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Movies 101
KPBX: Friday 6:30pm-7pm | KSFC: Saturday 1pm-1:30pm

The program began mid-1999, as KSFC started establishing itself as a separate news and information service. As KSFC has matured, so has Movies 101. The show has also been picked up on KPBX, and has a loyal fan base.

Movies 101 is currently produced by Spokane Public Radio's Cassia Fox.

  • Movies 101
    On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss three movies that tell stories involving death: David Cronenberg’s latest release “The Shrouds,” the Netflix crime saga “Havoc,” and the African streaming feature “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl.”
  • Movies 101
    On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that are examples of pure entertainment—while, at the same time, offering up other qualities as well. Specifically “The Wedding Banquet,” writer-director Andrew Ahn’s remake of the 1993 Ang Lee film, and the streaming baseball feature “Eephus.”
  • Movies 101
    On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films: “Warfare,” a film based on an actual U.S. military operation in 2006, and “Sinners,” which features a face-off between twin brothers and a supernatural evil.
  • Movies 101
    On this week’s show, co-host Nathan Weinbender regales Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and anyone else willing to listen with tales of his recent trek to New Orleans to snack on beignets and feast on a menu of horror films at the Overlook Film Festival. They also discuss the independent film “Sacramento,” which opened in Spokane last week.
  • Movies 101
    On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a four-part Netflix limited miniseries out of England titled “Adolescence,” and the latest entertainment from Steven Soderbergh, titled “Black Bag.”
  • Movies 101
    On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the British import “The Penguin Lessons,” starring Steve Coogan, then they take a look at the upcoming summer movie season and lay out what they’re most excited, if anything, about seeing.
  • Movies 101
    On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films that, each in its own way, indulge in imagination. The films are Bong Joon Ho’s blend of sci-fi and comedic social commentary titled “Mickey 17” and the Errol Morris documentary “CHAOS: The Manson Murders.”
  • Movies 101
    On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two surreal foreign films—one from Canada, titled “Universal Language,” and the other from Italy, titled “Parthenope.”
  • Movies 101
    On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart preview this year's Spokane International Film Festival, which began March 7th and ran through the 9th. They also have a few words to say about the recent Oscars broadcast.
  • Movies 101
    On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart preview the annual Academy Awards broadcast, which will be carried both on ABC and the streaming service Hulu.