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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 Wade Major, of CityBeat and boxoffice.com, and Claudia Puig, of USA Today, review some of the week's new films including "Red," "Ping Pong Playa," "Mister Foe," "Momma's Man," "A Girl Cut in Two," and "I Served the King of England." Larry also talks with Jean Oppenheimer of Village Voice Media about the Telluride Film Festival.
  • David Lazarus and critics Wade Major, of CityBeat and boxoffice.com, and Claudia Puig, of USA Today, review some of the week's new feature films including "Traitor," "Hamlet 2," "The Rocker," "The Longshots," "Death Race," and "The House Bunny," and the documentaries "I.O.U.S.A.," and "Trouble the Water." And, critic Peter Rainer also discusses the Montreal Film Festival.
  • Larry and critics Andy Klein, of CityBeat, Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, and Charles Solomon, of amazon.com review some of the week's new feature films including Tropic Thunder, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Fly Me to the Moon, and Henry Poole is here, among others.
  • Larry and critics Jean Oppenheimer, of Village Voice Media, and Claudia Puig, of USA Today, review some of the week's new feature films including "Elegy," "The Pineapple Express," "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," "Sixty Six," "Bottle Shock," "Transsiberian," and the documentary "Man on Wire."
  • Larry and critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety and Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor review some of the week's new feature films including "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," "Swing Vote," "Frozen River," and the Czech film, "Beauty in Trouble." Then, Larry takes listener calls on guilty cinematic pleasures. Finally, he speaks with Laura Winter, co-director of the documentary "Baghdad High."
  • Larry and critics Jean Oppenheimer, of Village Voice Media, and Wade Major, of boxoffice.com and CityBeat, review some of the week's new feature films including "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," "Step Brothers," "Brideshead Revisited," "Take," "Boy A," and the documentaries "American Teen" and "A Man Named Pearl." Then Larry talks with Variety reporter, Brian Lowry, about this year's Comic-Con, happening this weekend in San Diego.
  • Larry and critics Andy Klein, of CityBeat, Jean Oppenheimer, of Village Voice Media, and Charles Solomon, of amazon.com, review some of the week's new feature films including "The Dark Knight," "Mamma Mia!," "Space Chimps," "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," "Sword of a Stranger," "Kenny," and "The Grocers Son."
  • Larry and critics Wade Major, of boxoffice.com and CityBeat, Claudia Puig, of USA Today, and Charles Solomon, of amazon.com review some of the week's new feature films including "HellBoy 2," "Meet Dave," "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D," "Garden Party," and "The Stone Angel."
  • Larry Mantle talks with Academy Award winning documentarian Alex Gibney about his new film "Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson." Gibney's latest film "Taxi to the Dark Side" won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year. He also wrote and directed the Academy Award-nominated film "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room."
  • Larry and critics Peter Rainer, of The Christian Science Monitor, Jean Oppenheimer, of Village Voice Media, and Charles Solomon, of amazon.com review some of the week's new feature films including "Wall-E," "Wanted," "Expired," "The Unknown Woman," and the documentaries "Trumbo," "Live and Become," and "Encounters at the End of the World." Larry also talks with Charles Solomon about his new book, "Disney: Lost and Found," that looks at the vast array of artwork that was created by Disney for movies that never made it to the big screen.

Support & Credits

Larry Mantle, Host
Payton Seda, Associate Producer
Zoë Howes, Apprentice News Clerk