Sponsored message
Audience-funded nonprofit news
radio tower icon laist logo
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Subscribe
  • Listen Now Playing Listen
FilmWeek

FilmWeek: “Let Him Go,” “Proxima,” “Jungleland” And More

Diane Lane (left) stars as “Margaret Blackledge” and Kevin Costner (right) stars as “George Blackledge” in director Thomas Bezucha’s LET HIM GO, a Focus Features release. 
Credit : Kimberley French / Focus Features
Diane Lane stars as “Margaret Blackledge” and Kevin Costner stars as “George Blackledge” in director Thomas Bezucha’s "Let Him Go."
(
Kimberley French / Focus Features
)
Listen 50:34
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s new movie releases.
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s new movie releases.

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s new movie releases.

FilmWeek: “Let Him Go,” “Proxima,” “Jungleland” And More

Listen 30:30
FilmWeek: “Let Him Go,” “Proxima,” “Jungleland” And More

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s new movie releases.

Our FilmWeek critics have been curating personal lists of their favorite TV shows and movies to binge-watch during self-quarantine. You can see recommendations from each of the critics and where you can watch them here.

Guests: 

Tim Cogshell , film critic for KPCC, Alt-Film Guide and CineGods.com ; he tweets

Lael Loewenstein , film critic for KPCC and film columnist for the Santa Monica Daily Press; she tweets

Prolific Biographer Of Classic Hollywood Stars Profiles Legendary Leading Man Cary Grant

Listen 19:00
Prolific Biographer Of Classic Hollywood Stars Profiles Legendary Leading Man Cary Grant

It's no doubt that Cary Grant's illustrious film career, spanning over 30 years, led him to be one of classic Hollywood's most recognizable leading men. 

He was known for his acting in various romantic comedies such as "Bringing Up Baby," "His Girl Friday," and "The Philadelphia Story." Toward the latter half of his career in the 1950s, Grant worked with Alfred Hitchcock, with whom he made many of the most recognizable films of that era: "Notorious," "To Catch a Thief," and "North by Northwest."

But in "Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise," author Scott Eyman takes a closer look into Grant's life behind the big screen. Eyman tells the story of Grant through the lens of the late actor's own papers, archival research and interviews with those closest to Grant.

Today on FilmWeek, Larry interviews the author of "Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise," Scott Eyman.

Guest:

Scott Eyman , author of “ Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise ” (Simon & Schuster, October 2020); he is the author or coauthor of 14 books and is the former literary critic at The Palm Beach Post; he tweets