The Oscars are just around the corner! And that means it’s time for our yearly deep dive into the Oscar nominees. This year, Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” takes the lead with a total of 13 nominations, including Best Actor in a Leading Role (Cillian Murphy), Best Director, and Best Picture. It’s followed closely behind by Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” with 11 nominations, Martian Scorecees’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” with 10 nominations, and last year’s surprise billion-dollar box office hit “Barbie,” directed by Greta Gerwig, with eight nominations. With a tight race for several of the categories, including Best Picture and Best Actress, the 96th Academy Awards looks to be a thrilling show spotlighting the best cinema has to offer!

Today on FilmWeek, Larry Mantle is joined by the FilmWeek critics live at the historic Orpheum Theatre in downtown LA as they highlight the best of each Oscar category, dive into what films they felt were snubbed a nomination, and deliberate over which film will take home the illustrious Academy Award for Best Picture. You can find the full list of nominees here.

The Oscars are just around the corner! And that means it’s time for our yearly deep dive into the Oscar nominees. This year, Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” takes the lead with a total of 13 nominations, including Best Actor in a Leading Role (Cillian Murphy), Best Director, and Best Picture. It’s followed closely behind by Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” with 11 nominations, Martian Scorecees’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” with 10 nominations, and last year’s surprise billion-dollar box office hit “Barbie,” directed by Greta Gerwig, with eight nominations. With a tight race for several of the categories, including Best Picture and Best Actress, the 96th Academy Awards looks to be a thrilling show spotlighting the best cinema has to offer! Today on FilmWeek, Larry Mantle is joined by the FilmWeek critics live at the historic <a href="https://laorpheum.com/" data-cms-ai="0">Orpheum Theatre</a> in downtown LA as they highlight the best of each Oscar category, dive into what films they felt were snubbed a nomination, and deliberate over which film will take home the illustrious Academy Award for Best Picture. You can find the full list of nominees <a href="https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024" data-cms-ai="0">here</a>.

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The upcoming general election has of course been on many peoples’ minds, and what better way to work through the angst than by viewing how generations of artists have tried depicting politics on the big screen? Since early September, Turner Classic Movies has been airing some of the most political films to be released, with some examples being The Great Dictator and JFK. So for today’s feature, Larry and LAist film critics Andy Klein and Christy Lemire talk about their favorite election-related movies, getting into what makes them so topical and worth looking back at following their initial release.

The upcoming general election has of course been on many peoples’ minds, and what better way to work through the angst than by viewing how generations of artists have tried depicting politics on the big screen? Since early September, Turner Classic Movies has been airing some of the most political films to be released, with some examples being The Great Dictator and JFK. So for today’s feature, Larry and LAist film critics <a href="https://laist.com/people/andy-klein">Andy Klein</a> and <a href="http://christylemire.com/">Christy Lemire</a> talk about their favorite election-related movies, getting into what makes them so topical and worth looking back at following their initial release.

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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire and Andy Klein review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on-demand platforms. They also remember actress Teri Garr, who passed away at the age of 79.


Here


Blitz


Emilia Perez


A Real Pain


Juror #2


Endurance


Freedom


The Gutter


Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics <a href="http://christylemire.com/">Christy Lemire</a> and <a href="https://laist.com/people/andy-klein">Andy Klein</a> review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on-demand platforms. They also remember actress Teri Garr, who passed away at the age of 79.
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<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31917705/">Here</a>
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<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15939198/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1">Blitz</a>
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<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20221436/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1">Emilia Perez</a>
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<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21823606/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_A%2520Real%2520Pain">A Real Pain</a>
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<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27403986/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Juror%2520%25232">Juror #2</a>
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<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18556278/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Endurance">Endurance</a>
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<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31917705/">Freedom</a>
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<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31186932/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%2520gutt">The Gutter</a>
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<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14452174/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Soundtrack%2520to%2520a%2520Coup%2520d%25E2%2580%2599Etat">Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat</a>
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Feature: Larry talks to Sean Baker and Mikey Madison about the work that went into making ‘Anora’

Since his 2012 feature-length film Starlet, critically acclaimed director Sean Baker has made films that bring realism to the lives of sex workers across the United States. Angelenos are likely familiar with the locations of Starlet and Tangerine, with the former taking place in the San Fernando Valley and the latter in Hollywood. Baker would eventually shoot his next films in Florida and Texas, but his latest picture, Anora, brings viewers to Brooklyn, New York. In Anora, Mikey Madison portrays Ani, an exotic dancer who eventually finds herself eloping with the son of a Russian oligarch. The film has garnered positive reviews since being screened at film festivals and was awarded the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival by fellow filmmakers judging the competition. For this week’s feature, we sit down with Anora’s writer-director Sean Baker, and the film’s star, Mikey Madison.

Anora is now in select theaters and will expand on November 1

Feature: Larry talks to Sean Baker and Mikey Madison about the work that went into making ‘Anora’
Since his 2012 feature-length film Starlet, critically acclaimed director Sean Baker has made films that bring realism to the lives of sex workers across the United States. Angelenos are likely familiar with the locations of Starlet and Tangerine, with the former taking place in the San Fernando Valley and the latter in Hollywood. Baker would eventually shoot his next films in Florida and Texas, but his latest picture, Anora, brings viewers to Brooklyn, New York. In Anora, Mikey Madison portrays Ani, an exotic dancer who eventually finds herself eloping with the son of a Russian oligarch. The film has garnered positive reviews since being screened at film festivals and was awarded the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival by fellow filmmakers judging the competition. For this week’s feature, we sit down with Anora’s writer-director Sean Baker, and the film’s star, Mikey Madison.
Anora is now in select theaters and will expand on November 1

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