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FilmWeek: ‘By Any Means,’ ‘The Sun Never Sets,’ ‘Onslaught’ and more!
Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson in The Sun Never Sets, written, directed, produced, and edited by Joe Swanberg.
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Larry Mantle and film critics Peter Rainer and Manuel Betancourt discuss this week's biggest releases, including The Sun Never Sets, The Salt Path and more.
The topic:
Larry Mantle and film critics Peter Rainer and Manuel Betancourt discuss this week's biggest releases including the quiet but sweet romantic drama The Sun Never Sets starring Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson set in Anchorage, Alaska, and Mariannne Elliott’s feature directorial debut The Salt Path starring Gillian Anderson.
The films:
- By Any Means, Wide Release
- The Sun Never Sets, Wide Release
- Mayday, Apple TV+
- Onslaught, Wide Release
- Filipiñana, Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica] & Laemmle Glendale
- Boorman and the Devil, Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica]
- Virginia Woolf's Night & Day, In Select Theaters
- The Salt Path, In Select Theaters
The critics:
- Peter Rainer, film critic for LAist and the Christian Science Monitor
- Manuel Betancourt, film critic for LAist and interim editor of Documentary Magazine
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