Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Angie Han and Amy Nicholson review this weekend’s new movie releases.
FilmWeek: “The Glorias,” “Time,” “Yellow Rose” And More
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Angie Han and Amy Nicholson review this weekend’s new movie releases.
“ The Glorias ” on VOD (Amazon Prime Video, Vudu & FandangoNow)
“ Time ” on Amazon Prime Video
“ Yellow Rose ” in select theaters (check local listings)
“ Song Lang ” on Laemmle’s Virtual Cinema
“ Charm City Kings ” on HBO Max
“ A Rainy Day in New York ” on FandangoNOW and Vudu
“ Totally Under Control ” on Laemmle’s Virtual Cinema and VOD on Oct. 13 (AppleTV+, Amazon, FandangoNOW, Google Play, YouTube & Vudu); Hulu on Oct. 20
“ The War with Grandpa ” in select theaters (check local listings)
“ Black Box ” on Amazon Prime Video
“ The Lie ” on Amazon Prime Video
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.
You may hear our FilmWeek critics review films on the show that are playing at indoor venues that have reopened in our listening area. FilmWeek and KPCC are not endorsing or encouraging anyone to see a movie at an indoor theater at this time. If you do decide to attend a showing at an indoor theater, please familiarize yourself with COVID-19 safety protocols from the CDC, your local public health agency, and the theater where you’re seeing the film.
Guests:
Amy Nicholson , film critic for KPCC, film writer for The New York Times and host of the podcasts ‘ Unspooled ’ and the podcast miniseries “ Zoom ”; she tweets
Angie Han , film critic for KPCC and deputy entertainment editor at Mashable; she tweets
Oscar-Nominated Director Julie Taymor’s New Film Road Trips With Activist Gloria Steinem Through 80 Years...And Four Different Glorias
Academy Award-nominated director Julie Taymor is probably best known for her stage adaptation of Disney's "The Lion King," which took home five Tony Awards in 1998, including two individual Tonies for Taymor for her directing and costume design. But since then, Taymor has also made a name for herself on the big screen, directing well-known films like the 2002 biopic "Frida" about Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and the 2007 musical drama "Across The Universe," which celebrated the music of The Beatles and, Taymor says, was semi-autobiographical.
Her latest film, "The Glorias," is also a biopic and depicts activist, journalist and feminist Gloria Steinem at varying points in her life, played by different actors at each one. It’s based on Steinem’s memoir “My Life On The Road,” and Taymor appropriately uses a Greyhound bus as a through line for the movie, taking interior monologues that Steinem writes about in her book where she might question a decision she made to do something or not and turning them into exterior dialogue with the various Glorias.
Today on FilmWeek, KPCC’s John Horn talks with Julie Taymor about the making of the film, how Steinem’s life, activism and writing inspired it, and how the results of the 2016 election drastically changed the movie she ended up making from the one she originally envisioned.
With contributions from John Horn
Guest:
Julie Taymor , director, writer and producer; her new movie is “ The Glorias ”; she is also known for “ Frida ,” (2002) “ Across The Universe ” (2007) and the Tony Award-winning Broadway adaptation of Disney’s “The Lion King”