FilmWeek

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Lael Loewenstein and Manuel Betancourt review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on-demand platforms.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Amy Nicholson and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Guest host Austin Cross and LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Join eight of our FilmWeek critics and host Larry Mantle on stage at our 23rd annual FilmWeek Oscars Preview, held at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA.

For this week’s FilmWeek feature, we’ll focus on this year’s crop of films for Best International Feature, and discuss our critics’ favorites. Joining us are Manuel Betancourt, Lael Loewenstein, and Christy Lemire.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Manuel Betancourt and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

RaMell Ross’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys has garnered critical acclaim, earning multiple Oscar nominations, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. The film follows two boys at a brutal reform school in Florida, with Ross's unique approach immersing the audience through a first-person perspective of the protagonists, Elwood and Turner.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

The Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat is about an international incident, post-colonial era Africa, and how musicians can be unknowingly swept into it all. We talk with director Johan Grimonprez.