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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

139 episodesEN-US

Show overview

FilmWeek launched in 2025 and has put out 139 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 60 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 5 days ago, with 63 episodes already out so far this year. Published by KPCC 89.3 | Southern California Public Radio.

Episodes
139
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: 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

We talk to an IMAX projectionist about The Odyssey IMAX 70mm craze

Jul 31, 202623 min

FilmWeek: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘I Want Your Sex,’ ‘Middle Life,’ and more!

Jul 31, 202625 min

FilmWeek: ‘Motor City,’ ‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender,’ ‘Her Private Hell,’ and more!

Jul 24, 202629 min

New doc ‘Nothing to See Here: Watts’ brings rival gangs together in pact to stop violence

Jul 24, 202619 min

FilmWeek: ‘The Odyssey,’ ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran,' 'Heartstopper Forever’ and more

Jul 17, 202629 min

The Odyssey: Christopher Nolan talked to us about making a 2,800-year-old story feel new

Jul 17, 202620 min

Horror movies are bringing audiences back to theaters. But how long can it last?

Jul 10, 202620 min

FilmWeek: ‘Moana,’ ‘Evil Dead Burn,’ 'The American Southwest’ and more

Jul 10, 202629 min

FilmWeek: ‘Minions & Monsters,’ ‘Young Washington,’ ‘Romería’ and more

Jul 3, 202631 min

Feature: Two of John Waters’ iconic films get a 4k restoration with Criterion

Jul 2, 202617 min

FilmWeek: ‘Supergirl,’ ‘The Invite,’ ‘Jackass: Best and Last,’ and more!

Jun 25, 202630 min

Feature: Interview with musician and producer, Peter Asher, the focus of a new documentary

Jun 25, 202619 min

FilmWeek: ‘Toy Story 5,’ ‘The Death of Robin Hood,’ ‘Girls Like Girls,’ and more!

Jun 19, 202631 min

Feature: The film Burt tells an unconventional story of fatherhood and Parkinson’s

Jun 19, 202618 min
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