FilmWeek

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 right where he left off, but this time with a feature film examining one of New York’s most foundational materials: concrete. Wilson joins FilmWeek’s Larry Mantle to talk about his first feature documentary The History of Concrete, his directorial influences, and how he sees the world.
Guest:
John Wilson, documentarian best known for his acclaimed HBO series How To with John Wilson and director of the new documentary The History of Concrete.
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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 they talk about the documentary You Had to Be There that attempts to capture the magical 1972 Toronto production of Godspell that launched many famous comedians careers. The events are told through animation and interviews with the original cast.
The films:
Primetime, Wide Release
Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother, In Select Theaters
Forgotten Island, Wide Release
The History of Concrete, In Select Theaters
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, In Select Theaters
The Stunt Driver, In Select Theaters
Never After Dark, In Select Theaters
You Had to Be There, In Select Theaters
Unabomber, Streaming on Netflix
The critics:
Christy Lemire, film critic for LAist, and co-host of the ‘Breakfast All Day’ YouTube and podcast series
Maureen Lee Lenker <like ‘link’>, LAist film critic and freelance journalist (formerly at Entertainment Weekly) 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:
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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