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On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss favorites and hidden gems from 1999, one of the greatest years for 20th-century film.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that, though loosely linked through the theme of crime, couldn’t be more different in tone—Zoë Kravitz’s idiosyncratic murder mystery “Blink Twice” and Greg Kwedar’s men-behind-bars saga titled “Sing Sing.”

“Sing Sing” is a study of how theater gives prison inmates a path to mental health—and maybe redemption, Dan Webster says in his review.

“Kneecap” is a raucous Irish comedy about a controversial Irish hip-hop trio, starring the band members themselves. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a crowd pleaser with something more on its mind.

On this week's show Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films that, each in its own way, deals with some aspect of characters coming of age. The first is titled, simply, "Kneecap" and the second is titled the equally succinct "Dìdi."

"Dìdi" explores the life of a troubled Taiwanese-American boy on the cusp of his first year of high school, Dan Webster says in his review.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films that, each in its own particular way, tries to hold an audience’s attention. The first is the offbeat exercise in existential horror, “Cuckoo,” while the second is a film about the chance relationship between a young woman and an older cab driver titled “Daddio.”

“A Quiet Place: Day One” is a study of one woman’s attempts to decide her own fate in a dystopian setting, Dan Webster says in his review.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two movies that take their audiences on a virtual road trip through a maze of emotions—the latest from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, titled “Trap,” and the Oscar-nominated animated film from 2023, “Robot Dreams.”

“Robot Dreams” is a study of love, of connection and of loss as told through animation, Dan Webster says in his review.