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FilmWeek: ‘Deadpool 2,’ ‘Book Club,’ ‘First Reformed’ and an update from the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

dp2_stills_pull01_rec709_020218.086245 – Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Twentieth Century Fox’s DEADPOOL 2. Photo Credit: Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox.
Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Twentieth Century Fox’s DEADPOOL 2.
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Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases. We also talk to Los Angeles Times & KPCC film critic Justin Chang on what to watch coming out of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases. We also talk to Los Angeles Times & KPCC film critic Justin Chang on what to watch coming out of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases. We also talk to Los Angeles Times & KPCC film critic Justin Chang on what to watch coming out of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

FilmWeek: ‘Deadpool 2,’ ‘Book Club,’ ‘First Reformed’ and more

Listen 38:51
FilmWeek: ‘Deadpool 2,’ ‘Book Club,’ ‘First Reformed’ and more

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases.

CRITICS' HITS

Christy: "Deadpool 2" & "Filmworker"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D86RtevtfrA&t=94s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEZ2r1YGKSA

Peter: "First Reformed" & "On Chesil Beach" 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCF5Y8dQpR4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRRBajXoN4M

MIXED FEELINGS

Peter: "Pope Francis - A Man of His Word" 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOmY8i-uBcY

MISSES

Christy: "Cargo" & "Show Dogs"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5QJW0M5pik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT9eWtb7C4c

Peter: "Book Club" & "Dark Crimes"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDxgPIsv6sY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WWC0GTP08w

Guests:

Christy Lemire, film critic for KPCC, RogerEbert.com and co-host of YouTube’s “What the Flick?”; she tweets

Peter Rainer, film critic for KPCC and the Christian Science Monitor

Los Angeles Times & KPCC film critic Justin Chang on what you should be watching for coming out of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

Listen 8:58
Los Angeles Times & KPCC film critic Justin Chang on what you should be watching for coming out of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

It may be getting more attention for eschewing Netflix films or who is and isn’t wearing heels , but at the end of the day, the Cannes Film Festival in France is still all about le cinéma.

The famous French film festival is in its 71st year and wraps up this Saturday with a screening of the adventure comedy “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” from director Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame. It opened last Tuesday, May 8th with the film “Everybody Knows” from Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, a two-time Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film for “The Salesman” in 2017 and “A Separation” in 2012. Other films getting buzz include Spike Lee’s latest film “BlacKkKlansman,” the story of an African-American cop who infiltrates a local KKK chapter and “The House That Jack Built,” a murder thriller from director Lars Von Trier, just to name a couple.

KPCC and Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang has been in Cannes taking it all in. He joins Larry to talk about the major headlines from the festival, the movies he’s seen, frontrunners for the coveted Palme d’Or, and what you should be watching for as the films make their way to theaters in the U.S.

Guest:

Justin Chang , film critic for KPCC and the Los Angeles Times; he tweets

FilmWeek: ‘Deadpool 2,’ ‘Book Club,’ ‘First Reformed’ and more

Listen 38:51
FilmWeek: ‘Deadpool 2,’ ‘Book Club,’ ‘First Reformed’ and more

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases.

CRITICS' HITS

Christy: "Deadpool 2" & "Filmworker"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D86RtevtfrA&t=94s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEZ2r1YGKSA

Peter: "First Reformed" & "On Chesil Beach" 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCF5Y8dQpR4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRRBajXoN4M

MIXED FEELINGS

Peter: "Pope Francis - A Man of His Word" 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOmY8i-uBcY

MISSES

Christy: "Cargo" & "Show Dogs"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5QJW0M5pik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT9eWtb7C4c

Peter: "Book Club" & "Dark Crimes"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDxgPIsv6sY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WWC0GTP08w

Guests:

Christy Lemire, film critic for KPCC, RogerEbert.com and co-host of YouTube’s “What the Flick?”; she tweets

Peter Rainer, film critic for KPCC and the Christian Science Monitor

Los Angeles Times & KPCC film critic Justin Chang on what you should be watching for coming out of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

Listen 8:58
Los Angeles Times & KPCC film critic Justin Chang on what you should be watching for coming out of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

It may be getting more attention for eschewing Netflix films or who is and isn’t wearing heels , but at the end of the day, the Cannes Film Festival in France is still all about le cinéma.

The famous French film festival is in its 71st year and wraps up this Saturday with a screening of the adventure comedy “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” from director Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame. It opened last Tuesday, May 8th with the film “Everybody Knows” from Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, a two-time Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film for “The Salesman” in 2017 and “A Separation” in 2012. Other films getting buzz include Spike Lee’s latest film “BlacKkKlansman,” the story of an African-American cop who infiltrates a local KKK chapter and “The House That Jack Built,” a murder thriller from director Lars Von Trier, just to name a couple.

KPCC and Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang has been in Cannes taking it all in. He joins Larry to talk about the major headlines from the festival, the movies he’s seen, frontrunners for the coveted Palme d’Or, and what you should be watching for as the films make their way to theaters in the U.S.

Guest:

Justin Chang , film critic for KPCC and the Los Angeles Times; he tweets