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Movies 101
Fridays 6:30-7:00 p.m. & Saturdays 2:00-2:30 p.m. on SPR News

A weekly roundup of all things film, including what's out on streaming and in theatres, and the occasional trip down memory lane.

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 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.
  • Movies 101
    On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a trio of films—“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” “Sugarcane” and “No Other Land”—each of which is in contention for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.