FilmWeek: ‘Ticket To Paradise,’ ‘The Banshees of Inisherin,’ ‘Black Adam,’ ‘Wendell & Wild’ And More
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.
- “Ticket To Paradise,” Wide Release
- “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Wide Release
- “Black Adam,” Wide Release
- “American Murderer,” Lumiere cinema at the Music Hall [Beverly Hills]
- “Wendell & Wild,” The Hollywood Theater & Laemmle NoHo [North Hollywood] October 22; Streaming on Netflix October 28
- “Hunted,” In Select Theaters; Digital & VOD October 25
- “The School for Good and Evil,” Streaming on Netflix
- “Voodoo Macbeth,” Laemmle Royal [West LA]
- “V/H/S 99,” Streaming on Shudder
- “Cat Daddies,” Laemmle Glendale
- “Slash/Back,” Alamo Drafthouse [DTLA]; VOD & Digital
John Horn’s Interview about ‘Till’ with Director Chinonye Chukwu and head of Orion Pictures, Alana Mayo
The new film ‘Till’ tells the story of Mamie Till, as she brings her 14-year-old son Emmett Till home in a coffin, a victim of a horrific lynching, after a trip to Mississippi from Chicago to visit relatives. Different from other films on the subject, director Chinonye Chukwu makes a point to never show the lynching, but chooses to focus on the aftermath, particularly Mamie’s insistence on an open-casket funeral. Mamie wanted the world to see what white hate looked like, even allowing photographers to take pictures of her son’s battered face and body. This decision ultimately transformed her into a Civil Rights pioneer.
Today on FilmWeek, KPCC’s John Horn sits down with the film’s director Chinonye Chukwu as well as the head of Orion Pictures, Alana Mayo, to discuss the process of bringing ‘Till’ to the screen.
