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FilmWeek

Reviews of the week's new movies, interviews with filmmakers, and discussion. Airs Fridays 10-11am and 10-11pm, and Saturdays 12-1pm.

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Episodes
  • Larry and critics Peter Rainer of New York Magazine, Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com, and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com discuss this week's new film releases, including Secondhand Lions, Cold Creek Manor, The Fighting Temptations, Anything Else, Casa de Los Babys, Underworld, The Animation Show, Taking Sides, In This World, Mambo Italiano , and Demon Lover. Larry and the critics also discuss the Telluride Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Festival des Films de Monde in Montreal.
  • Larry and critics Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, F.X. Feeney of the L.A. Weekly, and Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com discuss this week's new film releases, including Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Matchstick Men, Cabin Fever, Lost in Translation, Millennium Actress, So Close, The Year That Trembled , as well as last week's The Order. Larry and the critics also discuss the World 3D Film Expo , How the West Was Won at Arclight's Cinerama Dome, and Charles raves about Disney's Sleeping Beauty DVD.
  • Larry and critics F.X. Feeney of the L.A. Weekly and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com discuss this week's new film releases, including Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Party Monster, The Backyard, Home Room, and Touchez pas au Grisbi. Larry and the critics also discuss American Cinematheque's Chris Marker Series and LACMA's The Films of Elio Petri, as well as new videos.
  • Guest host John Rabe and critics Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new film releases, including Jeepers Creepers 2, Civil Brand, Friday Night, Gasoline, Km. 0, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, The Other Side of the Bed, Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator, and The Weather Underground. John and the critics also discuss this week's new videos, including the first release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
  • Guest host Steve Julian and critics Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new film releases, including The Medallion, Thirteen, The Battle of Shaker Heights, Madame Sata, Dust, Lady, and Lost Boys of Sudan. Steve and the critics also discuss Breakfast With Hunter, part of the InFact Theatrical Documentary Showcase at the Arclight, as well as this week's new videos.
  • Larry Mantle and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times and Peter Rainer of New York Magazine discuss this week's new film releases, including Open Range, Uptown Girls, American Splendor, Passionada, and OT: Our Town. Larry and the critics also discuss Down Under Wonders at the Am Cine and Howard Hawkes at LACMA as well as this week's new videos.
  • Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and the L.A. Weekly and Peter Rainer of New York Magazine discuss this week's new film releases, including S.W.A.T., Freaky Friday, Le Divorce, Step Into Liquid, and Tycoon, A New Russian. Larry and the critics also discuss this week's new videos.
  • Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat and Peter Rainer of New York Magazine discuss this week's new film releases, including Gigli, The Magdalene Sisters, The Secret Lives of Dentists, Enemies of Laughter, And Now Ladies and Gentlemen, and Zus and Zo. Larry and the critics also discuss the lives of Bob Hope and John Schlesinger.
  • Larry Mantle and critics Lael Lowenstein of Variety and Peter Rainer of New York Magazine discuss this week's new film releases, including Seabiscuit, Buffalo Soldiers, Camp, Mondays in the Sun, Masked and Anonymous, Hotel, and Lucia, Lucia. New Videos and the Seattle Film Festival were also discussed.
  • Larry Mantle and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new film releases, including Bad Boys II, Johnny English, Dirty Pretty Things, Garage Days, The Anarchist Cookbook, The Sea Is Watching (Umi wa Mitelta), Horns and Halos, and Langrishe, Go Down.

Support & Credits

Larry Mantle, Host
Manny Valladares, Associate Producer
Courtney Eileen Fulcher, Apprentice News Clerk