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

• MoviePass

• Fandor.com/Filmspotting

• The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith- iTunes