmspotting Fest ⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/filmspotting-fest⁠ -Siskel & Ebert at 50 https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/provdrs/chicago_film_office/news/2025/october/siskel_ebert.html 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. ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://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://www.instagram.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠ ⁠https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.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.
0:03.5	Regal Unlimited is the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits.
0:09.9	See any standard 2D movie anytime with no black outdates or restrictions.
0:14.4	Save on tickets, save on snacks.
0:16.3	Members get 10% off all non-alcoholic concession items.
0:20.4	Sign up now in the Regal app or at
0:22.2	R-E-G-movies.com slash unlimited.
0:29.5	What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?
0:32.5	You're not interested in art?
0:33.6	No.
0:34.1	Now, look, we're going to do this thing.
0:35.4	We're going to have a conversation.
0:41.3	From Chicago, this is Film Spotting. I'm Adam Kempanar.
0:42.3	Okay, so we hoped when we started planning this, that maybe being a Chicago guy, we could get
0:48.3	Michael Shannon to come be here at Film Spotting Fest.
0:52.3	And, you know, instead, he's off touring the country doing r em songs
0:57.1	and that wasn't possible so we got the next best thing matt singer as michael shannon back in
1:03.2	march we celebrated 20 years of the show with film spotting fest a three-day film festival with
1:08.8	screenings and special guests critic matt singer yes cos, yes, cosplaying as Hawaiian shirt-wearing Michael Shannon, joined us for a post-screening
1:16.5	chat about Jeff Nichols Take Shelter.
1:18.9	That conversation, plus Michael Phillips and I revisit John Sayles' Lone Star, which turns 30
1:24.2	in the new year.
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