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“Saturday Night,” “Will & Harper” & “Lee”

From left: Gabriel Labelle in Saturday Night (2024); Harper Steele and Will Ferrell in Will & Harper (2024); Kate Winslet in Lee (2023).
From left: Gabriel Labelle in Saturday Night (2024); Harper Steele and Will Ferrell in Will & Harper (2024); Kate Winslet in Lee (2023).

In 1975, a show titled Saturday Night debuted on the NBC television network. And so began what would turn out to be a 50-year run of a comedy show few thought would last a season. On this week’s show, Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender discuss Jason Reitman’s narrative capturing of that first night of SNL, as well as the documentary Will & Harper, and the streaming offering Lee, starring Kate Winslet.

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  • “Lee” is a biographical portrait of the late fashion-model-turned-photographer Lee Miller, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • In his latest film “Saturday Night,” director Jason Reitman takes us behind the scenes for a fictionalized look at the making of the first episode of “SNL.” Nathan Weinbender says some of the movie works and a lot of it doesn’t, meaning it’s not unlike the show it’s about.
  • “Will & Harper” is a serious comedy about enduring friendship in a time of cultural transition, Dan Webster says in his review.