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FilmWeek: ‘Insidious: Out of the Further,’ ‘It Ends,’ ‘Mutiny’ and more!
Phinehas Yoon, Akira Jackson and Noah Toth in "It Ends," written, directed, and edited by Alexander Ullom.
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The topic:
Larry Mantle and film critics Peter Rainer and Tim Cogshell talk about the latest installment in the Insidious franchise, and yes, they do recommend you see the preceding five films. They also discuss the documentary The Last Picture Shows, about the handful of independent movie theaters across the U.S. that are slowly dying out.
The films:
- Insidious: Out of the Further, Wide Release
- It Ends, AMC Burbank & AMC The Grove
- Mutiny, Wide Release
- Memory of Princess Mumbi, Laemmle Glendale
- The Last Picture Shows, Laemmle Royal [West LA]
- Franz, Landmark Theater [Pasadena]
- The Magic Faraway Tree, Wide Release
- Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter, Streaming on Prime Video
- Learning to Fly, Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica]
The critics:
- Peter Rainer, film critic for LAist and the Christian Science Monitor
- Tim Cogshell, film critic for LAist, Alt-Film Guide and CineGods.com
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