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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 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.
  • Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor, and Jean Oppenheimer of New Times discuss this week's new releases, including Mission: Impossible III, An American Haunting, Hoot, The Proposition, Art School Confidential, One Last Thing..., The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The Promise, La Petite Jerusalem, The Fall of Fujimori, and Sir, No Sir!.
  • Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor, and Jean Oppenheimer of New Times discuss this week's new releases including United 93, Akeelah and the Bee, The Beauty Academy of Kabul, The Devil's Miner, Guys & Balls, Look Both Ways, The Lost City, Stick It, and Water.
  • Guest host Ted Chen and critics Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor, Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic for both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, and Scott Foundas, film editor for the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new releases, including American Dreamz, The Sentinel, Standing Still, Drawing Restraint 9, Abominable, Erosion, Somersault, The Almost Guys, Iron Island, and The Syrian Bride.
  • Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic for both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com, and Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com, discuss this week's new releases, including The Wild, Hard Candy, Kinky Boots, The Sisters, The Notorious Bettie Page, Kekexili Mountain Patrol, Our Brand is Crisis, Herbie Hancock: Possibilities and Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.

Support & Credits

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