FilmWeek

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 and the smug concierge in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, has died. He was 80. Larry Mantle and our FilmWeek critics remember some of Curry’s most iconic roles on the screen and on the stage.
The critics:
Lael Loewenstein, film critic for LAist
Charles Solomon, film critic for LAist, Animation Scoop and Animation Magazine
Katie Walsh, film critic for LAist, the Tribune News Service and L.A. Times
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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 newest sci-fi movie The Dog Stars starring Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin.
The films:
Coyote vs. Acme, Wide Release
The Dog Stars ,Wide Release
Finding Emily, Wide Release
The Last Blossom, In Select Theaters
The Marching Band, Laemmle Royal [West LA], Laemmle Town Center [Encino], Regency Theaters [Laguna Nigel]
Dreams in Nightmares, Laemmle Glendale & AMC Burbank Town Center
Idiots, In Select Theaters
How to Divorce During the War, In Select Laemmle Theaters
The critics:
Lael Loewenstein, film critic for LAist
Charles Solomon, film critic for LAist, Animation Scoop and Animation Magazine
Katie Walsh, film critic for LAist, the Tribune News Service and L.A. Times
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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 effective in bringing back those school-day memories.
Our critics' picks:
Cooley High (1975)
To Sir, With Love (1967)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Fame (1980)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Carrie (1976)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Election (1999)
Booksmart (2019)
Mr Holland’s Opus (1995)
The critics:
Peter Rainer, film critic for LAist and the Christian Science Monitor
Tim Cogshell, film critic for LAist, Alt-Film Guide and CineGods.com
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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 preceding five films. They also discuss the documentary The Last Picture Shows, about the handful of independent movie theaters across the U.S. that are slowly dying out.
The films:
Insidious: Out of the Further, Wide Release
It Ends, AMC Burbank & AMC The Grove
Mutiny, Wide Release
Memory of Princess Mumbi, Laemmle Glendale
The Last Picture Shows, Laemmle Royal [West LA]
Franz, Landmark Theater [Pasadena]
The Magic Faraway Tree, Wide Release
Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter, Streaming on Prime Video
Learning to Fly, Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica]
The critics:
Peter Rainer, film critic for LAist and the Christian Science Monitor
Tim Cogshell, film critic for LAist, Alt-Film Guide and CineGods.com
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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 Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program. Co-directors Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio join Larry Mantle on FilmWeek to talk about the legendary filmmaker himself (now 100 years-old) and what it was like to talk to Brooks about his generation-defining comedy.
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year-Old Man! is available to stream on HBOMax.
Guests:
Judd Apatow, co-director and executive producer of the two-part HBO documentary Mel Brooks: The 99 Year-Old Man!
Michael Bonfiglio, co-director and executive producer of the two-part HBO documentary Mel Brooks: The 99 Year-Old Man!
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