Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein, Amy Nicholson and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases and share some of their recommendations for movies and TV shows to discover, rediscover and binge-watch while you’re at home.
FilmWeek: ‘Trolls World Tour,’ ‘A White, White Day,’ The Quarry’ and more
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein, Amy Nicholson and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases and share some of their recommendations for movies and TV shows to discover, rediscover and binge-watch while you’re at home.
" Trolls World Tour " on VOD (Vudu, FandangoNOW, AppleTV, Amazon Prime Video , Microsoft Store & more)
" The Quarry " on VOD (FandangoNOW, Google Play, DirecTV On Demand)
" Away " on Laemmle's Virtual Cinema and Amazon Prime Video
" Selah And The Spades " on Amazon Prime Video
" The Booksellers " on VOD (Google Play) and virtual cinemas, including Laemmle's and The Virutal Frida Cinema
" Endings, Beginnings " on VOD (iTunes and FandangoNOW)
" Sergio " on Netflix
Want to see what our critics are watching and recommending you watch during stay at home? Click here to see a full list of our FilmWeek critics' favorite TV shows and films to binge-watch during COVID-19.
Guests:
Amy Nicholson , film critic for KPCC, film writer for The Guardian and host of the podcasts ‘ Unspooled ’ and the podcast miniseries “ Zoom ”; she tweets
Lael Loewenstein , KPCC film critic and film columnist for the Santa Monica Daily Press; she tweets
Charles Solomon, film critic for KPCC, Animation Scoop and Animation Magazine
2020 TCM Classic Film Festival Goes Virtual With Special Home Edition During COVID-19
Like all public events following the start of widespread stay-at-home orders from the state and federal government, the 2020 TCM Classic Film Festival was unfortunately cancelled this year due to health concerns posed by COVID-19. But festival faithful and classic film buffs won’t be left hanging this year.
Instead of a live, in person event, TCM decided to do a Special Home Edition of the annual festival that will air on the TCM Channel. The festival kicked off Thursday evening with a screening of the 1954 version of “A Star is Born” starring Judy Garland and James Mason and will include a number of films from past years’ festival lineups as well as ones that were slated for this year’s event. It ends late Sunday night (technically early Monday morning) with a screening of the 1982 film Victor/Victoria, for which Julie Andrews was slated to be in attendance at the 2020 festival before it was cancelled.
Today on FilmWeek, Turner Classic Movies hosts Ben Mankiewicz and Dave Karger join Larry Mantle to preview this year’s Special Home Edition of the TCM Classic Film Festival, talk about having to pivot due to the pandemic, and sharing some of their favorite films that are screening at this year’s event.
For a list of films and showtimes, click here .
Guests:
Ben Mankiewicz , host for Turner Classic Movies; he tweets
Dave Karger , host for Turner Classic Movies and special correspondent for the Internet Movie Database (IMDb); he tweets