FilmWeek

Larry Mantle interviews Saul Austerlitz, adjunct professor of writing and comedy history at New York University, to talk about his new book “Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the most Iconic Comedy of the 21st Century” (August 2023, Penguin Random House).

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.

Larry Mantle interviews legendary actress Nancy Olson Livingston, known for her academy award-nominated role in Sunset Boulevard. They talk about Livingston's new memoir "A Front Row Seat: An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood and The Age of Glamour."

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.

Larry Mantle interviews Yunte Huang, professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara about his new book "Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History".

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.

Larry Mantle interviews Chilean director Maite Alberdi about her new documentary "The Eternal Memory" that follows a Chilean couple as the wife and husband try to navigate their relationship as the husband slowly loses his memory to Alzheimer's disease.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.

 “Oppenheimer” casting director John Papsidera joins Austin Cross to talk about casting the team who built the atomic bomb with modern Hollywood actors and what went into narrowing down who was right for the iconic roles.

Austin Cross and LAist film critics review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms. They also remember William Friedkin, who passed away at the age of 87 this week.