Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Jean Oppenheimer and Henry Sheehan discuss the week’s new film releases, including Tooth Fairy, Extraordinary Measures, To Save a Life, Drool, and Creation. Larry and the critics also discuss the Golden Globe winners, and check in with Peter Rainer from the Sundance Film Festival.
With memorable roles in Bonnie and Clyde, Shampoo, Bugsy, and Bulworth, Warren Beatty is one of the most iconic figures in film. Along with Orson Welles, he is the only person to be nominated for four Academy Awards for a single film- though Beatty did it twice, earning actor, director, screenwriter, and producer nominations for Heaven Can Wait and Reds. But Beatty was just as well-known for his life off the screen, with a reputation as the biggest playboy in Hollywood. In his comprehensive biography, Peter Biskind details Beatty’s accomplishments in moviemaking as well as his captivating private life.
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Jean's Top Films of 2009
The Escapist
Creation
Everlasting Moments
O’Horten
The Hurt Locker
District 9
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Five Minutes of Heaven
Precious
Up in the Air
Henry's Top Film's of 2009
Guests:
Jean Oppenheimer, KPCC critic
Henry Sheehan, henrysheehan.com
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Peter Biskind, author of Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America (Simon & Schuster). He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair.