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Movie Review

  • On this week’s show, Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender discuss “Saturday Night,” Jason Reitman’s narrative capturing of the first night of “SNL.” They also talk about the documentary “Will & Harper,” and the streaming offering “Lee,” starring Kate Winslet.
  • “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.
  • On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that key on personal struggles. The first is “The Outrun,” which stars the Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, while the second is the sister set-to titled “His Three Daughters.”
  • On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films that offer up characters who end up questioning their very selves. The first is “Joker: Folie à Deux,” while the second is “A Different Man.”
  • “Will & Harper” is a serious comedy about enduring friendship in a time of cultural transition, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” came out last week to dismal box office receipts and venomous reviews. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a fascinating failure, a bizarre and singular vision from a filmmaker contending with his own career—and his own mortality.
  • On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films that roll over boundaries as if they were so much roadkill—Francis Ford Coppola’s reach into the fantastic titled “Megalopolis” and French-born filmmaker Coralie Fargeat’s feminist study “The Substance.”
  • “His Three Daughters” explores the tense relationship of three very different siblings as they wait for dad to die, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two streaming documentaries that explore the lives and careers of two notable movie queens: Elizabeth Taylor and Faye Dunaway. They also list their choices for their favorite film performances of both.