Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases and also break down a couple of the categories we traditionally can’t get to during our annual Oscars show -- Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography.
FilmWeek: ‘Serenity,’ ‘The Kid Who Would Be King,’ ‘King of Thieves’ and more
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases.
- " Serenity " in wide release
- " The Kid Who Would Be King " in wide release
- " King of Thieves " at AMC Universal CityWalk
- " The Invisibles " at Laemmle's Royal Theater & Laemmle's Town Center
- " Jihadists " at Laemmle's Royal Theater (Thursday January 31st only) & Leammle's Music Hall (Friday February 1st only)
- " Polar " streaming on Netflix
- " Heartlock " at Laemmle's Music Hall
- " An Acceptable Loss " at Leammle's Moica Film Center
- " Dead Ant " at Laemmle's Music Hall
CRITICS' HITS
Christy: 'The Kid Who Would Be King'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg-h8TwQCgs
MIXED FEELINGS:
Peter: 'Serenity' & 'Jihadists'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbrOMrjhyvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOwt3lPU5lA
Christy: 'King of Thieves,' 'The Invisibles' & 'Heartlock'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeQAY_9vG8M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2aVBot4DNY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMi2EoMjTF8
MISSES
Peter: 'Polar' & 'An Acceptable Loss'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMHwRal-AR8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72yO_JRVKuo
Christy: 'Dead Ant'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu6BD8HO5-s
Guests:
Christy Lemire , film critic for KPCC, RogerEbert.com and co-host of the ‘ Breakfast All Day ’ podcast; she tweets
Peter Rainer, film critic for KPCC and the Christian Science Monitor
Breaking down the Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography
If you’re a regular FilmWeek listener, which you probably are if you’re reading this, you’ve likely already secured your tickets for our annual FilmWeek Oscars Preview on Saturday, February 17th at 1 p.m. at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Larry Mantle and the FilmWeek critics will be live on stage breaking down and sharing their picks for all the major categories.
Today on FilmWeek, critics Christy Lemire and Peter Rainer are breaking down a couple of the categories we traditionally can’t get to during the Oscars show -- Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography. Here are the nominees:
Best Foreign Language Film
Capernaum (Lebanon) -- Nadine Labaki
Cold War (Poland) -- Pawel Pawlikowski
Never Look Away (Germany) -- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Roma (Mexico) -- Alfonso Cuarón
Shoplifters (Japan) -- Hirokazu Koreeda
Best Cinematography
The Favourite -- Robbie Ryan (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)
Never Look Away -- Caleb Deschanel (dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
Roma -- Alfonso Cuarón (also directed)
A Star is Born -- Matty Libatique (dir. Bradley Cooper)
Cold War -- Lukasz Zal (dir. Pawel Pawlikowski)
If you haven’t reserved your seats yet for our FilmWeek Oscars Preview show, click here for tickets and information.
Guests:
Christy Lemire , film critic for KPCC, RogerEbert.com and co-host of the ‘ Breakfast All Day ’ podcast; she tweets
Peter Rainer, film critic for KPCC and the Christian Science Monitor