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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.

Episode Date
Feature: New report details the losses California animation is facing due to outsourcing
May 09, 2025
FilmWeek: ‘Friendship,’ ‘Nonnas,’ ‘Fight or Flight,’ and more!
May 09, 2025
FilmWeek: ‘Thunderbolts,’ ‘Bonjour Tristesse,’ ‘The Surfer’ And More
May 02, 2025
Feature: Celebrating movies that have anniversaries this year
May 02, 2025
Feature: Latest on Oscars voting & checking in on the physical media business
Apr 25, 2025
FilmWeek: ‘The Accountant 2,’ ‘Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie,’ ‘On Swift Horses,’ and more
Apr 25, 2025
Feature: ‘John Wick’ filmmaker Chad Stahelski talks Oscars’ inclusion of Best Stunt Design category
Apr 18, 2025
FilmWeek: ‘The Wedding Banquet,’ ‘Sneaks,’ ‘The Ugly Stepsister,’ And More
Apr 18, 2025
Feature: ‘Warfare’ directors Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza discuss realist filming approach to their new feature
Apr 11, 2025
FilmWeek: ‘Warfare,’ ‘The Amateur,’ ‘Neil Young: Costal,’ And More
Apr 11, 2025
FilmWeek: ‘A Minecraft Movie,’ ‘Freaky Tales,’ ‘Janis Ian: Breaking Silence,’ and more
Apr 04, 2025
Feature: What’s your favorite fight scene in a movie?
Apr 04, 2025
FilmWeek: ‘Death of a Unicorn,’ ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island,’ ‘Thank You Very Much,’ and more
Mar 28, 2025
Feature: Fandango releases study highlighting moviegoing, summer box office
Mar 28, 2025
Feature (re-air): New book ‘Opening Weekend’ provides insider perspective on film marketing
Mar 21, 2025
FilmWeek: 'Snow White,' 'The Alto Knights,' 'Magazine Dreams,' 'Locked,' and More
Mar 21, 2025
FilmWeek: 'Black Bag,' Novocaine,' 'Opus,' 'The Electric State,' and More
Mar 14, 2025
FilmWeek: 'Mickey 17,' 'Last Breath,' 'Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse', 'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl ' and More
Mar 07, 2025
Feature (re-air): ‘Anora’ filmmaker Sean Baker and star Mikey Madison discuss the film’s production
Mar 07, 2025
FilmWeek’s 2025 Oscars Preview: LIVE from the Alex Theatre
Feb 28, 2025
NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: And the Oscar Goes To...
Feb 27, 2025
Feature: Critics discuss the 2025 Academy Award Best International Feature category
Feb 21, 2025
FilmWeek: 'The Monkey,' 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,' 'Millers in Marriage,' 'Cleaner' and More
Feb 21, 2025
FilmWeek: 'Captain America: Brave New World,' 'Paddington in Peru,' Becoming Led Zeppelin,' 'Sky Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius),' and More
Feb 14, 2025
Feature: ‘Nickel Boys’ writer-director RaMell Ross discusses creative ways of adapting Colson Whitehead’s novel
Feb 14, 2025
Feature: 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat' director discusses Jazz greats and their relationship to post-colonial Africa
Feb 07, 2025
FilmWeek: 'Love Hurts,' 'No Other Land,' 'Parthenope,' 'Armand,' and More
Feb 07, 2025
FilmWeek: 'Companion,' 'Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story,' 'Dog Man,' and More
Jan 30, 2025
Feature: New Book ‘Falling in Love at the Movies” highlights the history of the romantic comedy
Jan 30, 2025
Feature: New book ‘Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation’ tells the story of two MGM visionaries
Jan 24, 2025
FilmWeek: 'Presence,' 'Flight Risk,' 'Eternal You,' and More
Jan 24, 2025
FilmWeek: 'One of Them Days,' Wolf Man,' 'I'm Still Here,' 'Hard Truths,' and More
Jan 17, 2025
Feature: David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dies at 78
Jan 17, 2025
FilmWeek: 'A Complete Unknown,' 'Babygirl,' 'Nosferatu,' 'The Fire Inside,' and More
Dec 25, 2024
Feature: Wallace & Gromit return to the big screen with ‘Vengeance Most Fowl,’ we talk to the directors
Dec 20, 2024
FilmWeek: 'The Brutalist,' 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3,' 'Mufasa: The Lion King,' 'The Count of Monte Cristo,' and More
Dec 20, 2024
Feature: 1972 Munich Hostage Crisis broadcast gets revisited in ‘September 5,’ we discuss the film with its director.
Dec 13, 2024
FilmWeek: 'Kraven the Hunter,' 'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,' 'Nickel Boys,' and More
Dec 13, 2024
FilmWeek: 'Y2K,' 'Day of the Fight,' 'Mary' 'Unstoppable,' and More
Dec 06, 2024
Feature: From 'Jonny Quest' to 'The West Wing' and beyond: Actor Tim Matheson on his decades spent in Hollywood
Nov 27, 2024
FilmWeek: 'Moana 2,' 'Queer,' 'Maria,' 'That Christmas,' and More
Nov 27, 2024
Feature: As we enter a major weekend for Hollywood, how successful are Wicked and Gladiator II projected to be?
Nov 22, 2024
Feature: Critics discuss what’s behind the idea of movies being longer, and how to best prep for them
Nov 22, 2024
FilmWeek: 'Gladiator II,' 'Wicked,' 'Joy,' 'Spellbound,' and More
Nov 22, 2024
FilmWeek: 'Red One,' 'Elton John: Never Too Late,' 'Daruma,' and More
Nov 15, 2024
Feature: As Hollywood begins its “Christmas creep,” we talk our favorite holiday movies
Nov 15, 2024
Feature: New book ‘Opening Weekend’ provides insider perspective on film marketing
Nov 08, 2024
FilmWeek: "Heretic," "The Piano Lesson," "Small Things Like These," and more
Nov 08, 2024
Feature: Critics discuss the best election movies
Nov 01, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Blitz,’ ‘Emilia Perez,’ ‘A Real Pain,’ and more
Nov 01, 2024
FilmWeek: 'Venom: The Last Dance,' 'Conclave,' 'Memoir of a Snail,' and More
Oct 25, 2024
Feature: Larry talks to Sean Baker and Mikey Madison about the making ‘Anora’
Oct 25, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Smile 2,’ ‘Anora,’ ‘Rumors,’ and more
Oct 18, 2024
FilmWeek ‘Piece by Piece ,’ ‘The Apprentice,’ ‘My Hero Academia You’re Next,’ An
Oct 14, 2024
Feature From ‘Megalopolis’ to ‘Juror #2,’ how are longtime filmmakers faring tod
Oct 14, 2024
Feature: Daniel Day-Lewis returns to the big screen, we discuss his contributions to acting
Oct 04, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Joker: Folie a Deux ,’ ‘The Outrun,’ ‘Blink,’ And More
Oct 04, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Megalopolis,’ ‘Lee,’ ‘Amber Alert,’ And More
Sep 27, 2024
Feature: A new book by film critic Carrie Rickey chronicles acclaimed French filmmaker Agnes Varda
Sep 27, 2024
LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: How it’s different to be in an interracial relationship now versus the 1960s
Sep 24, 2024
Feature: New book ‘The De Palma Decade’ breaks down the filmmaker's most prolific era
Sep 20, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘A Different Man,’ ‘The Substance,’ ‘Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law’ And More
Sep 20, 2024
LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: How ‘messages’ in movies have evolved over the decades
Sep 17, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Speak No Evil,’ ‘The Killers Game,’ ‘My Old Ass,’ And Morewav
Sep 13, 2024
Feature: ‘Silents Synced’ debuts its cinematic experience with Nosferatu-Radiohead collaboration
Sep 13, 2024
Feature: LAist film critic Peter Rainer talks standouts at this year’s TIFF
Sep 13, 2024
LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: Americans are less religious today — so what are we putting our faith in?
Sep 10, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘His Three Daughters,’ ‘The Cowboy and The Queen,’ ‘Red Rooms,’ And More
Sep 06, 2024
Feature: This year’s Venice Film Festival highlights include a return to the erotic drama
Sep 06, 2024
LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: How LA’s food scene has changed in the last 50 years
Sep 04, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘1992,’ ‘Reagan,’ ‘The Deliverance,’ And More
Aug 30, 2024
Feature: New book ‘The Naughty Bits’ gets into Hollywood censorship during the Hays Code
Aug 30, 2024
LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: Why Gen Z men are lonelier than their dads?
Aug 27, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Between the Temples,’ ‘Greedy People,’ ‘Incoming,’ And More
Aug 23, 2024
Feature: film critic Odie Henderson talks history of blaxploitation in new book ‘ Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras’
Aug 23, 2024
Why swearing doesn’t feel like such a big deal anymore
Aug 20, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Alien: Romulus,’ ‘Close to You,’ ‘Sugarcane,’ And More
Aug 16, 2024
FilmWeek presents ‘The Fast and the Furious’: post-screening conversation with special guests
Aug 16, 2024
LAist Presents Passing The Mantle: Why is Gen Z so afraid of sex?
Aug 13, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Cuckoo’‘Borderlands,’ ‘It Ends With Us,’ And More
Aug 09, 2024
Feature: Austin talks to directors of “War Game” about following the simulation of a second insurrection
Aug 09, 2024
LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: LA changes fast — so what does being an Angeleno mean?
Aug 06, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Trap,’‘Kneecap,’ ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon,’ And More
Aug 02, 2024
Feature: Austin chats with Belfast rap trio Kneecap and director Richard Papiatt about their Irish language biopic ‘Kneecap’
Aug 02, 2024
LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: Has our relationship with work changed over the years?
Jul 30, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘‘Dìdi (弟弟),’ ‘Great Absence,’ ‘Starve Acre,’ And More
Jul 26, 2024
Feature: Larry sits down with ‘Dìdi (弟弟)’ writer-director Sean Wang & star Izaac Wang
Jul 26, 2024
LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: How attitudes toward mental health have shifted since the 70s
Jul 23, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Twisters,’ ‘Sisi and I,’ ‘Widow Clicquot,’ And More
Jul 19, 2024
Feature: Josh Margolin and June Squibb talk about the inspiration behind “Thelma”
Jul 19, 2024
LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: How different is the high school experience today...really?
Jul 16, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Touch,’ ‘Dandelion,’ ‘National Anthem,’ And More
Jul 12, 2024
Feature: Colman Domingo discusses ‘Sing Sing’ and its “community-based” approach
Jul 12, 2024
LAist Studios presents Passing The Mantle: Is Gen Z less curious than the Baby Boomers?
Jul 09, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Kill,’ ‘Boneyard,’ ‘Confessions of a Good Samaritan,’ And More
Jul 05, 2024
Feature (reprised): Seven Samurai 70 Year Later: Looking Back At Kurosawa Masterpiece And Legacy_mixdown
Jul 05, 2024
Introducing Passing The Mantle, from LAist Studios
Jul 03, 2024
Feature: Griffin Dunne talks about his new memoir “Friday Afternoon Club”
Jun 28, 2024
FilmWeek: ‘Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1,’ ‘Daddio,’ ‘A Family Affair,’ And More
Jun 28, 2024
Feature: Larry Talks To Yorgos Lanthimos, Director Of New Film ‘Kinds of Kindness’
Jun 21, 2024