FilmWeek
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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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FilmWeek: ‘Ella McCay,’ ‘Dust Bunny,’ ‘Rosemead,’ and more!
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Feature: The King of Color Documentary
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Five Nights at Freddy's 2,’ ‘The Secret Agent,’ ‘100 Nights of Hero,’ and more!
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Feature: Blumhouse and how horror became a box office guarantee
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Feature: The enduring legacy of ‘The Big Lebowski’
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ ‘Zootopia 2,’ and more!
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘Rental Family,’ ‘Left-Handed Girl,’ and more!
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Feature: Renate Reinsve in ‘Sentimental Value’
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Feature: A new biography on Cesar Romero shows the actor’s varied career beyond The Joker
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘The Running Man,’ ‘The Carpenter’s Son,’ and more!
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Feature: Sir Roger Deakins talks about his life and career in a new memoir
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Predator: Badlands,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘Die My Love,’ and more!
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Feature: A new TCM book shares some Pre-Code classics
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Nouvelle Vague,’ ‘Love+War,’ ‘Ballad of a Small Player,’ and more!
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,’ ‘Hedda,’ and more!
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Great Scott! New documentary celebrates 50 years of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Feature: A new book captures the complicated life and career of Bruce Lee
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Good Fortune,’ ‘The Mastermind,’ and more!
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Tron: Ares,’ ‘Roofman,’ ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ and more!
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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Feature: A new book recontextualizes horror classics through a feminist lens
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘The Smashing Machine,’ ‘Anemone,’ ‘The Lost Bus,’ and more!
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Eleanor the Great,’ ‘Predators,’ and more!
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Feature: Jaws: The Exhibition opens at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Feature: Our critics’ standout films from the 50th Toronto International Film Festival
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,' 'Him,' 'Another End,' and More!
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Feature: Rob Reiner returns for an encore with a double Spinal Tap
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘The Long Walk,’ ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,’ ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,’ and more!
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Feature: LA’s first annual Silent Film Festival
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites,’ ‘Twinless,’ ‘Preparation for the Next Life,’ and more!
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Feature: How A24 became the major movie studio for indie filmmakers
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Caught Stealing,’ ‘The Roses,’ ‘Sign ‘o’ the Times,’ and more!
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Feature: Director Ron Howard talks about his new movie Eden
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Honey Don’t!’ ‘Ne Zha II,’ ‘Splitsville,’ and more!
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Feature: How to adapt a film like Akira Kurosawa?
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Highest 2 Lowest’, ‘Nobody 2’, ‘Americana’, and more!
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Feature: A new documentary explores the life of musician Jeff Buckley
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Freakier Friday’, ‘Weapons’, ‘Souleymane’s Story’, and more!
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Feature: The award-winning director of ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ shows us Ukrainian soldiers up close in ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘The Naked Gun’, ‘The Bad Guys 2’, ‘Happy Gilmore 2’, and more!
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Feature: JAWS actor Robert Shaw’s life story is told in a new book
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps,' 'Oh, Hi!' 'BTS Army: Forever We Are Young,' and More!
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' 'Eddington,' 'Smurfs,' and More!
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Feature: Godzilla’s 70 years chronicled in new book
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Feature: The New York Times surveyed readers and filmmakers about the best 21st-century films, we discuss the responses
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'Superman,' 'Kill The Jockey,' 'Apocalypse in the Tropics,' and More!
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'Jurassic World: Rebirth,' '40 Acres,' 'Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print,' and More!
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Feature: FilmWeek critics share their top picks for 2025 so far
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Feature: New book details Hollywood’s “Gay Golden Age” during the Hays Code, Lavender Scare
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'F1', 'M3GAN 2.0,' 'Sorry, Baby,' and More!
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Feature: Celine Song talks ‘Materialists,’ modernizing rom-coms, and love triangles
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: '28 Years Later,' 'Elio,' 'Tatami,' and More!
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Feature: “What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?” at the Art Theatre of Long Beach
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'How to Train Your Dragon,' 'Materialists,' 'Echo Valley,' 'A Photographic Memory,' and more
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘The Life of Chuck,’ ‘Ballerina,’ ‘Karate Kid: Legends,’ ‘The Ritual,’ and More
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘The Phoenician Scheme,’ ‘Bring Her Back,’ ‘Mountainhead,’ ‘Lost in Starlight,’ and More
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May 30, 2025 |
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Feature: Charles Burnett talks ‘Killer of Sheep’ 4K restoration, and the film’s lasting influence
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May 30, 2025 |
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Feature: Bleak Week returns for Year 4, we talk to programmers behind the festival
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May 23, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning,' 'Lilo & Stitch,' 'Drop Dead City,' and more
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May 23, 2025 |
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Feature: Colin Blunstone and Robert Schwartzman talk 'Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary'
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May 16, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'Final Destination: Bloodlines, 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' 'Deaf President Now!,' 'Caught By The Tides,' and more
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May 16, 2025 |
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Feature: New report details the losses California animation is facing due to outsourcing
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May 09, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Friendship,’ ‘Nonnas,’ ‘Fight or Flight,’ and more!
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May 09, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Thunderbolts,’ ‘Bonjour Tristesse,’ ‘The Surfer’ And More
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May 02, 2025 |
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Feature: Celebrating movies that have anniversaries this year
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May 02, 2025 |
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Feature: Latest on Oscars voting & checking in on the physical media business
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘The Accountant 2,’ ‘Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie,’ ‘On Swift Horses,’ and more
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Feature: ‘John Wick’ filmmaker Chad Stahelski talks Oscars’ inclusion of Best Stunt Design category
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘The Wedding Banquet,’ ‘Sneaks,’ ‘The Ugly Stepsister,’ And More
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Feature: ‘Warfare’ directors Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza discuss realist filming approach to their new feature
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Warfare,’ ‘The Amateur,’ ‘Neil Young: Costal,’ And More
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘A Minecraft Movie,’ ‘Freaky Tales,’ ‘Janis Ian: Breaking Silence,’ and more
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Feature: What’s your favorite fight scene in a movie?
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Death of a Unicorn,’ ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island,’ ‘Thank You Very Much,’ and more
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Feature: Fandango releases study highlighting moviegoing, summer box office
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Feature (re-air): New book ‘Opening Weekend’ provides insider perspective on film marketing
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'Snow White,' 'The Alto Knights,' 'Magazine Dreams,' 'Locked,' and More
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'Black Bag,' Novocaine,' 'Opus,' 'The Electric State,' and More
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'Mickey 17,' 'Last Breath,' 'Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse', 'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl ' and More
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Feature (re-air): ‘Anora’ filmmaker Sean Baker and star Mikey Madison discuss the film’s production
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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FilmWeek’s 2025 Oscars Preview: LIVE from the Alex Theatre
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: And the Oscar Goes To...
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Feature: Critics discuss the 2025 Academy Award Best International Feature category
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'The Monkey,' 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,' 'Millers in Marriage,' 'Cleaner' and More
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'Captain America: Brave New World,' 'Paddington in Peru,' Becoming Led Zeppelin,' 'Sky Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius),' and More
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Feature: ‘Nickel Boys’ writer-director RaMell Ross discusses creative ways of adapting Colson Whitehead’s novel
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Feature: 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat' director discusses Jazz greats and their relationship to post-colonial Africa
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'Love Hurts,' 'No Other Land,' 'Parthenope,' 'Armand,' and More
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'Companion,' 'Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story,' 'Dog Man,' and More
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Feature: New Book ‘Falling in Love at the Movies” highlights the history of the romantic comedy
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Feature: New book ‘Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation’ tells the story of two MGM visionaries
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'Presence,' 'Flight Risk,' 'Eternal You,' and More
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'One of Them Days,' Wolf Man,' 'I'm Still Here,' 'Hard Truths,' and More
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Feature: David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dies at 78
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: 'A Complete Unknown,' 'Babygirl,' 'Nosferatu,' 'The Fire Inside,' and More
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Feature: Wallace & Gromit return to the big screen with ‘Vengeance Most Fowl,’ we talk to the directors
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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FilmWeek: 'The Brutalist,' 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3,' 'Mufasa: The Lion King,' 'The Count of Monte Cristo,' and More
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Feature: 1972 Munich Hostage Crisis broadcast gets revisited in ‘September 5,’ we discuss the film with its director.
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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FilmWeek: 'Kraven the Hunter,' 'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,' 'Nickel Boys,' and More
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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FilmWeek: 'Y2K,' 'Day of the Fight,' 'Mary' 'Unstoppable,' and More
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Feature: From 'Jonny Quest' to 'The West Wing' and beyond: Actor Tim Matheson on his decades spent in Hollywood
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Nov 27, 2024 |