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Josh Larsen is the co-host of the long-running radio show and podcast Filmspotting, as well as author of Movies Are Prayers and Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies. Previously he served as senior producer for Think Christian, a website, podcast, and video channel exploring the intersection of faith and pop culture. Josh has been writing and speaking about movies professionally for more than 30 years. His career began in the mainstream newspaper business, where he started out as a beat reporter for a weekly community newspaper and went on to become the film critic for a daily, Chicago-area paper. In 2011, he entered the new media landscape with Think Christian. Josh joined Filmspotting in 2012. Produced weekly and aired on WBEZ in Chicago, the show features reviews, interviews, and Top 5 lists, and was launched in the early days of iTunes in 2005. A veteran of the Sundance, Toronto, and Chicago International Film Festivals, Josh has given talks on film and faith at various Christians colleges. He also leads “Ebert Interruptus’—a multi-day, scene-by-scene analysis of a single film, a tradition established by Roger Ebert—at the University of Colorado’s Conference on World Affairs. In 2024, he brought a version of the event — Cinema Interruptus — to Chicago. Visit LarsenOnFilm for Josh's latest work, to sign up for his free newsletter, and to explore an archive of almost every review he’s written. You can also follow him on Instagram and Letterboxd as LarsenOnFilm.
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