Film Reviews

Now streaming on Netflix, the dark comedy “Hit Man” is the latest from top-tier director Richard Linklater. Nathan Weinbender says the movie is a bit too lightweight to sell some of its more complex ideas, but it gets by the charisma of star and co-writer Glen Powell.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss three films that are currently in release—the first being “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the second being George Miller’s prequel “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” and the third being the re-release of Tom Tykwer’s imaginative and energetic action film “Run Lola Run.”

“Babes” is a funny, touching, on occasion irreverent and bawdy study of modern friendship, Dan Webster says in his review.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two recent releases that are now available for online streaming, namely “The Fall Guy” and “Sasquatch Sunset.”

Though “Sasquatch Sunset” has moments of humor, it has a larger—though too obvious—statement to make, Dan Webster says in his review.

Following up his Oscar-winning drama “Drive My Car,” Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest is a meditation on nature and commerce called “Evil Does Not Exist.” Nathan Weinbender says the film, which is now playing at the Magic Lantern Theater, is slow and challenging but worthwhile and thought-provoking.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart share with you some of what they’re calling their "comfort movies"—the kinds of films that they go to over and over again.

The Seattle International Film Festival, which turned 50 this year, has taken over that city for the past week, showing dozens of movies of all kinds. Nathan Weinbender attended for a few days, and he looks at some highlights of his hours spent in the dark of the theater.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two movies, both streaming documentaries, that couldn’t be more different. The first is “Spermworld,” which delves into the unregulated world of sperm donating, while the second is “Girls State,” a follow-up to the 2020 film “Boys State.”

The Italian director Luca Guadagnino isn’t known for restraint, and his newest film “Challengers” is a big, stylish melodrama about obsession and betrayal in the world of tennis. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a lot of fun, and made with more energy and zeal than most mainstream movies.