Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Lowenstein of Variety and Peter Rainer of Christian Science Monitor discuss the week’s new film releases, including This Is It, Gentlemen Broncos, Skin, The House of the Devil, The Fall, and Jump. Then, the AFI Fest presents movies by emerging and established filmmakers. For this year’s festival, from October 30-November 7, tickets are free to all movie screenings. Larry Mantle talks with AFI Fest’s artistic director about this year’s lineup. Author Mitchell Zuckoff joins Larry Mantle to talk about legendary Hollywood movie maker Robert Altman who burst onto the Hollywood scene in 1970 with the movie M*A*S*H.
In a decade, Altman revolutionized American filmmaking producing masterpieces like McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Long Good-bye and Nashville. The visionary director’s outsized life and unique career are revealed in a new biography by Zuckoff who was working with Altman on his memoirs before he died.
Guests:
Lael Lowenstein, Variety
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rose Kuo, Artistic Director, AFI Fest