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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender discuss a pair of films by critically-acclaimed filmmakers that swim, or sink, based on the strength of their screenplays.
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Movie ReviewsRebecca Miller’s 5-part Apple TV series “Mr. Scorsese” is an entertaining crash course in the revered director’s work. It may be preaching to the converted, Nathan Weinbender says, but the women in Scorsese’s life offer some fresh insights.
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Movie ReviewsWhat scares you about on-screen villains may say a lot about you, says Dan Webster.
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Movie ReviewsDirector Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite” is an intense post-Cold War thriller—until it’s not, says Dan Webster.
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Movies 101On this week's show, Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender discuss two films that feature characters on quests for something that, at least tangentially, involves happiness. The first is "The History of Sound," starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor, and the second is the French import, "Souleymane's Story."
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender discuss two movies that incorporate violence, or references to it, at their very core. The first is the aptly titled “The Smashing Machine,” in which Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson plays the real-life MMA fighter Mark Kerr. The other is “Anemone,” a film starring Daniel Day-Lewis as a man tortured by memories of war.
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Host Henry McNulty sits down with composer Michael Kropf and filmmaker Charlie Pepiton to discuss their collaborative project, "Love, Eleanor," and its role in the upcoming concert from Spokane's new string orchestra, Luminia.
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Movie ReviewsDwayne Johnson is getting the best reviews of his career playing UFC fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s "The Smashing Machine." Nathan Weinbender says the performance is solid, but the movie is sketchy and unsatisfying.
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Movie ReviewsDespite its faults, the feature film “Anemone” boasts an exercise in acting by one of the great screen artists of our time, says Dan Webster.
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Movie ReviewsOne of the most acclaimed movies from last year’s Cannes Film Festival, "Souleymane’s Story" is about a West African immigrant facing a citizenship interview. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a moving and propulsive drama. It’s now available on digital rental platforms.