
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.
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a trio of movies—at least two of which are considered, by many, the work of master filmmakers. The first is “Hard Truths,” the latest by UK writer-director Mike Leigh. They follow that with “Presence,” directed by Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh. And they finish with “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof.
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two late arrivals that deserve to be listed among the very best films that 2024 had to offer. The first is “Nickel Boys,” a drama about two young men confined to a Florida reform school, and the second is “September 5,” which tells the story of the ABC Sports team that covered the terrorist attack during the 1972 Olympic Games.
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Nathan Weinbender, Dan Webster, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of late releases from 2024, the first being Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” and the second Pedro Almódovar’s “The Room Next Door.”
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a film that is playing at the Magic Lantern Theatre, “All We Imagine As Light.” Then, Dan and Mary Pat run down how they fared attending last week's 36th Annual Palm Springs (California) International Film Festival.
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Movies 101It’s that time of year again—when movie critics all over the country feel the need to compile a list of what they consider to be the best of what they watched over the previous 365 days. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender discuss their respective choices for their favorite films of 2024.
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a trio of films that feature complex and/or familiar characters. The first is James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” the second is Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl,” and the third is Robert Eggers’ remake of the vampire flick “Nosferatu.”
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss one of the year's potential award-winners: the Golden Globe-nominated animated film “Flow.” They pair that with Paul Schrader’s adaptation of Russell Banks' novel “Foregone,” which Schrader retitled “Oh, Canada”—and which was among the slate of critically acclaimed films at May’s Cannes Film Festival.
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films featuring actors who take on challenging roles that, at least in one case, is far different than what the actor is best known for. First up is “Queer,” starring Daniel Craig, followed by “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie.
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender discuss “The Order,” Justin Kurzel’s cinematic study of events that took place in Washington state during the 1980s, and “Close Your Eyes,” the first feature by Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice in more than three decades.
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films that key on characters who, when facing something or someone, have to dig deep to figure out what to do. Those films are Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the Broadway musical “Wicked” and the latest from director Cint Eastwood, “Juror #2.”