Author Chris Harris (“The Big Clear”) joins Adam and Josh for a trip to Chinatown and lots of other unsavory places for this week’s Filmspotting Top 5: Neo-Noirs. Plus, a review of Danny Boyle’s art-world thriller “Trance” and a tribute to the late, great Roger Ebert.

This episode is presented by Shutterstock (code FILM4).

:00-1:21 - Billboard

1:21-18:00 - Farewell, Ebert

Music: The Beatles, “I’ll Be Back”

19:40-31:27 - Shutterstock

21:51-29:56 - Massacre Theatre

29:56-41:17 - Polls / Notes / Pantheon

41:17-53:57 - Review: “Trance”

Music: Eels, “New Alphabet”

55:38-1:21:29 - Donations / SVU Promo

1:04:53-1:47:47 - Top 5 Neo-Noirs

1:47:04-1:51:36 - Close

MUSIC

- Eels

NOTES

- MT winner: Ben Flanagan

LINKS

- “The Big Clear”

- Harris Blog on Neo-Noir

- Josh’s review of “Trance”

- Ebert on “Blue Velvet”

- Ebert on “Dead Poet’s Society”

- Ebert’s letter to Dana Stevens

- Chicago Critics Film Festival

- Pantheon on Letterboxd

- New Cult Canon: “Brick”

PARTNERS

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- The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith- iTunes