FilmWeek

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 season. We talk to FilmWeek critics Amy Nicholson and Maureen Lee Lenker about their favorites from this year’s festival and what movies they think audiences should look out for when they hit theaters.
Films to watch for:
I Play Rocky
Elsinore
The Debut
Being Heumann
Bucking Fastards
The Julia Set
Ink
Fjord
The critics:
Amy Nicholson, film critic for LAist and the LA Times and host of the podcast ‘Unspooled’
Maureen Lee Lenker, LAist film critic and freelance journalist who's written for Gold Derby, The Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and Turner Classic Movies. She is also the author of three novels set in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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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 director Zach Cregger returns with another horror crowd pleaser, Resident Evil. Our critics also review the dark comedy The Musical about a vengeful teacher out to sabotage the school play.
The films:
Resident Evil, Wide Release
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, Wide Release
The Weight, Wide Release
The Musical, In Select Theaters
Sunny Dancer, Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica] & AMC Orange
The Oldest Person in the World, In Select Laemmle Theaters
Goody Goody, Streaming on Shudder
Arsa, Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica]
The critics:
Charles Solomon, film critic for LAist, Animation Scoop and Animation Magazine
Tim Cogshell, film critic for LAist, Alt-Film Guide and CineGods.com
Katie Walsh, film critic for LAist, the Tribune News Service and the L.A. Times
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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 1998 cozy-cult classic, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as sister witches. They’ll also talk about the Watts set drama If I Go Will They Miss Me and the documentary Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, about the Gallagher brothers’ reunion tour.
The films:
Practical Magic 2, Wide Release
Hope, Wide Release
The Uprising, Wide Release
If I Go Will They Miss Me, AMC Century City | Expands to more theaters Sep. 18
Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger, In Select Theaters
Runner, In Select Theaters
Black Zombie, Landmark Nuart Theatre [West L.A.]
Call My Agent! The Movie, Streaming on Netflix
This is Buzz, Brain Dead Studios [Fairfax District], The Frida Cinema [Santa Ana], & The Arts Theatre Long Beach
The critics:
Christy Lemire, film critic for LAist, and co-host of the ‘Breakfast All Day’ YouTube and podcast series
Katie Walsh, film critic at the Tribune News Service and LA Times
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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 their favorite classic films are and the ideal way to watch them.
What films are included? The book features a wide array of classic cinema, from political dramas like Don Cheadle’s choice, The Battle Of Algiers (1966), to action comedies like Adam Scott’s pick, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). Other movies featured include Wes Anderson’s pick, The Tall Target (1951), Paul Rudd’s selection of Withnail & I (1987), Sterling K. Brown’s pick, Out Of Sight (1998), and Ava DuVernay’s choice, Devil In A Blue Dress (1995).
Event info: TCM host Dave Karger will sign copies of his new book on Friday, Sep. 18 at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, followed by a conversation with Jason Bateman and a screening of his selected film, Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy (1982). You can get more information about the event here.
Guest:
Dave Karger, TCM host, film expert, and author of the new book ‘50 Movie Nights: Contemporary Stars on Their Favorite Classic Films’
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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-noir thriller Collateral. The critics, along with special guest Barry Shabaka Henley, who plays the jazz club owner Daniel in the film, discuss the movie’s impact, its portrayal of Los Angeles, and the great acting by co-leads Jamie Foxx and a rare villainous Tom Cruise.
The panel:
Tim Cogshell, film critic for LAist, Alt-Film Guide and CineGods.com
Claudia Puig, film critic for LAist and program director for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Barry Shabaka Henley, film and television actor who plays the character Daniel in Collateral
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