FilmWeek on AirTalk, hosted by Larry Mantle, is a one-hour weekly segment devoted to films. It offers reviews of the week's new movies, interviews with filmmakers, and discussions on various aspects of the industry.
Latest episodes
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32 min
FilmWeek: ‘Clayface,’ ‘Wicker,’ ‘Wildwood’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and FilmWeek critics review the latest DC Comics adaptation Clayface starring Tom Rhys Harries and Naomi Ackie along with a lot of gore. They also talk abou…
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32 min
FilmWeek: 'Sense and Sensibility,' 'You Can See Everything,' 'La Bola Negra' and more!
The topic: FilmWeek critics Lael Loewenstein and Tim Cogshell discuss the new reboot of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles, and Yo…
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14 min
Feature: The ‘Frat Pack’ comedies of the early 2000s
The topic: In his new book, Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever, film critic and author Matt Singer discusses the come…
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36 min
FilmWeek: ‘The Social Reckoning,’ ‘Musk,’ ‘Tenzing’ and more!
The topic: FilmWeek critics Katie Walsh and Claudia Puig join host Larry Mantle to discuss the biggest releases of the week, including screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to The…
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19 min
Feature: Richard Linklater on Nouvelle Vague and its Criterion release
The topic: Richard Linklater’s 2025 film Nouvelle Vague tries to accurately capture the filming process of one of French New Wave’s most influential films — Jean-Luc Godard’s Breat…
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31 min
FilmWeek: ‘Digger,’ ‘Verity,’ ‘Atonement’ and more!
The topic: FilmWeek critics Tim Cogshell and Christy Lemire disagree on the effectiveness of Alejandro Iñárritu’s new film Digger starring Tom Cruise, but they do agree that everyo…
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21 min
Feature: Documentarian John Wilson talks about ‘The History of Concrete’
The topic: Finding humor and fascination in the mundane is John Wilson’s signature. After closing out his acclaimed HBO series How To with John Wilson, the documentarian picks up r…
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29 min
FilmWeek: ‘Primetime,’ ‘Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother,’ ‘Forgotten Island’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and FilmWeek critics review Primetime, starring Robert Pattinson as NBC Dateline host Chris Hansen, best known for his 2006 series To Catch a Predator. And…
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14 min
Feature: What big releases from the 51st TIFF should you look out for?
The topic: It’s the final weekend of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival and a handful of movie premieres are already stirring up buzz for this upcoming awards seas…
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36 min
FilmWeek: ‘Resident Evil,’ ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom,’ ‘The Weight’ and more!
The topic: The Halloween season begins this week in earnest with the new Shaun the Sheep movie—The Beast of Mossy Bottom—from British stop-motion animation studio Aardman. And dire…
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34 min
FilmWeek: ‘Practical Magic 2,’ ‘Hope,’ ‘The Uprising’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle is joined by our FilmWeek critics Christy Lemire and Katie Walsh to review this week's biggest film releases, including Practical Magic 2, the sequel to the…
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16 min
Feature: What are some of your favorite movie stars' favorite movies?
The topic: In his new book 50 Movie Nights: Contemporary Stars on Their Favorite Classic Films, Turner Classic Movies host Dave Karger asked 50 actors, filmmakers and stars what th…
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21 min
What makes Michael Mann’s Collateral one of the best LA set films?
The topic: For our most recent FilmWeek screening, Larry Mantle and critics Tim Cogshell and Claudia Puig traveled down to Santa Ana to the Frida Cinema for Michael Mann’s 2004 neo…
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29 min
FilmWeek: ‘By Any Means,’ ‘The Sun Never Sets,’ ‘Onslaught’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and film critics Peter Rainer and Manuel Betancourt discuss this week's biggest releases, including the quiet but sweet romantic drama The Sun Never Sets st…
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8 min
Feature: Remembering Tim Curry
The topic: Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show…
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42 min
FilmWeek: ‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ ‘The Dog Stars,’ ‘Finding Emily’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and this week’s critics review the long-awaited Coyote vs. Acme, starring Wile E. Coyote and the other Looney Tunes. They’ll also talk about Ridley Scott’s…
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19 min
Feature: It’s back to school! Our critics share their favorite school-set flicks
The topic: Summer is over and school is back in session. So we thought we would ask our FilmWeek critics what some of their favorite school-set films are and what makes them so eff…
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31 min
FilmWeek: ‘Insidious: Out of the Further,’ ‘It Ends,’ ‘Mutiny’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and film critics Peter Rainer and Tim Cogshell talk about the latest installment in the Insidious franchise, and yes, they do recommend you see the precedin…
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20 min
Feature: Directors Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio on their Emmy-nominated Mel Brooks documentary
The topic: The two-part documentary Mel Brooks: The 99 Year-Old Man! has garnered 6 primetime Emmy nominations including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special and Outstandi…
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30 min
FilmWeek: ‘The End of Oak Street,’ ‘Don’t Say Good Luck,’ ‘Late Fame’ and more!
The topic: Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire and Maureen Lee Lenker review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms. The films:…