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Film

  • Movie Reviews
    “I’m Still Here” came to many people’s attention with its recent Oscar nominations, including best picture and actress. Nathan Weinbender says the film, directed by Walter Salles, tells a compelling true story about political violence in 1970s Brazil.
  • Movies 101
    On 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.
  • Movie Reviews
    With “Presence,” Steven Soderbergh brings his expert directing skill to a story that is little better than ordinary, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • Henry McNulty interviews Washington-based filmmaker Stimson Snead about his debut feature film "Tim Travers & the Time Traveler's Paradox," coming to SpIFF this March and streaming platforms this spring.
  • Movie Reviews
    The Iranian-German co-production “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is currently nominated for the Best International Film Oscar. It has a turbulent making-of story, but Nathan Weinbender says the movie itself is just as intense and impossible to look away from.
  • Movies 101
    On 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.
  • Movie Reviews
    “September 5” is a riveting look at ABC Sports’ efforts to cover the tragic events of the 1972 Munich Olympics, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • Movie Reviews
    “Hard Truths” is the latest drama from master British filmmaker Mike Leigh, about a very angry woman and the family who puts up with her. It’s a challenging watch about a challenging person, but Nathan Weinbender says it’s one of the director’s best.
  • Movies 101
    On 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.”
  • Movie Reviews
    “The Room Next Door” is Pedro Almodóvar’s first, and at times awkward, English-language feature film, Dan Webster says in his review.