FilmWeek

Guest host Ted Chen and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic for both CityBeat and ValleyBeat discuss this week's new releases, including Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, A Scanner Darkly, Strangers with Candy, The Puffy Chair, Only Human, La Moustache, and Sisters in Law.

Rhode Island, one of the first States to declare independence from English rule, was also home to John and Moses Brown whose legacy prevails through institutions such as their namesake university. Their history somewhat parallels that of America during a time when ideals such as liberty and freedom were juxtaposed with the horrors of the slave trade. Charles Rappleye joins Patt to talk about his book, Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution (Simon & Schuster), which chronicles the lives of these two brothers, their entrepreneurial successes and ideological differences over slavery during the founding era of America.

Larry Mantle and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times and Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor discuss this week's new releases, including Superman Returns, The Devil Wears Prada, Wassup Rockers, Lower City, Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, and Who Killed the Electric Car?. Peter shares his opinions of the films of the Yukon International Film Festival.

Larry Mantle and critics Scott Foundas, film editor for the L.A. Weekly and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic for both CityBeat and ValleyBeat discuss this week's new releases, including Click, Say Uncle, Wordplay, and The Road to Guantanamo. Larry and the critics also preview the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Larry Mantle and critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety and Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor, discuss this week's new releases, including Nacho Libre, The Lake House, Garfield A Tail of Two Kitties, Loverboy, Coastlines, Giuliani Time and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Larry Mantle and critics Ella Taylor of the L.A. Weekly, Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com, and Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com, discuss this week's new releases, including Cars, The Omen, A Prairie Home Companion, The King, The Long Weekend, The Whore's Son, Autumn, and The Heart of the Game.

Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic for both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, and Jean Oppenheimer of New Times discuss this week's new releases, including The Break-Up, Peaceful Warrior, Mouth to Mouth, The Conrad Boys, District B13, Typhoon, and Yang Ban Xi: The 8 Model Works.

Larry Mantle and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com discuss this week's new releases, including X-Men: The Last Stand, Dead Man's Shoes, Twelve and Holding, Lemming, Cavite, and An Inconvenient Truth. Scott Foundas, film editor for the L.A. Weekly, joins FilmWeek from France for a report of the Festival de Cannes.

Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com, Lael Loewenstein of Variety, and Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com discuss this week's new releases, including The DaVinci Code, Over the Hedge, Sketches of Frank Gehry, Following Sean, Clean and Russian Dolls.

Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor, and Ella Taylor of the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new releases, including Poseidon, Just My Luck, Wah-Wah, Down in the Valley, Shakespeare Behind Bars, Three Times, Lady Vengeance and Army of Shadows.