Feature: Remembering Patrick Stewart
The topic : In 2023, Larry Mantle interviewed actor Patrick Stewart, best known for his roles as Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men and as Ca...
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FilmWeek
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...
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FilmWeek: ‘The Mosquito Bowl,’ ‘Everest: The Other Side,’ ‘Gentle Monster,’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and critics Manuel Betancourt and Maureen Lee Lenker talk about the new documentary Everest: The Other Side from the...
FilmWeek: ‘Clayface,’ ‘Wicker,’ ‘Wildwood’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and FilmWeek critics review the latest DC Comics adaptation Clayface starring Tom Rhys Harries and Naomi Ackie along...
FilmWeek: 'Sense and Sensibility,' 'You Can See Everything,' 'La Bola Negra' and more!
The topic: FilmWeek critics Lael Loewenstein and Tim Cogshell discuss the new reboot of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility , starring Daisy...
Feature: The ‘Frat Pack’ comedies of the early 2000s
The topic: In his new book, Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever, film critic a...
FilmWeek: ‘The Social Reckoning,’ ‘Musk,’ ‘Tenzing’ and more!
The topic: FilmWeek critics Katie Walsh and Claudia Puig join host Larry Mantle to discuss the biggest releases of the week, including scree...
Feature: Richard Linklater on Nouvelle Vague and its Criterion release
The topic: Richard Linklater's 2025 film Nouvelle Vague tries to accurately capture the filming process of one of French New Wave's most inf...
FilmWeek: ‘Digger,’ ‘Verity,’ ‘Atonement’ and more!
The topic: FilmWeek critics Tim Cogshell and Christy Lemire disagree on the effectiveness of Alejandro Iñárritu's new film Dig...
Feature: Documentarian John Wilson talks about ‘The History of Concrete’
The topic: Finding humor and fascination in the mundane is John Wilson's signature. After closing out his acclaimed HBO series How To with J...
FilmWeek: ‘Primetime,’ ‘Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother,’ ‘Forgotten Island’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and FilmWeek critics review Primetime , starring Robert Pattinson as NBC Dateline host Chris Hansen, best known for...
Feature: What big releases from the 51st TIFF should you look out for?
The topic: It's the final weekend of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival and a handful of movie premieres are already stirri...
FilmWeek: ‘Resident Evil,’ ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom,’ ‘The Weight’ and more!
The topic: The Halloween season begins this week in earnest with the new Shaun the Sheep movie— The Beast of Mossy Bottom —from...
FilmWeek: ‘Practical Magic 2,’ ‘Hope,’ ‘The Uprising’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle is joined by our FilmWeek critics Christy Lemire and Katie Walsh to review this week's biggest film releases, includ...
Feature: What are some of your favorite movie stars' favorite movies?
The topic: In his new book 50 Movie Nights: Contemporary Stars on Their Favorite Classic Films , Turner Classic Movies host Dave Karger aske...
What makes Michael Mann’s Collateral one of the best LA set films?
The topic: For our most recent FilmWeek screening, Larry Mantle and critics Tim Cogshell and Claudia Puig traveled down to Santa Ana to the...
FilmWeek: ‘By Any Means,’ ‘The Sun Never Sets,’ ‘Onslaught’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and film critics Peter Rainer and Manuel Betancourt discuss this week's biggest releases, including the quiet but sw...
Feature: Remembering Tim Curry
The topic : Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N...
FilmWeek: ‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ ‘The Dog Stars,’ ‘Finding Emily’ and more!
The topic : Larry Mantle and this week's critics review the long-awaited Coyote vs. Acme, starring Wile E. Coyote and the other Looney Tunes...
Feature: It’s back to school! Our critics share their favorite school-set flicks
The topic: Summer is over and school is back in session. So we thought we would ask our FilmWeek critics what some of their favorite school-...
FilmWeek: ‘Insidious: Out of the Further,’ ‘It Ends,’ ‘Mutiny’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and film critics Peter Rainer and Tim Cogshell talk about the latest installment in the Insidious franchise, and yes...