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FilmWeek LAist 89.3 | Southern California Public Radio
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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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Feature: The Significance Of ‘Double Indemnity’ For True Crime And Hollywood… Live At Vidiots!
A new book by film historians James Ursini and Alain Silver titled “From the Moment They Met It Was Murder: Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir” gets into one of Hollywood’s most influential works, the true crime drama “Double Indemnity.” Ursini and Silver helped chronicle the film’s origins, from the 1927 “crime of the century” it's based on and the motifs that would eventually inspire generations. What better way to reboot our FilmWeek screening series than to talk about this iconic Hollywood throwback with authors who understand and one of our beloved critics? For this week’s feature, Larry returns with our live screening series, joined by LAist film critic Claudia Puig and book authors Ursini and Silver.
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FilmWeek: ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ ‘Hit Man,’ ‘Queen of the Deuce,’ And More
Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Wade Major, Tim Cogshell, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” Wide Release
“The Garfield Movie” Wide Release
“Hit Man” Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica] | Laemmle Glendale [Glendale] | Streaming on Netflix June 7
“Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle” Wide Release
“The Beach Boys” Streaming on Disney+
“Queen of the Deuce” Streaming on Amazon and Apple TV+
“Atlas” Streaming on Netflix
“Taking Venice” Laemmle Royal [Sawtelle] | Laemmle Town Center [Encino]
“Sight” Wide Release -
Feature: Remembering Roger Corman, Storied Filmmaker, Who Passed Away At 98
Roger Corman, the “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98. Corman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California, according to a statement released Saturday by his wife and daughters. This follows a life that started with many B-horror movies, such as the 1960 film “Little Shop of Horrors,” and helping kickstart the careers of Martin Scorsese and Jack Nicholson. Some of Corman’s work, including interviews with these film legends associated with Corman, was displayed in the 2011 documentary “Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel.”
For this week’s FilmWeek feature, we talk to filmmaker Alex Stapleton, director of “Corman’s World” and LAist film critic Wade Major, about Corman’s legacy and why his loss meant so much to the film community.
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FilmWeek: ‘Back To Black ’ ‘Gasoline Rainbow,’ ‘Thelma The Unicorn,’ And More
Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Manuel Betancourt and Christy Lemire review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.
“If” Wide Release
“Babes” Wide Release
“Back To Black” Wide Release
“Gasoline Rainbow” Laemmle Glendale [Glendale] | Streaming on MUBI May 31
“Thelma the Unicorn” Streaming on Netflix
“The Tuba Thieves” Premieres on PBS May 20th
“The Blue Angels” In IMAX | Streaming on Amazon Prime May 23 -
HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 8 - Movies Under — And Among — The Stars At Hollywood Forever
Go back to the movies with us!
It's heating up in the city, so Revival House continues with a classic of spring and summertime in L.A. — a film at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Run by Cinespia, you can picnic and catch a revival film on the iconic grassy knoll. What keeps people coming back year after year? What's the history of it all? Listen along to find out.
Learn more about the cemetery tour here: https://www.cemeterytour.com/
Find more about Cinespia here: https://cinespia.org/
Guests: Cemetery tour guide Karie Bible, Cinespia founder John Wyatt. -
FilmWeek: ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ ‘The Last Stop in Yuma Country,’ ‘The Roundup: Punishment,’ And More
Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Andy Klein review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” Wide Release
“Poolman” In Select Theaters
“Summer Qamp” Laemmle Glendale [Glendale]
“Power” Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica]| Streaming On Netflix May 17
“The Last Stop in Yuma County” In Select Theaters
“Living With Leopards” Streaming On Netflix
“The Roundup Punishment” Wide Release
“Force Of Nature: The Dry 2” In Select Theaters
“The Image of You” VOD
“Lazareth” VOD
“Mother of the Bride” Streaming on Netflix
Customer Reviews
Love the show most of the time but…
I cannot listen when Andy Klein is on. He gives away way too much plot. He’s not reviewing movies…he’s ruining them for people that haven’t seen them.
Excellent show, but adding junk to my feed
I hate to hit Filmweek with a 3-star rating, as I love the show and look forward to it every week. I dinged the 2 stars because HTLA or whatever is sneaking their show into my feed! One “preview” episode is ok, and a lot of podcasts do this. But SEVEN episodes of a show that’s only tangentially related to the podcast I signed up for? No thank you. Bad LAIST. Bad.
Love that Andy is still hanging in there
If it weren’t for Andy I’m not sure I would still be tuning in. What happened to the critics who actually know how to dissect a movie based on the structure, writing etc. and relate to older films? Instead we get a blow by blow of the story most of the time or an opinion on like or dislike of an actor.
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