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...
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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...
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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...
Feature: Directors Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio on their Emmy-nominated Mel Brooks documentary
The topic : The two-part documentary Mel Brooks: The 99 Year-Old Man! has garnered 6 primetime Emmy nominations including Outstanding Docume...
FilmWeek: ‘The End of Oak Street,’ ‘Don’t Say Good Luck,’ ‘Late Fame’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire and Maureen Lee Lenker review this weekend's latest movie releases in theaters...
Feature: Why some of the greatest romance movies started as novels
The topic: In a follow up to her book But Have You Read the Book? , author Kristen Lopez focuses on romance movies that were adapted from or...
FilmWeek: ‘One Night Only,’ ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,’ ‘Tony’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and the critics discuss the confusing intricacies at play in the society of One Night Only and the impressive storyt...
We talk to an IMAX projectionist about The Odyssey IMAX 70mm craze
The topic: Don't understand the 70mm IMAX craze for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey ? LAist host Julia Paskin talked to Taylor Umphenour, on...
FilmWeek: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘I Want Your Sex,’ ‘Middle Life,’ and more!
The topic: Julia Paskin and the LAist film critics talk about the fourth installment to the Tom Holland Spider-Man series that takes an intr...
FilmWeek: ‘Motor City,’ ‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender,’ ‘Her Private Hell,’ and more!
The topic: Julia Paskin and the LAist film critics review this weekend's latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms. The f...
New doc ‘Nothing to See Here: Watts’ brings rival gangs together in pact to stop violence
The topic: The documentary Nothing to See Here: Watts takes viewers through the lives of community members as they experience violence, deca...
FilmWeek: ‘The Odyssey,’ ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran,' 'Heartstopper Forever’ and more
The topic: Larry Mantle and LAist film critics review this weekend's latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms. The films...
The Odyssey: Christopher Nolan talked to us about making a 2,800-year-old story feel new
The topic: Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is turning out to be the event of the summer, with screenings selling out at theaters a year in a...
FilmWeek: ‘Moana,’ ‘Evil Dead Burn,’ 'The American Southwest’ and more
The topic: Larry Mantle and LAist film critics review this weekend's latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms. The films...
Horror movies are bringing audiences back to theaters. But how long can it last?
The topic: Horror movies are having a moment. Two of this year's greatest box office successes are two horror films, each from unknown direc...
FilmWeek: ‘Minions & Monsters,’ ‘Young Washington,’ ‘Romería’ and more
The topic: Larry Mantle and LAist film critics review this weekend's latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms. The films...
Feature: Two of John Waters’ iconic films get a 4k restoration with Criterion
The topic: Criterion released two director-approved 4k restorations for John Waters' 1988 film Hairspray and his 1977 film Desperate Living...