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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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19:00

Feature: ‘Nickel Boys’ writer-director RaMell Ross...

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2025/02/14

Feature: ‘Nickel Boys’ writer-director RaMell Ross discusses creative ways of adapting Colson Whitehead’s novel Since the book was released in 2019, Colson Whitehead's historical fiction novel The Nickel Boys has reached great critical acclaim, having most notably won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. So to adapt the book into a feature-length film seems like it’d offer a lot of pressure, but it’s one the RaMell Ross seemed willing to take on following his

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19:00

Feature: 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat' director...

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2025/02/07

Feature: 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat' director discusses Jazz greats and their relationship to post-colonial Africa The Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat has received critical success through it’s focus on an international incident, a relationship between developing countries in a post-colonial era, and how artists can unknowingly play a role in this. The documentary, directed by Johan Grimonprez, uses jazz music from the likes of Louis Armstrong and Max Roach as an

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30:30

FilmWeek: 'Love Hurts,' 'No Other Land,'...

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2025/02/07

FilmWeek: 'Love Hurts,' 'Jazzy,' 'Parthenope,' 'Bring Them Down,' and More Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Manuel Betancourt and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms. Love Hurts No Other Land Parthenope Suze Jazzy Armand Dark Nuns Bring Them Down Hazard

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33:00

FilmWeek: 'Companion,' 'Liza: A Truly Terrific...

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2025/01/30

FilmWeek: 'Companion,' 'Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story,' 'Dog Man,' and More Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Charles Solomon, Lael Loewenstein, and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms. Companion Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story Dog Man You're Cordially Invited Love Me Valiant One Lucca's World Oscar Animated Shorts *Only one film (Wander to Wonder) is available online; all the animated

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16:30

Feature: New Book ‘Falling in Love at the Movies”...

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2025/01/30

New Book ‘Falling in Love at the Movies” highlights the history of the romantic comedy In her new book Falling in Love at the Movies, entertainment journalist Esther Zuckerman takes readers through the history of romantic comedies. A beloved genre, having built a reliable audience at the box office and some films even winning Academy Awards, the romcom has held a cultural impact that’s left many longing for romances depicted in Roman Holiday and When Harry Met Sally. So for this

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19:00

Feature: New book ‘Louis B. Mayer and Irving...

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2025/01/24

Feature: New book ‘Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation’ tells the story of two MGM visionaries Moviegoers nowadays might not know much of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios’ history outside of its iconic mascot, a lion who introduced each film with it’s iconic roar. It was an introduction that was meant to prepare viewers for not just a film, but a spectacle. A new book by retired film critic Kenneth Turan shares the studio’s rich history of spectacle

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30:30

FilmWeek: 'Presence,' 'Flight Risk,' 'Eternal You,'...

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2025/01/24

FilmWeek: 'Presence,' 'Flight Risk,' 'Eternal You,' and More Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming. Presence Flight Risk Inheritance Eternal You Brave the Dark Grafted Rose Global Harmony

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30:30

FilmWeek: 'One of Them Days,' Wolf Man,' 'I'm Still...

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2025/01/17

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Manuel Betancourt and Amy Nicholson review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming. FilmWeek: 'One of Them Days,' Wolf Man,' 'I'm Still Here,' 'Hard Truths,' and More Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Manuel Betancourt and Amy Nicholson review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming. One of Them Days Wolf Man I’m Still Here Grand Theft Hamlet Hard Truths Eno DIG! XX Don't Die:

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19:00

Feature: David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind...

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2025/01/17

David Lynch,the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and theTV series “Twin Peaks,”has died just days before his 79th birthday. His family announced the death in a Facebook post on Thursday. The cause of death and location was not immediately available, but Lynch had been public about his emphysema. Lynch was a onetime painter who broke through in the 1970s with the surreal

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49:33

FilmWeek: 'A Complete Unknown,' 'Babygirl,'...

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2024/12/25

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell, Manuel Betancourt, and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming. A Complete Unknown Babygirl Nosferatu Better Man The Fire Inside 2073 Vermiglio From Ground Zero Harbin

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19:17

Feature: Wallace & Gromit return to the big screen...

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2024/12/20

Feature: Wallace & Gromit return to the big screen with ‘Vengeance Most Fowl,’ we talk to the directors It’s been 19 years since the intuitive, Wensleydale-loving Wallace and Gromit graced the big screen, with their last feature being The Curse of the Wererabbit; now the duo returns with Vengeance Most Fowl, which also marks the return of an old foe, the silent penguin Feathers McGraw. Having begun as a graduation project at the National Film and Television School, and now

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30:17

FilmWeek: 'The Brutalist,' 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3,'...

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2024/12/20

FilmWeek: 'The Brutalist,' 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3,' 'Mufasa: The Lion King,' 'The Count of Monte Cristo,' and More Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire and Wade Major review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming. The Brutalist Mufasa: The Lion King Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Homestead The Room Next Door The Count of Monte Cristo Counted Out The Wages of Fear (1953)

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19:02

Feature: 1972 Munich Hostage Crisis broadcast gets...

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2024/12/13

Feature: 1972 Munich Hostage Crisis broadcast gets revisited in ‘September 5,’ we discuss the film with its director. Movies centered on journalists have been somewhat of a trend over the years, with Spotlight and The Post serving as recent examples, and some older classics like All The President’s Men and The Insider. Writer-director Tim Fehlbaum’s latest project, September 5, looks to add to the tradition with a timely story of broadcast journalists attempting to cover an

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30:32

FilmWeek: 'Kraven the Hunter,' 'Wallace & Gromit:...

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2024/12/13

FilmWeek: 'Kraven the Hunter,' 'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,' 'Nickel Boys,' and More Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Manuel Betancourt, Peter Rainer, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on-demand platforms. Kraven the Hunter Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl September 5 Nickel Boys The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Oh, Canada The Last Showgirl The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Carry-On

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31:30

FilmWeek: 'Y2K,' 'Day of the Fight,' 'Mary'...

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2024/12/06

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Wade Major and Christy Lemire review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on-demand platforms. Nightbitch Y2K The Order Day of the Fight The End Unstoppable The Girl with the Needle Mary Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary The Return Lake George

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Feature: From 'Jonny Quest' to 'The West Wing' and...

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2024/11/27

From 'Jonny Quest' to 'The West Wing' and beyond: Actor Tim Matheson on his decades spent in Hollywood Actor Tim Matheson has been working in showbiz since he was a young kid. He took up roles in some shows from the 1960s, like Leave it to Beaver and Window on Main Street. In 1964, he became the leading voice for the animated adventure series Jonny Quest. He'd go on to play Eric "Otter" Stratton in one of his best-known roles in the 1978 comedy film Animal House, and he was Emmy-nominated for his

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31:32

FilmWeek: 'Moana 2,' 'Queer,' 'Maria,' 'That...

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2024/11/27

FilmWeek: 'Moana 2,' 'Queer,' 'Maria,' 'That Christmas,' and More Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell, Peter Rainer and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on-demand platforms. Moana 2 Queer Maria The Seed of the Sacred Fig Ernest Cole: Lost and Found Porcelain War That Christmas Queens (Reinas)

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Feature: As we enter a major weekend for Hollywood,...

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2024/11/22

As we enter a major weekend for Hollywood, how successful are Wicked and Gladiator II projected to be? Although Thanksgiving cooking is a major event on its own, the next two weekends serve as a time when major studios try to cash in on the audience’s free time. The two major releases this weekend, John M. Chu’s Wicked and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, have bot h heavily campaigned for eyeballs, leaving questions about whether both can find box office success during the first week of their respective

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Feature: Critics discuss what’s behind the idea of...

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2024/11/22

Feature: Critics discuss what’s behind the idea of movies being longer, and how to best prep for them At a time when rolls of film dominated the land, making a blockbuster was going to be expensive when you had to consider a physical film that had to be distributed across the globe. It’s an issue that made films longer than 120 minutes feel like an occasion. However, in the world of digital cameras, the unique quirks that came with the film were no longer an issue, making it easier to extend the

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30:32

FilmWeek: 'Gladiator II,' 'Wicked,' 'Joy,'...

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2024/11/22

FilmWeek: 'Gladiator II,' 'Wicked,' 'Joy,' 'Spellbound,' and More Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Charles Solomon, Amy Nicholson, and Claudia Puig reviewthe latest releases on FilmWeek. Gladiator II Wicked Flow Joy Spellbound Agent of Happiness The Merry Gentlemen The Glassworker

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