Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases. FilmWeek also debates the recent decision from a federal judge declaring that a law preventing IMDb from publishing the ages of actors is a violation of the First Amendment.
FilmWeek: ‘Annihilation,’ ‘Every Day,’ ‘Game Night’ and more
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases.
" Annihilation " in wide release
" Game Night " in wide release
" Every Day " in wide release
" The Young Karl Marx " at Laemmle's Royal & Laemmle's Playhouse
" The Boy Downstairs " at Laemmle's Monica Film Center
" The Cured " at Nuart Theatre
" Half Magic " at Vintage Los Feliz
" Survivors Guide to Prison " at Arena Cinelounge Hollywood
" Curvature " at Laemmle's Music Hall
Critics' Hits
Claudia: "Survivors Guide to Prison"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUh5wstN04
Peter: "Annihilation" & "The Cured"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89OP78l9oF0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSutgzDY_I4
Mixed Feelings
Claudia: "Game Night"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNtLIcyjsnI
Peter: "The Boy Downstairs"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zn8PhvQumE
Misses
Claudia: "Every Day" & "Half Magic"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqoAMfe_rPM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgdFb7zQB_4
Peter: "The Young Karl Marx"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVTDoZLssg8
Guests:
Claudia Puig, film critic for KPCC and president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association; she tweets
Peter Rainer, film critic for KPCC and the Christian Science Monitor
Age before beauty: IMDb sees success with age discrimination lawsuit
On Tuesday, a federal judge declared a California law censoring IMDB from publishing its subscribers’ ages a violation of the first amendment.
The short-lived state law AB 1687 went into effect last year, and was intended to protect actors – primarily women – from facing age discrimination in Hollywood.
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria gave a few different reasons for his decision, but focused heavily on the opinion that states cannot prevent facts from being published based on their potential for discrimination. Specifically, IMDB cannot be restricted from publishing facts such as a person’s age since no discriminatory direction is attached to the data.
According to the Los Angeles Times, SAG-AFTRA, a proponent of the law, intends to appeal the judge’s decision, stating he failed to understand that “discrimination is facilitated by IMDb’s insistence on publishing performers’ age information without their consent.”
But does the appeal hold a chance for success? And how effective would the law really be in preventing discrimination if it went back into effect?
Guests:
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland , general counsel and chief operating officer for SAG-AFTRA
Royal Oakes , partner at the Los Angeles offices of Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP and general counsel for the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California