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Movies 101

"Reptile" & "The Beasts"

Published October 20, 2023 at 6:30 PM PDT
From left: Benicio Del Toro in Reptile (2023); Denis Ménochet in The Beasts (2022).
Reptile, Black Label Media/Netflix, 2023. The Beasts, Arcadia Motion Pictures/Caballo Films/Cronos Ent./Le Pacte/Greenwich Ent., 2022.
From left: Benicio Del Toro in Reptile (2023); Denis Ménochet in The Beasts (2022).

When humans act like animals, it’s often not a pretty thing to watch—especially when their actions are documented in the movies. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films, both streaming options, that revolve around such scenarios. One is Reptile, a murder mystery starring Benicio Del Toro and the other is The Beasts, a French/Spanish study of culture clash.

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