FilmWeek

Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein of New Times and Lael Lowenstein of Variety discuss this week's new film releases, including A Mighty Wind, Holes, Bulletproof Monk, Malibu's Most Wanted, Chasing Papi, Raising Victor Vargas, and Lilya 4-Ever. The critics also talk about this week's videos.

Larry Mantle and critics F.X. Feeney of the L.A. Weekly and Jean Oppenheimer of New Times discuss this week's new film releases, including Anger Management, Ghosts of the Abyss, XX/XY, Better Luck Tomorrow, The Man Without a Past, White Dream, and Fellini: I'm a Born Liar. The critics also talk about Imitations of Life: The Legacy of Rainer Werner Fassbinder at LACMA as well as Festa Fellini at select Laemmle theaters.

Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and the L.A. Weekly, Andy Klein of New Times and Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com discuss this week's new film releases, including Phone Booth, The Good Thief, Cowboy Bebop, Levity, The Son, and Stevie. The critics also talk about Hollywood and the war, with Charles focusing on some of the more memorable "wartoons".

Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of New York Magazine and Jean Oppenheimer of New Times discuss this week's new film releases, including The Hunted, Willard, Bend It Like Beckham, Nowhere in Africa, Le Cercle Rouge, and Divine Intervention. The critics also share their thoughts on this week's video releases, as well as the recent Screen Actor Guild Awards.

Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of New York Magazine and F.X. Feeney of the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new film releases, including Bringing Down the House, Tears of the Sun, Laurel Canyon, Irreversible, Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time, and Fidel. The critics also share their thoughts on this week's video releases as well as Peter's thoughts of the Miami International Film Festival.

Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein of New Times and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new film releases, including Cradle 2 the Grave, Poolhall Junkies, and Mad Song (filmed partly at KPCC). The critics also share their thoughts on this week's video releases as well as the Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective at the Nuart and Heroic Grace: The Chinese Martial Arts Film at UCLA. Henry Sheehan will be discussing Chinatown with Carl Franklin at the Skirball Cultural Center Friday the 28th of Feburary.

Larry Mantle and critics Lael Lowenstein of Variety, Jean Oppenheimer of New Times, and F.X. Feeney of the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new film releases, including The Life of David Gale, Old School, Gods and Generals, Dark Blue, Chaos, Till Human Voices Wake us, The Ballad of Bering Strait, and Senorita Extraviada. The critics also share their thoughts on this week's many video releases.

Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein of New Times and Peter Rainer of New York Magazine discuss this week's new film releases, including Shanghai Knights, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and Confession of a Florist. The critics also share their thoughts on two recent articles in the Los Angeles Times and Variety questioning the relevance of film critics, as well as this week's videos.

Guest host John Rabe and critics Ella Taylor of the L.A. Weekly, F.X. Feeney of the L.A. Weekly, and Jean Oppenheimer of New Times discuss this week's new film releases, including The Recruit, Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary, Amen, Biker Boyz, God is Great, I'm Not, Lost in La Mancha, Suddenly Naked, as well as revisiting City of God. The critics also pick their favorite films from the Sundance Film Festival, the Slamdance Film Festival, and In Glorious Black-and-White Scope at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Guest host John Rabe and critics Ella Taylor of the L.A. Weekly, F.X. Feeney of the L.A. Weekly, and Jean Oppenheimer of New Times discuss this week's new film releases, including The Recruit, Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary, Amen, Biker Boyz, God is Great, I'm Not, Lost in La Mancha, Suddenly Naked, as well as revisiting City of God. The critics also pick their favorite films from the Sundance Film Festival, the Slamdance Film Festival, and In Glorious Black-and-White Scope at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein of New Times and Peter Rainer of New York Magazine discuss this week's new film releases, including Darkness Falls and Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times. Kai Ryssdal of Marketplace joins us from Park City, Utah for a report of the Sundance Film Festival. Larry and the critics also catch up with all of the videos released this year.