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FilmWeek

LAist 89.3 | Southern California Public Radio

FilmWeek on AirTalk, hosted by Larry Mantle, is a one-hour weekly segment devoted to films. It offers reviews of the week"s new movies, interviews with filmmakers, and discussions on various aspects of the industry.

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19:04

Feature: The Significance Of ‘Double Indemnity’ For...

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2024/05/24

A new book by film historians James Ursini and Alain Silver titled “From the Moment They Met It Was Murder: Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir” gets into one of Hollywood’s most influential works, the true crime drama “Double Indemnity.” Ursini and Silver helped chronicle the film’s origins, from the 1927 “crime of the century” it's based on and the motifs that would eventually inspire generations. What better way to reboot our FilmWeek screening series than to talk about this iconic

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FilmWeek: ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ ‘Hit Man,’ ‘Queen...

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2024/05/24

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Wade Major, Tim Cogshell, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” Wide Release “The Garfield Movie” Wide Release “Hit Man” Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica] | Laemmle Glendale [Glendale] | Streaming on Netflix June 7 “Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle” Wide Release “The Beach Boys” Streaming on Disney+ “Queen of the Deuce” Streaming on Amazon and Apple TV+ “Atlas” Streaming

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Feature: Remembering Roger Corman, Storied Filmmaker,...

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2024/05/17

Roger Corman, the “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98. Corman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California, according to a statement released Saturday by his wife and daughters. This follows a life that started with many B-horror movies, such as the 1960 film “Little Shop of Horrors,” and helping kickstart the

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FilmWeek: ‘Back To Black ’ ‘Gasoline Rainbow,’...

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2024/05/17

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Manuel Betancourt and Christy Lemire review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms. “If” Wide Release “Babes” Wide Release “Back To Black” Wide Release “Gasoline Rainbow” Laemmle Glendale [Glendale] | Streaming on MUBI May 31 “Thelma the Unicorn” Streaming on Netflix “The Tuba Thieves” Premieres on PBS May 20th “The Blue Angels” In IMAX | Streaming on Amazon Prime May 23

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19:38

HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 8 - Movies Under...

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2024/05/13

Go back to the movies with us! It's heating up in the city, so Revival House continues with a classic of spring and summertime in L.A. — a film at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Run by Cinespia, you can picnic and catch a revival film on the iconic grassy knoll. What keeps people coming back year after year? What's the history of it all? Listen along to find out. Learn more about the cemetery tour here: https://www.cemeterytour.com/ Find more about Cinespia here: https://cinespia.org/ Guests:

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FilmWeek: ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ ‘The...

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2024/05/10

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Andy Klein review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms. “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” Wide Release “Poolman” In Select Theaters “Summer Qamp” Laemmle Glendale [Glendale] “Power” Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica]| Streaming On Netflix May 17 “The Last Stop in Yuma County” In Select Theaters “Living With Leopards” Streaming On Netflix “The Roundup Punishment” Wide Release “Force Of Nature: The Dry 2”

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19:03

Feature: ‘The Blues Brothers’ Book Brings Together...

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2024/05/10

Saturday Night Live over the decades has served as a building block for comedians, using that platform as a way to get your name out there and eventually spin their popularity into other ventures. One of the earliest, and most iconic cases, being the American Classic that SNL alums Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi created with “The Blues Brothers.” A new book, by writer and journalist Daniel de Visé, gets into how Aykroyd and Belushi’s kinetic, comedic energy was spun into a just as entertaining

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19:04

Feature: Larry Talks To ‘I Saw The TV Glow’ Director...

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2024/05/03

“I Saw The TV Glow,” the new film by second-time director Jane Schoenbrun, is a story they consider their most personal. The story follows the character Owen, over multiple decades of their own life, re-visiting their identity through the help of an old friend named Maddy. The film brings together elements of childhood nostalgia and horror in this fictional story of one kid who feels different from everyone else in this small town.Today on FilmWeek, Larry sits down with the film's lead actor,

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FilmWeek: ‘I Saw The TV Glow’ ‘The Idea of You,’...

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2024/05/03

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Lael Loewenstein and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms. “The Fall Guy” Wide Release “Unfrosted” Streaming on Netflix “I Saw The TV Glow” Wide Release “Wildcat” AMC Century City 15 [Century City] | Vidiots [Eagle Rock] May 4th “Blood in Blood Out (1993)” Streaming on Hulu “Nowhere Special” Landmark Pasadena Playhouse [Pasadena] | Laemmle Royal [Sawtelle] | Laemmle Glendale [Glendale] | Regency Agoura Hills

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FilmWeek: ‘Challengers,’ ‘Bad Faith,’ ‘Humane,’ And More

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2024/04/26

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell and Andy Klein review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms:“Challengers” Wide Release “Boy Kills World” Wide Release “Egoist” Wide Release “Bad Faith” VOD “Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story” Laemmle Glendale [Glendale] April 26th | Streaming on PBS May 13 “Uncropped” Laemmle Royal [Sawtelle] on April “Little Empty Boxes” Laemmle Monica [Santa Monica] April 26 | Laemmle Royal [Sawtelle] April

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19:04

FilmWeek Feature: Seven Samurai 70 Years Later:...

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2024/04/26

One of the most prolific and exceptional filmmakers who ever lived, Akira Kurosawa has an anniversary for his best works. His 1954 film “Seven Samurai” has now hit its 70th anniversary, released on April 26. It’s a film that was voted the 20th best film of all time by prominent members of the film industry who took part in BFI’s Top 225 list back in 2022. ‘Seven Samurai’ followed hits in Kurosawa’s filmography like “Rashomon” and “Yojimbo’... but what’s led to that common sentiment? For this week’s

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HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 7 - The Long Road...

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2024/04/22

Go back to the movies with us!We're still profiling LA's repertory theaters in Revival House cause there are SO MANY to check out! In this episode, we explore a cool space with some deep, messy history. Fashion label Brain Dead has taken over a site that some would consider....a little cursed. Originally opened in the 1940s as The Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax, the venue was home to premieres and parties. Until a theft and murder shut the theater down. In the 2000s, it was taken over by

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FilmWeek Feature: Larry Talks To The Zellners,...

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2024/04/19

David and Nathan Zellners’ latest feature, ‘Sasquatch Sunset,’ is an unconventional story about a family of sasquatches living their lives in the woods of California’s Humboldt County. The film’s presentation has qualities not much different than popular live nature cams you’ll find today, making for a narrative that’s less to do with structure and more focused on a “day in the life” of a fictional creature.Today on FilmWeek, we hear about the process of filming “Sasquatch Sunset” with David and

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FilmWeek: ‘Spy x Family Code: White,’ ‘We Grown Now,’...

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2024/04/19

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire, Wade Major, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms: “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” Wide Release “Abigail” Wide Release “Spy x Family Code: White” Wide Release “We Grown Now” Cinemark Baldwin Hills [Crenshaw] & XD, AMC Century City 15 [Century City] “Tiger” Streaming on Disney + “Kung Fu Panda 4” Wide Release & VOD “Dusk for a Hitman” VOD “The People’s Joker”

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HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 6 - The Academy...

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2024/04/15

We're back with another episode of Revival House, but this time we're not heading to a 100 year old theater...The David Geffen and Ted Mann theaters at the Academy Museum of Motion Arts and Pictures are a new addition to L.A's revival programming. In this episode, we explore what the theaters, which only opened in 2021, have to offer our city's moviegoing landscape. And hopefully, we demystify what seeing a movie here is actually like! (Did you know that tickets are only $10? And no, they don't

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FilmWeek Feature: Larry Talks to ‘Civil War’ Stars...

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2024/04/12

‘Civil War’ sees director Alex Garland’s imagined universe of what a second civil war would look like in the United States. Audiences are guided through the film by its main protagonists, a quartet of journalists played by Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, and Stephen McKinley Henderson. Shows the lengths to which these journalists are willing to go, to not only document history but also try and live past it. Today on FilmWeek, we welcome ‘Civil War’ stars Wagner Moura and Cailee Spaeny,

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FilmWeek: 'Civil War,' ‘The Old Oak,' 'Ryuichi...

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2024/04/12

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Lael Loewenstein and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms:“Civil War” Wide Release “The Old Oak” Leammle Royal April 12th [West LA] “Coup de Chance” Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica] & VOD “Sasquatch Sunset” Alamo Drafthouse [DTLA] April 12th | Expands April 19th “Arcadian” Wide Release “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus” The Egyptian Theater [Hollywood] April 14 | Laemmle Claremont [Claremont],

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HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 5 - The Highland...

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2024/04/08

Revival House is breaking format for this episode, and we’re saying goodbye to a historic first-run movie theater. The Highland Theatre in Highland Park was one of the only movie theaters in Northeast LA. A designated historic cultural monument, the exterior will remain intact, but its future is uncertain. In this episode, How To LA producer Victoria Alejandro chats with host Brian De Los Santos about community memories, the history of the theater, and what might be next… Links we mentioned

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FilmWeek Feature: Larry Talks To Amanda McBaine &...

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2024/04/05

A new documentary, directed by Emmy-award-winning directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, looks into the decision-making of 500 civically engaged teen girls in Missouri who go through the process of electing their peers to different branches of government. This follows the 2020 documentary “Boys State,” which won them their Primetime Emmy, following teen boys in Texas building their democratically-elected government. For this week’s FilmWeek feature, we talk to Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss about

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FilmWeek: ‘Monkey Man,’ ‘The Beast,’ ‘Kim’s Video’...

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2024/04/05

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Peter Rainer and Manuel Betancourt review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms:“The First Omen” Wide Release“Monkey Man” Wide Release“The Beast” AMC Burbank 16 [Burbank] + Landmark Sunset [Hollywood]“The Greatest Hits” AMC Burbank Town Center 8 April 5th | Streaming on HULU April 12th“Girls State” Streaming on Apple TV+“Farewell, Mister Haffmann” Laemmle Royal [West LA] + Laemmle Town Center 5 [Encino]“Housekeeping for

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