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FilmWeek

ByLAist 89.3 | Southern California Public Radio

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.

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50 episodes

Jun 13, 2025•—

Feature: “What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?” at the Art Theatre of Long Beach

Jun 20, 2025•—

FilmWeek: '28 Years Later,' 'Elio,' 'Tatami,' and More!

Jun 20, 2025•—

Feature: Celine Song talks ‘Materialists,’ modernizing rom-coms, and love triangles

Jun 27, 2025•—

FilmWeek: 'F1', 'M3GAN 2.0,' 'Sorry, Baby,' and More!

Jun 27, 2025•—

Feature: New book details Hollywood’s “Gay Golden Age” during the Hays Code, Lavender Scare

Jul 4, 2025•—

FilmWeek: 'Jurassic World: Rebirth,' '40 Acres,' 'Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print,' and More!

Jul 4, 2025•—

Feature: FilmWeek critics share their top picks for 2025 so far

Jul 11, 2025•—

FilmWeek: 'Superman,' 'Kill The Jockey,' 'Apocalypse in the Tropics,' and More!

Jul 11, 2025•—

Feature: The New York Times surveyed readers and filmmakers about the best 21st-century films, we discuss the responses

Jul 18, 2025•—

Feature: Godzilla’s 70 years chronicled in new book

Jul 18, 2025•—

FilmWeek: 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' 'Eddington,' 'Smurfs,' and More!

Jul 25, 2025•—

FilmWeek: 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps,' 'Oh, Hi!' 'BTS Army: Forever We Are Young,' and More!

Jul 25, 2025•—

Feature: JAWS actor Robert Shaw’s life story is told in a new book

Aug 1, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘The Naked Gun’, ‘The Bad Guys 2’, ‘Happy Gilmore 2’, and more!

Aug 1, 2025•—

Feature: The award-winning director of ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ shows us Ukrainian soldiers up close in ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’

Aug 8, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘Freakier Friday’, ‘Weapons’, ‘Souleymane’s Story’, and more!

Aug 8, 2025•—

Feature: A new documentary explores the life of musician Jeff Buckley

Aug 15, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘Highest 2 Lowest’, ‘Nobody 2’, ‘Americana’, and more!

Aug 15, 2025•—

Feature: How to adapt a film like Akira Kurosawa?

Aug 22, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘Honey Don’t!’ ‘Ne Zha II,’ ‘Splitsville,’ and more!

Aug 22, 2025•—

Feature: Director Ron Howard talks about his new movie Eden

Aug 29, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘Caught Stealing,’ ‘The Roses,’ ‘Sign ‘o’ the Times,’ and more!

Aug 29, 2025•—

Feature: How A24 became the major movie studio for indie filmmakers

Sep 5, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites,’ ‘Twinless,’ ‘Preparation for the Next Life,’ and more!

Sep 5, 2025•—

Feature: LA’s first annual Silent Film Festival

Sep 12, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘The Long Walk,’ ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,’ ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,’ and more!

Sep 12, 2025•—

Feature: Rob Reiner returns for an encore with a double Spinal Tap

Sep 19, 2025•—

FilmWeek: 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,' 'Him,' 'Another End,' and More!

Sep 19, 2025•—

Feature: Our critics’ standout films from the 50th Toronto International Film Festival

Sep 26, 2025•—

Feature: Jaws: The Exhibition opens at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Sep 26, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Eleanor the Great,’ ‘Predators,’ and more!

Oct 3, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘The Smashing Machine,’ ‘Anemone,’ ‘The Lost Bus,’ and more!

Oct 3, 2025•—

Feature: A new book recontextualizes horror classics through a feminist lens

Oct 11, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘Tron: Ares,’ ‘Roofman,’ ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ and more!

Oct 17, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Good Fortune,’ ‘The Mastermind,’ and more!

Oct 17, 2025•—

Feature: A new book captures the complicated life and career of Bruce Lee

Oct 24, 2025•—

Great Scott! New documentary celebrates 50 years of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”

Oct 24, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,’ ‘Hedda,’ and more!

Oct 31, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘Nouvelle Vague,’ ‘Love+War,’ ‘Ballad of a Small Player,’ and more!

Oct 31, 2025•—

Feature: A new TCM book shares some Pre-Code classics

Nov 7, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘Predator: Badlands,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘Die My Love,’ and more!

Nov 7, 2025•—

Feature: Sir Roger Deakins talks about his life and career in a new memoir

Nov 14, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘The Running Man,’ ‘The Carpenter’s Son,’ and more!

Nov 14, 2025•—

Feature: A new biography on Cesar Romero shows the actor’s varied career beyond The Joker

Nov 21, 2025•—

Feature: Renate Reinsve in ‘Sentimental Value’

Nov 21, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘Rental Family,’ ‘Left-Handed Girl,’ and more!

Nov 26, 2025•—

FilmWeek: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ ‘Zootopia 2,’ and more!

Nov 26, 2025•—

Feature: The enduring legacy of ‘The Big Lebowski’

Dec 5, 2025•—

Feature: Blumhouse and how horror became a box office guarantee

Dec 5, 2025•—

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