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: ‘Toy Story 5,’ ‘The Death of Robin Hood,’ ‘Girls Like Girls,’ and more!
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Feature: The film Burt tells an unconventional story of fatherhood and Parkinson’s
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Disclosure Day,’ ‘Jinsei,’ ‘The Furious,’ and more!
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Feature: Documentary Magazine’s list of the 25 Greatest Docs from the 21st Century
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Masters of the Universe,’ ‘Renoir,’ ‘Scary Movie,’ and more!
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Feature: Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
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May 29, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Backrooms,’ ‘Power Ballad,’ ‘The Breadwinner,’ and more!
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May 29, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,’ ‘I Love Boosters,’ ‘Passenger’ and more!
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May 22, 2026 |
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Feature: The stars of ‘Tuner’ talk about striking the perfect chord on screen
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May 22, 2026 |
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Feature: A couple of LA projectionists still working with film on the big screen
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May 15, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Is God Is,’ ‘The Propagandist,’ ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin,’ and more
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May 15, 2026 |
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Feature: New rules, new venue, new broadcast. Oh My! The Oscars are a-changing
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May 08, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘The Sheep Detectives,’ ‘Mad Bills to Pay,’ ‘Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour,’ and more!
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May 08, 2026 |
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Feature: The National Film Board of Canada’s history of experimental animation
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May 01, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2,’ ‘Hokum,’ ‘Swapped,’ and more!
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May 01, 2026 |
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Feature: The TCM Classic Film Festival returns to Hollywood
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Michael,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body,’ ‘Blue Heron,’ and more!
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Feature: What is a film producer?
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Mother Mary,’ ‘Steal This Story, Please!,’ ‘Lorne,’ and more!
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Feature: A new book tells the story behind Hitler’s efforts to infiltrate Hollywood
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘You, Me, & Tuscany,’ ‘Exit 8,’ ‘The Christophers,’ and more!
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘The Drama,’ ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,’ ‘Palestine ‘36,’ and more!
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Feature: The American Cinematheque Podcast asks filmmakers what movies have stuck with them
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘They Will Kill You,’ ‘Forbidden Fruits,’ ‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice,’ and more!
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Feature: What makes a good book to movie adaptation?
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Project Hail Mary,’ ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,’ ‘My Father's Shadow,’ and more!
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: 2026 Oscar Preview!
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Feature: A new book explores the legacy of Joan Crawford
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘The Bride!’ ‘Hoppers,’ ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man,’ and more!
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Feature: A new documentary celebrates the legacy of musician Billy Preston
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Scream 7,’ ‘Paul McCartney: Man on the Run,’ ‘Ghost Elephants,” and more!
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Feature: Wagner Moura on his role in The Secret Agent
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘How To Make A Killing,’ ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert,’ ‘Redux Redux,’ and more!
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Feature: How the Train Dreams’ director and cinematographer created its reflective mood
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Wuthering Heights,’ ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,’ ‘Crime 101,’ and more!
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Feature: Director Joachim Trier on his nine-time Oscar nominated film ‘Sentimental Value’
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: “Dracula,” “Sirāt,” “Pillion,” and more!
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Feature: The many adaptations of ‘A Star is Born’ are explored in a new book
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Send Help,’ ‘The Moment,’ ‘A Poet,’ and more!
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Feature: The 101 Best LA Films…according to the LA Times
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Mercy,’ ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin,’ ‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!,” and more!
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,’ 'The Rip,' 'A Private Life' and more!
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Feature: Actress Virginia Madsen and Director Steven Grayhm talk about new film 'Sheepdog'
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ ‘Greenland 2: Migration,’ ‘All That’s Left of You,’ and more!
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: Director Park Chan-wook talks about his new film 'No Other Choice'
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Marty Supreme,’ ‘Song Sung Blue,’ ‘No Other Choice,’ and more!
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Feature: Director Hikari and star Brendan Fraser on their film Rental Family
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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FilmWeek: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘The Housemaid,’ and more!
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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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 |