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Summary: Reviews of this week's new releases, interviews with filmmakers, and animated discussions on various aspects of the industry with a rotating cast of film critics and host, KPCC’s Larry Mantle. FilmWeek critics include Justin Chang (Variety), Tim Cogshell (Alt Film Guide), Andy Klein (LA Times Community Newspaper Chain), Christy Lemire (YouTube’s “What the Flick”), Lael Loewenstein (Variety), Wade Major (IGN’s Digigods.com), Amy Nicholson (LA Weekly), Claudia Puig (Napa Valley Film Festival), Peter Rainer (Christian Science Monitor) & Charles Solomon (Animation Scoop).

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Podcasts:

 FilmWeek: ‘Breaking In,’ ‘Life of the Party,’ ‘The Seagull’ and your favorite movie moms | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2861

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases. We also reminisce on our favorite cinematic matriarchs.

 FilmWeek: ‘Tully,’ ‘Overboard,’ ‘12th Man’ and revisiting films in the #MeToo era | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2848

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Christy Lemire review this weekend’s new movie releases. We also discuss revisiting films in the #MeToo era.

 FilmWeek: ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ ‘Disobedience,’ ‘Kings,’ and a one-on-one with ex-Academy member Bill Mechanic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2870

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein and Justin Chang review this weekend’s new movie releases. Larry also interviews Bill Mechanic on his leaked resignation letter from the Academy.

 FilmWeek: ‘I Feel Pretty,’ ‘Traffik,’ ‘Quai des Orfevres’ and why SAG is nixing hotel rooms from the audition process | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2866

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Wade Major review this weekend’s new movie releases. Gabrielle Carteris, president of SAG-AFTRA, also joins FilmWeek to discuss SAG's latest, post-Weinstein code-of-conduct change: no more auditions in private hotel rooms or residences.

 FilmWeek: ‘Rampage,’ ‘Borg vs. McEnroe,’ ‘Beirut’ and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2849

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Peter Rainer, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases.

 FilmWeek: 'A Quiet Place,' 'Blockers,' 'Chappaquiddick,' and the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2864

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases. We also discuss the impact of Kubrick's genre-bending "2001: A Space Odyssey," fifty years after it's original release.

 FilmWeek: ‘Ready Player One,’ ‘The Last Movie Star,’ ‘Gemini’ and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2871

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein and Wade Major review this weekend’s new movie releases. We also discuss Cannes' recent announcement that films backed by streaming services will no longer be eligible for awards at the festival.

 FilmWeek: ‘Isle of Dogs,’ ‘Unsane,’ ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1883

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson, Justin Chang and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases.

 FilmWeek: ‘Tomb Raider,’ ‘Love, Simon,’ ‘7 Days in Entebbe’ and the reality of inclusion riders | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2859

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s new movie releases. We also discuss whether inclusion riders are the true cure-all's for discrimination in Hollywood, or if other, less buzzy, contractual stipulations are in need of amending first.

 FilmWeek: ‘A Wrinkle In Time,’ ‘Gringo,’ ‘The Death of Stalin’ and a look into the Oscars' low ratings | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2899

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Peter Rainer, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases. FilmWeek also takes a deeper look into reasons for the record-low viewership of this year's Oscars, and what the Academy needs to do to pull itself out.

 FilmWeek’s 2018 Academy Awards Preview from The Theatre at Ace Hotel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4573

The 90th annual Oscars® are set for this Sunday, March 4th at the Dolby Theatre here in Los Angeles, but before you head to your Oscar parties and fill out your ballot, tune in to hear AirTalk’s 16th annual Academy Awards Preview Show.

 FilmWeek: ‘Annihilation,’ ‘Every Day,’ ‘Game Night’ and IMDb's First Amendment, discrimination battle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2946

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases. FilmWeek also debates the recent decision from a federal judge declaring that a law preventing IMDb from publishing the ages of actors is a violation of the First Amendment.

 FilmWeek: ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Early Man,’ ‘The Party’ and a discussion on the 2018 foreign film Oscar nom's | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2955

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire, Charles Solomon, and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s new movie releases, along with this year's Academy Award nominations for best foreign film.

 FilmWeek: ‘The 15:17 to Paris,’ ‘Peter Rabbit,’ Oscar-nominated shorts and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2959

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Lowenstein, Wade Major and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases, along with the Oscar-nominated live action, animated and documentary short films.

 FilmWeek: ‘Winchester,’ ‘A Fantastic Woman’ and a look into Oscar marketing campaigns | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2955

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson, Justin Chang and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases. We also examine how award season inspires new film trailers and ad slots in order to influence Academy members.

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