Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Wade Major review this weekend’s new movie releases. We also discuss the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival.
FilmWeek: ‘A Simple Favor,’ ‘White Boy Rick,’ ‘The Predator’ and more
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Wade Major review this weekend’s new movie releases.
- " A Simple Favor " in wide release
- " White Boy Rick " in wide release
- " The Predator " in wide release
- " The Children Act " at Laemmle's Royal Theatre
- " A Boy. A Girl. A Dream " in select theaters (check local listings)
- " Unbroken: Path To Redemption " in wide release
- " Hal " at Nuart Theatre
- " Lizzie " at Arclight Hollywood & The Landmark
- " Blaze " at Arclight Hollywood & The Landmark
- " Mandy " at Laemmle's Monica Film Center, Harkins Cerritos, Harkins Chino hills & The Frida Cinema
- " The Land of Steady Habits " streaming on Netflix
- " I Think We're Alone Now " at Arclight Culver City
Critics' Hits
Christy: "A Boy. A Girl. A Dream." & "Hal"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyZWQ4MhewQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBGfKan2qAg
Wade: "The Children Act" & "Blaze"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J-_v38DBgU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXvwFdTTwhI
Mixed Feelings
Christy: "Lizzie" & "Land of Steady Habbits"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A79ziwolkr4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbKDFMW8hGE&t=61s
Wade: "A Simple Favor" & "White Boy Rick"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAqMlh0b2HU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qns48PtK2io
Misses
Christy: "The Predator"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaG1KZqrLvM&t=3s
Wade: "Mandy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI054ow6KJk
Guests:
Christy Lemire , film critic for KPCC, RogerEbert.com and co-host of YouTube’s “What the Flick?”;she tweets
Wade Major , film critic for KPCC and CineGods.com
Festival recap: The films you should be watching for coming out of TIFF 2018
With a whopping 342 films on the docket this year, there are no shortage of films to watch at the annual Toronto International Film Festival.
Now in its 42nd year, TIFF has become one the largest publicly-attended film festivals in the world, drawing members of the industry from around the world to come and watch some of the most highly-anticipated films of the year and to get a glimpse of some of the film industry’s burgeoning talent.
This year, TIFF is also addressing the diversity and inclusion conversation that’s been going on in Hollywood, announcing in June that it would make sure that at least 20 percent of critics and journalists to get press credentials were members of underrepresented groups.
Notable films this year include the black and white film “Roma,” from writer-director Alfonso Cuarón, “First Man,” the Neil Armstrong biopic from “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle, “If Beale Street Could Talk,” a new film from the Oscar-winning director of “Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins, and the documentary “Monrovia, Indiana” from acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman.
Today on FilmWeek, Larry Mantle chats with film critic Peter Rainer, who has been taking in films at TIFF for the last week and joins us to share some of the highlights.
Guest:
Peter Rainer, film critic for KPCC and the Christian Science Monitor ; he attending TIFF in Toronto