FilmWeek

Larry Mantle talks with KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety, Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, animation critic Charles Solomon of amazon.com, and Claudia Puig of USA Today about the week's new films including "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa," "Role Models," "Soul Men," "The Boy In Striped Pajamas," "Ballast," "The World Unseen," and the documentaries, "Stranded," and "Dear Zachary."

In light of Halloween, Larry Mantle talks with Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor and Wade Major of CityBeat and boxoffice.com and takes listener calls about your favorite scary and horror films.

Larry Mantle talks with Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, and Jean Oppenheimer of Village Voice Media about all the week's new releases including "Changeling," "High School Musical 3: Senior Year;" "Synecdoche, New York," "Pride and Glory, I've Loved You So Long," and "The Elephant King," among others.

Larry Mantle talks with Lael Loewenstein of Variety and Claudia Puig of USA Today about the week's new film openings including "W," "The Secret Life of Bees," "What Just Happened," "Max Payne," and the documentaries "Saving Marriage" and "Morning Light."

Larry Mantle talks with Jean Oppenheimer of Village Voice Media and Wade Major of boxoffice.com and CityBeat about this week's new film openings including "Body of Lies," "RocknRolla," "The Express," "Lola Montes," "City of Ember," "Happy Go Lucky" and "Ashes of Time Redux," among others.

He's the Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability, a former Goldman Sachs executive, and the man who has been tapped to oversee the government's $700 billion rescue plan for the financial markets. Exactly who is the 35-year-old and what are his plans for the bailout? * Neil Irwin, National Economy Correspondent for the Washington Post.

Larry Mantle talks with Wade Major of boxoffice.com and CityBeat, and Jean Oppenheimer of Village Voice Media about the week's new releases including "Nights in Rodanthe," "Miracle at St. Anna," "Eagle Eye," "The Lucky Ones," "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers," "Days And Clouds," and "Shoot On Sight."

Larry Mantle talks with FilmWeek critic Wade Major about the news that Universal Pictures has decided to say "no" to Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's animated, 3-D film, "Tintin." Sign of the economic times?

Larry and critics Andy Klein, of CityBeat, and Jean Oppenheimer, of Village Voice Media, review some of the week's new films including "Burn After Reading," 'Righteous Kill," "The Women," "Towelhead," "Sukiyaki Western Django," and "A Secret." Larry also talks with KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Peter Rainer about the Toronto International Film Festival.

In a move to reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced yesterday that it is taking over conservatorship of the nation's two largest mortgage lenders, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Originally founded as government agencies, the two companies are now privately run and together comprise more than fifty percent of the mortgage market. Will this drastic effort counter the plunging housing market, which government officials say could lead to financial turmoil here and abroad? * Jennifer Zuccarelli, spokesperson for the U.S. Treasury Department. * Thomas Davidoff, Professor of Business, U.C. Berkeley's Haas Real Estate Group. * Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), Member of the House Committee on Financial Services.