Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit (SVU) show

Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit (SVU)

Summary: Filmspotting: SVU is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by BuzzFeed's Alison Willmore and ScreenCrush's Matt Singer focusing on the world of online movies. Part of the Filmspotting family of podcasts and the Panoply Network.

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 SVU #32: It's Such a Beautiful Day / Animation for Grownups | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4508

Matt and Alison were going to call the theme of this show 'animated adult films' but that just seemed wrong... So instead they'll hand-draw you their picks for some of their favorite animated movies currently available via streaming and on demand. Plus, their review of Don Hertzfeldt's "It's a Beautiful Day." Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Greetings From Tim Buckley What Richard Did Fresh Meat Queue Shots: Animation For Grownups Tatsumi Yellow Submarine Heavy Metal Who Framed Roger Rabbit South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut The Films of Ralph Bakshi Listeners Choice Review It's Such a Beautiful Day Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Safe The Short Films of David Lynch The Ballad of Narayama Alison: Top of the Lake Harlan County U.S.A. Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist 2 Expiring Titles (Expiration Date) Matt: J.D.'s Revenge (5/1) She (5/1) Alison: Barb Wire (5/1) Cul-De-Sac 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: The Terror Alison: Black Sunday

 SVU #31: 48 Hrs. / Streets of Fire / Eddie Murphy Movies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4573

Matt gets Alison out on a weekend pass for a Walter Hill double feature of "48 Hrs." and "Streets of Fire." Plus, a look at Eddie Murphy movies currently available via streaming and on demand. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Django Unchained Antiviral To the Wonder Queue Shots: Eddie Murphy Movies Raw Saturday Night Live: The 1980s Harlem Nights Coming to America Shrek The Nutty Professor Listeners Choice Review 48 Hrs / Streets of Fire Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Goldfinger Play It Again, Sam Young Mr. Lincoln Alison: Peppermint Candy Another Day in Paradise Cat People 2 Expiring Titles (Expiration Date) Matt: Southern Comfort (4/15) Donnie Darko (4/15) Alison: Armadillo (4/18) The Robber (4/18) 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Blithe Spirit Alison: Wallander

 SVU #30: Primer / Time Travel Movies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4784

Alison fires up the Delorean powered by Doc Singer's flux capacitor and treks back to 2005 for a discussion Shane Carruth's "Primer" ... then the pair comes back to the present to share some of their favorite time travel movies currently available via streaming and VOD. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Starlet On the Road LUV Queue Shots: Time Travel Movies Timecrimes Somewhere in Time Happy Accidents Timecop The Twilight Zone Listeners Choice Review Primer Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Passione Neighbors You Don't Know Bo Alison: Hunger Don't Look in the Basement Cosmopolis 2 Expiring Titles (Expiration Date) Matt: The Last Exorcism (4/3) Xanadu (4/1) Alison: Gattaca (4/1) Shadowboxer (4/1) 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Law of Desire Alison: Somersault

 SVU #29: Perks of Being From Pennsylvania Edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4129

From the streets of Philadelphia to the steel mills of Pittsburgh, Alison and Matt share their favorite movies set in Pennsylvania currently available via streaming and on demand -- inspired by their Listener's Choice review of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable and Audible.com. Opening BreakWuthering Heights This Must Be The Place

 SVU #28: Live From Videology Edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4755

No, that isn't a prank Skype caller... Live From Videology in Brookyln, Alison and Matt talk to "Compliance" writer/director Craig Zobel and star Pat Healy, plus share some interesting titles currently available via VOD and streaming. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Holy Motors The Master Chicken With Plums Listeners Choice Review House of Cards Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: The Sacrifice Dirty Work The Man From Beyond Alison: Army of Shadows Side By Side 9.79* 2 Expiring Titles (Expiration Date) Matt: Drugstore Cowboy / Cutthroat Island (3/1) Half Nelson (3/1) Alison: The Color of Pomegranates (3/1) Layer Cake 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: The Dark Backward Alison: The United States of Tara

 SVU #27: We Love The '80s Edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4269

Matt plays Goose to Alison's Maverick -- or is it the other way around? -- as the SVU team re-examines the '80s action classic "Top Gun." Plus, a look at some of their favorite '80s movies available via streaming and on demand. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable and Audible. Opening Break In Our Nature Brooklyn Castle Celeste and Jesse Forever A Late Quartet Queue Shots: '80s Movies Flashdance Beverly Hills Cop Trading Places Ferris Bueller's Day Off Highlander The Karate Kid Listeners Choice Review Top Gun Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Vacancy Decoding Deepak A Night in Casablanca Alison: Le Cercle Rouge My Brilliant Career The Best of Youth 2 Expiring Titles (Expiration Date) Matt: Dirty Sexy Money (2/15) Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, and Rebel (2/17) Alison: Me and Orson Welles (2/17) Until the Light Takes Us (2/20) 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Basquiat Alison: Nostalgia For the Light

 SVU #26: When You Wish Upon a Star Edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4532

Grab your magic feather and make sure you're home by midnight: on this episode of SVU, Matt and Alison travel to the happiest place on earth for a look at the wide world of Disney movies available on streaming and VOD, plus a review of Disney's "Treasure Planet." Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Keep the Lights On The Imposter Undefeated Sound City Queue Shots: Disney Animated Movies Dumbo Cinderella The Great Mouse Detective The Rescuers James and the Giant Peach Frank and Ollie Listeners Choice Review Treasure Planet Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: John Dies at the End The Naked Gun 5 Broken Cameras Alison: Invisible Waves Primer Flirt 2 Expiring Titles (Expiration Date) Matt: Chinatown (2/1) I Love You Phillip Morris (2/3) Alison: Alice's Restaurant (2/1) Irreversible (2/1) 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain Alison: Submarine

 SVU #25: Lone Star Edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4318

Matt and Alison heard y'all talking about killing mama. They think it's a good idea... SVU investigates the sleazy world of William Friedkin's "Killer Joe" and shares some of their favorite 'Texas movies' available via streaming and VOD. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Compliance Detropia The End of Love Queue Shots: Texas Movies Into the Abyss The Thin Blue Line Holes The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas The Searchers Slacker Listeners Choice Review Killer Joe Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol The Untouchables Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story of James Bond 007 Alison: The Exploding Girl My Sucky Teen Romance Hondo 2 Expiring Titles (Expiration Date) Matt: Hell and Back Again (1/24) Enter the Void (1/25) Alison: Winter's Bone (1/26) Dragon Wars (2/1) 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Dragstrip Girl Alison: Penny Serenade

 SVU #24: Inaugural SVUvie Awards | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5098

The end of 2012 means it's time for Matt and Alison's inaugural SVUvie Awards! Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break All Superheroes Must Die Little Birds The Other Dream Team The Sorcerer and the White Snake (1/3) SVUvie Award Winners You Can Watch at Home Girl Walk // All Day Sparkle Sleepless Night Klown Lawless Magic Mike The Cabin in the Woods Haywire Behind the 8-Ball Sleepwalk With Me Jeff, Who Lives at Home The Devil Inside Red Lights Topsy-Turvy Escape From Alcatraz Terminator 2: Judgment Day

 SVU #23: In a Mirror, Darkly Edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3771

Alison insists on dancing to pop music while stern taskmaster Matt refuses, leading to a lot of tension as SVU discusses the new film from the director of "Dogtooth" about an underground group that helps people mourn their lost loved ones by impersonating them. Plus, a look at some of the best movies about doppelgangers and more currently available via streaming and on demand. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable and Audible. Opening Break Cosmopolis Kumare Stolen Queue Shots: Doppelganger Movies Adaptation Face/Off The Prestige The Man With My Face Detour Listeners Choice Review Alps Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: The Adventures of Tintin The Kid With a Bike The Loneliest Planet (12/18) Alison: That Obscure Object of Desire Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale Cleanflix 2 Expiring Titles (Expiration Date) Matt: Summer Hours (12/20) Iron Man 2 (12/25) Alison: Still Walking (12/25) Monster Thursday (12/31) 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: The Brain That Wouldn't Die Alison: The Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors

 SVU #22: December Cram Session Edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4152

With the final exam looming, Alison and Matt cram in some acclaimed 2012 releases currently available via streaming and VOD, including the documentary "The Imposter." Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break King Kelly Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Crazy Horse Queue Shots: Notable 2012 Movies The Deep Blue Sea Sound of My Voice Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Kill List Jiro Dreams of Sushi Oslo, August 31st Listeners Choice Review The Imposter Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap The Russian Winter The Color Wheel Alison: The Invisible War Bernie Take This Waltz 2 Expiring Titles (Expiration) Matt: Shadows and Lies (12/7) Step Into Liquid (12/9) Alison: Sarah Palin: The Undefeated (12/7) Sin Nombre (12/16) 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Redline 7000 Alison: The Vampire Diaries

 SVU #21: Give Us the Money and No One Gets Hurt Edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3868

Hey, maybe, we should've robbed your house. Did you ever think of that? ... It crossed SVU's mind as Matt and Alison discuss Wes Anderson's debut film "Bottle Rocket" and share some of their favorite heist movies currently available via on demand and streaming. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Vamps Head Games The Fitzgerald Family Christmas Queue Shots: Heist Films Sexy Beast Kansas City Confidential Stander The Friends of Eddie Coyle Thief Quick Change Listeners' Choice Review Bottle Rocket Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Casa De Mi Padre Hugo (11/24) Harold and Maude Alison: Gates of Heaven Re-Animator The Flowers of War 2 Expiring Titles(Expiration Date) Matt: Another Woman (12/1) Insomnia(12/1) Alison: Bangkok Dangerous (11/30)District 9 (12/1) 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Trollhunter Alison: Everlasting Moments

 SVU #20: It's a Helluva Town Edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4076

Chapter One. Matt and Alison are as tough and romantic as the city they love.. New York was their town, and it always would be... This week, your SVU investigators share some of their favorite movies about their favorite city available via streaming. Plus, the Listeners' Choice discussion of "The Comedy," starring Tim Heidecker. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Natural Selection I Wish The Queen of Versailles Queue Shots: New York City Movies Mutual Appreciation The Landlord Smoke Across 110th Street Inside Man The Naked City Listeners Choice Review The Comedy Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Alison: Twenty Four Seven Out of Sight Barton Fink Matt: The American Scream Thieves Like Us Red Scorpion 2 Expiring Titles (Expiration Date) Alison: Lovely, Still (11/9) Everyone Else (11/15) Matt: Assault on Precinct 13 (11/15) Sherlock Jr. (11/15) 1 Random Film From Our Queues Alison: W.E. Matt: Saturday Night Live: The 1970s

 SVU #19: Only a Pwn in Their Game Edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3864

The Master Control Program has chosen Matt and Alison to serve their system on the Game Grid... prompting them to discuss the new documentary Indie Game: The Movie, and help you on your quest to find good movies influenced by video games that are available via streaming. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break The Loneliest Planet Fat Kid Rules the World Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning Queue Shots: Video Games Influence on Movies Avalon Crank eXistenZ Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World Community: Digital Estate Planning Special When Lit Listeners Choice Review Indie Game: The Movie Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: The Ambassador Alias (TV) Bug (starting 10/23) Alison: Idlewild Freaks and Geeks Hana & Alice 2 Expiring Titles (Expiration Date) Matt: The Bellboy (11/1) Bonnie and Clyde (11/1) Alison: Rivers and Tides (10/31) Kissing Jessica Stein (11/1) 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Tell No One Alison: L'Iceberg

 SVU #18: Electric Boogaloo Edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4121

Damnit Jim, Matt and Alison are podcasters not doctors... and they're prepped for the Listener's Choice discussion (with spoilers!) of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan." Plus, a conversation with "Hotel Noir" director Sebastian Gutierrez and a look at some 'Superior Sequels' and more available via streaming. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Hotel Noir A Cat in Paris 28 Hotel Rooms Price Check Queue Shots: Superior Sequels Before Sunset From Russia With Love Hot Shots: Part Deux Blade II The Devil's Rejects Army of Darkness Listeners Choice Review Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Goodbye First Love Slither Umberto D. Alison: Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Monsoon Wedding Hospitalité 2 Expiring Titles (Expiration Date) Matt: Red State (10/18) Holy Rollers (10/19) Alison: Fados (10/20) Leap Year (10/21) 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Artists and Models Alison: Paris is Burning

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