Feature: Larry Talks To ‘I Saw The TV Glow’ Director Jane Schoenbrun & Actor Justice Smith
“I Saw The TV Glow,” the new film by second-time director Jane Schoenbrun, is a story they consider their most personal. The story follows the character Owen, over multiple decades of their own life, re-visiting their identity through the help of an old friend named Maddy. The film brings together …
FilmWeek: ‘I Saw The TV Glow’ ‘The Idea of You,’ ‘Evil does Not Exist,’ And More
Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Lael Loewenstein and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms. “The Fall Guy” Wide Release “Unfrosted” Streaming on Netflix “I Saw The TV Glow” Wide Release “Wildcat” AMC Century City 15 [Century City] | Vidi…
FilmWeek: ‘Challengers,’ ‘Bad Faith,’ ‘Humane,’ And More
Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell and Andy Klein review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms: “Challengers” Wide Release “Boy Kills World” Wide Release “Egoist” Wide Release “Bad Faith” VOD “Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee St…
FilmWeek Feature: Seven Samurai 70 Years Later: Looking Back At Kurosawa’s Masterpiece & Legacy
One of the most prolific and exceptional filmmakers who ever lived, Akira Kurosawa has an anniversary for his best works. His 1954 film “Seven Samurai” has now hit its 70th anniversary, released on April 26. It’s a film that was voted the 20th best film of all time by prominent members of the film …
HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 7 - The Long Road From Silent Films to Brain Dead Studios
Go back to the movies with us! We're still profiling LA's repertory theaters in Revival House cause there are SO MANY to check out! In this episode, we explore a cool space with some deep, messy history. Fashion label Brain Dead has taken over a site that some would consider....a little cursed. O…
FilmWeek Feature: Larry Talks To The Zellners, Directors of ‘Sasquatch Sunset’
David and Nathan Zellners’ latest feature, ‘Sasquatch Sunset,’ is an unconventional story about a family of sasquatches living their lives in the woods of California’s Humboldt County. The film’s presentation has qualities not much different than popular live nature cams you’ll find today, making f…
FilmWeek: ‘Spy x Family Code: White,’ ‘We Grown Now,’ ‘The People’s Joker,’ And More
Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire, Wade Major, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms: “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” Wide Release “Abigail” Wide Release “Spy x Family Code: White” Wide Release …
HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 6 - The Academy Museum's Sister Cinemas
We're back with another episode of Revival House, but this time we're not heading to a 100 year old theater... The David Geffen and Ted Mann theaters at the Academy Museum of Motion Arts and Pictures are a new addition to L.A's revival programming. In this episode, we explore what the theaters, wh…
FilmWeek Feature: Larry Talks to ‘Civil War’ Stars Wagner Moura & Cailee Spaeny
‘Civil War’ sees director Alex Garland’s imagined universe of what a second civil war would look like in the United States. Audiences are guided through the film by its main protagonists, a quartet of journalists played by Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, and Stephen McKinley Henderson. …
FilmWeek: 'Civil War,' ‘The Old Oak,' 'Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus' & More
Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Lael Loewenstein and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms: “Civil War” Wide Release “The Old Oak” Leammle Royal April 12th [West LA] “Coup de Chance” Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica] &…