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FilmWeek: ‘Primetime,’ ‘Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother,’ ‘Forgotten Island’ and more!
Mahershala Ali in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, written and directed by Bassam Tariq.
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The topic:
Larry Mantle and FilmWeek critics review Primetime, starring Robert Pattinson as NBC Dateline host Chris Hansen, best known for his 2006 series To Catch a Predator. And they talk about the documentary You Had to Be There that attempts to capture the magical 1972 Toronto production of Godspell that launched many famous comedians careers. The events are told through animation and interviews with the original cast.
The films:
- Primetime, Wide Release
- Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother, In Select Theaters
- Forgotten Island, Wide Release
- The History of Concrete, In Select Theaters
- Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, In Select Theaters
- The Stunt Driver, In Select Theaters
- Never After Dark, In Select Theaters
- You Had to Be There, In Select Theaters
- Unabomber, Streaming on Netflix
The critics:
- Christy Lemire, film critic for LAist, and co-host of the ‘Breakfast All Day’ YouTube and podcast series
- Maureen Lee Lenker, LAist film critic and freelance journalist (formerly at Entertainment Weekly) who's written for Gold Derby, The Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and Turner Classic Movies. She is also the author of three novels set in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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