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FilmWeek: ‘The Social Reckoning,’ ‘Musk,’ Tenzing’ and more!
Jeremy Strong in The Social Reckoning (2026)
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The topic:
FilmWeek critics Katie Walsh and Claudia Puig join host Larry Mantle to discuss the biggest releases of the week, including screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to The Social Network, The Social Reckoning of which Sorkin also directs. And they’ll review this year’s Palm d’Or winner at Cannes, Fjord, about a Romanian family in Norway fighting allegations of child abuse.
The films:
- The Social Reckoning, Wide Release
- Musk, AMC Burbank & AMC Century City | Expanding on October 16
- Fjord, AMC Century City & AMC Burbank
- Tenzing, Laemmle NoHo & The Cinemas LA [Westwood]|Streaming on Apple TV+ October 16
- Misty Green, AMC Century City, AMC The Grove, & AMC Burbank
- Kikuyu Land, Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica]
- NAZA, In Select Theaters
- Animals, Landmark Westwood |Streaming on Netflix
- The North, Laemmle Glendale, Laemmle Monica Center [Santa Monica], & AMC Burbank
- The Beast, In Select Theaters
The critics:
- Claudia Puig, film critic for LAist and program director for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
- Katie Walsh, film critic for LAist, the Tribune News Service and L.A. Times
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