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FilmWeek

Reviews of the week's new movies, interviews with filmmakers, and discussion.

LAist 89.3 | Southern California Public Radio · KPCC 89.3 | Southern California Public Radio

153 episodesEN-US

Show overview

FilmWeek launched in 2025 and has put out 153 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 65 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 19 min and 32 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language TV & Film show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 77 episodes already out so far this year. Published by KPCC 89.3 | Southern California Public Radio.

Episodes
153
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
28 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

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.

Latest Episodes

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Feature: The ‘Frat Pack’ comedies of the early 2000s

Oct 9, 202614 min

FilmWeek: ‘The Social Reckoning,’ ‘Musk,’ Tenzing’ and more!

Oct 9, 202635 min

Feature: Richard Linklater on Nouvelle Vague and its Criterion release

Oct 2, 202619 min

FilmWeek: ‘Digger,’ ‘Verity,’ ‘Atonement’ and more!

Oct 2, 202630 min

Feature: Documentarian John Wilson talks about ‘The History of Concrete’

Sep 25, 202621 min

FilmWeek: ‘Primetime,’ ‘Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother,’ ‘Forgotten Island’ and more!

Sep 25, 202628 min

Feature: What big releases from the 51st TIFF should you look out for?

Sep 18, 202614 min

FilmWeek: ‘Resident Evil,’ ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom,’ ‘The Weight’ and more!

Sep 18, 202635 min

FilmWeek: ‘Practical Magic 2,’ ‘Hope,’ ‘The Uprising’ and more!

Sep 11, 202634 min

Feature: What are some of your favorite movie stars' favorite movies?

Sep 11, 202615 min

What makes Michael Mann’s Collateral one of the best LA set films?

Sep 4, 202620 min

FilmWeek: ‘By Any Means,’ ‘The Sun Never Sets,’ ‘Onslaught’ and more!

Sep 4, 202629 min

Feature: Remembering Tim Curry

Aug 28, 20268 min

FilmWeek: ‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ ‘The Dog Stars,’ ‘Finding Emily’ and more!

Aug 28, 202641 min

Feature: It’s back to school! Our critics share their favorite school-set flicks

Aug 21, 202618 min

FilmWeek: ‘Insidious: Out of the Further,’ ‘It Ends,’ ‘Mutiny’ and more!

Aug 21, 202631 min

Feature: Directors Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio on their Emmy-nominated Mel Brooks documentary

Aug 14, 202620 min

FilmWeek: ‘The End of Oak Street,’ ‘Don’t Say Good Luck,’ ‘Late Fame’ and more!

Aug 14, 202629 min

Feature: Why some of the greatest romance movies started as novels

Aug 7, 202618 min

FilmWeek: ‘One Night Only,’ ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,’ ‘Tony’ and more!

Aug 7, 202631 min
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