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FilmWeek — 139 episodes

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FilmWeek: ‘Practical Magic 2,’ ‘Hope,’ ‘The Uprising’ and more!

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Feature: What are some of your favorite movie stars' favorite movies?

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What makes Michael Mann’s Collateral one of the best LA set films?

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FilmWeek: ‘By Any Means,’ ‘The Sun Never Sets,’ ‘Onslaught’ and more!

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Feature: Remembering Tim Curry

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FilmWeek: ‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ ‘The Dog Stars,’ ‘Finding Emily’ and more!

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Feature: It’s back to school! Our critics share their favorite school-set flicks

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FilmWeek: ‘Insidious: Out of the Further,’ ‘It Ends,’ ‘Mutiny’ and more!

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Feature: Directors Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio on their Emmy-nominated Mel Brooks documentary

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FilmWeek: ‘The End of Oak Street,’ ‘Don’t Say Good Luck,’ ‘Late Fame’ and more!

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Feature: Why some of the greatest romance movies started as novels

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FilmWeek: ‘One Night Only,’ ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,’ ‘Tony’ and more!

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We talk to an IMAX projectionist about The Odyssey IMAX 70mm craze

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FilmWeek: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘I Want Your Sex,’ ‘Middle Life,’ and more!

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FilmWeek: ‘Motor City,’ ‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender,’ ‘Her Private Hell,’ and more!

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New doc ‘Nothing to See Here: Watts’ brings rival gangs together in pact to stop violence

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FilmWeek: ‘The Odyssey,’ ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran,' 'Heartstopper Forever’ and more

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The Odyssey: Christopher Nolan talked to us about making a 2,800-year-old story feel new

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Horror movies are bringing audiences back to theaters. But how long can it last?

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FilmWeek: ‘Moana,’ ‘Evil Dead Burn,’ 'The American Southwest’ and more

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FilmWeek: ‘Minions & Monsters,’ ‘Young Washington,’ ‘Romería’ and more

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Feature: Two of John Waters’ iconic films get a 4k restoration with Criterion

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FilmWeek: ‘Supergirl,’ ‘The Invite,’ ‘Jackass: Best and Last' and more!

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Feature: Interview with musician and producer, Peter Asher, the focus of a new documentary

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FilmWeek: ‘Toy Story 5,’ ‘The Death of Robin Hood,’ ‘Girls Like Girls,’ and more!

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Feature: The film Burt tells an unconventional story of fatherhood and Parkinson’s

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FilmWeek: ‘Disclosure Day,’ ‘Jinsei,’ ‘The Furious,’ and more!

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Feature: Documentary Magazine’s list of the 25 Greatest Docs from the 21st Century

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FilmWeek: ‘Masters of the Universe,’ ‘Renoir,’ ‘Scary Movie,’ and more!

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Feature: Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

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FilmWeek: ‘Backrooms,’ ‘Power Ballad,’ ‘The Breadwinner,’ and more!

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FilmWeek: ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,’ ‘I Love Boosters,’ ‘Passenger’ and more!

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Feature: The stars of ‘Tuner’ talk about striking the perfect chord on screen

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Feature: A couple of LA projectionists still working with film on the big screen

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FilmWeek: ‘Is God Is,’ ‘The Propagandist,’ ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin,’ and more

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Feature: New rules, new venue, new broadcast. Oh My! The Oscars are a-changing

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FilmWeek: ‘The Sheep Detectives,’ ‘Mad Bills to Pay,’ ‘Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour,’ and more!

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Feature: The National Film Board of Canada’s history of experimental animation

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FilmWeek: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2,’ ‘Hokum,’ ‘Swapped,’ and more!

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Feature: The TCM Classic Film Festival returns to Hollywood

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FilmWeek: ‘Michael,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body,’ ‘Blue Heron,’ and more!

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Feature: What is a film producer?

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FilmWeek: ‘Mother Mary,’ ‘Steal This Story, Please!,’ ‘Lorne,’ and more!

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Feature: A new book tells the story behind Hitler’s efforts to infiltrate Hollywood

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FilmWeek: ‘You, Me, & Tuscany,’ ‘Exit 8,’ ‘The Christophers,’ and more!

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FilmWeek: ‘The Drama,’ ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,’ ‘Palestine ‘36,’ and more!

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Feature: The American Cinematheque Podcast asks filmmakers what movies have stuck with them

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FilmWeek: ‘They Will Kill You,’ ‘Forbidden Fruits,’ ‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice,’ and more!

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Feature: What makes a good book to movie adaptation?

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FilmWeek: ‘Project Hail Mary,’ ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,’ ‘My Father's Shadow,’ and more!

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FilmWeek: 2026 Oscar Preview!

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Feature: A new book explores the legacy of Joan Crawford

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FilmWeek: ‘The Bride!’ ‘Hoppers,’ ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man,’ and more!

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Feature: A new documentary celebrates the legacy of musician Billy Preston

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FilmWeek: ‘Scream 7,’ ‘Paul McCartney: Man on the Run,’ ‘Ghost Elephants,” and more!

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Feature: Wagner Moura on his role in The Secret Agent

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FilmWeek: ‘How To Make A Killing,’ ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert,’ ‘Redux Redux,’ and more!

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Feature: How the Train Dreams’ director and cinematographer created its reflective mood

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FilmWeek: ‘Wuthering Heights,’ ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,’ ‘Crime 101,’ and more!

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Feature: Director Joachim Trier on his nine-time Oscar nominated film ‘Sentimental Value’

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FilmWeek: “Dracula,” “Sirāt,” “Pillion,” and more!

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Feature: The many adaptations of ‘A Star is Born’ are explored in a new book

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FilmWeek: ‘Send Help,’ ‘The Moment,’ ‘A Poet,’ and more!

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Feature: The 101 Best LA Films…according to the LA Times

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FilmWeek: ‘Mercy,’ ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin,’ ‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!,” and more!

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FilmWeek: ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,’ 'The Rip,' 'A Private Life' and more!

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Feature: Actress Virginia Madsen and Director Steven Grayhm talk about new film 'Sheepdog'

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FilmWeek: ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ ‘Greenland 2: Migration,’ ‘All That’s Left of You,’ and more!

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FilmWeek: Director Park Chan-wook talks about his new film 'No Other Choice'

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FilmWeek: ‘Marty Supreme,’ ‘Song Sung Blue,’ ‘No Other Choice,’ and more!

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Feature: Director Hikari and star Brendan Fraser on their film Rental Family

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FilmWeek: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘The Housemaid,’ and more!

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FilmWeek: ‘Ella McCay,’ ‘Dust Bunny,’ ‘Rosemead,’ and more!

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Feature: The King of Color Documentary

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FilmWeek: ‘Five Nights at Freddy's 2,’ ‘The Secret Agent,’ ‘100 Nights of Hero,’ and more!

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Feature: Blumhouse and how horror became a box office guarantee

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Feature: The enduring legacy of ‘The Big Lebowski’

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FilmWeek: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ ‘Zootopia 2,’ and more!

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FilmWeek: ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘Rental Family,’ ‘Left-Handed Girl,’ and more!

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Feature: Renate Reinsve in ‘Sentimental Value’

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Feature: A new biography on Cesar Romero shows the actor’s varied career beyond The Joker

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FilmWeek: ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘The Running Man,’ ‘The Carpenter’s Son,’ and more!

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Feature: Sir Roger Deakins talks about his life and career in a new memoir

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FilmWeek: ‘Predator: Badlands,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘Die My Love,’ and more!

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Feature: A new TCM book shares some Pre-Code classics

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FilmWeek: ‘Nouvelle Vague,’ ‘Love+War,’ ‘Ballad of a Small Player,’ and more!

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FilmWeek: ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,’ ‘Hedda,’ and more!

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Great Scott! New documentary celebrates 50 years of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”

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Feature: A new book captures the complicated life and career of Bruce Lee

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FilmWeek: ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Good Fortune,’ ‘The Mastermind,’ and more!

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FilmWeek: ‘Tron: Ares,’ ‘Roofman,’ ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ and more!

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Feature: A new book recontextualizes horror classics through a feminist lens

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FilmWeek: ‘The Smashing Machine,’ ‘Anemone,’ ‘The Lost Bus,’ and more!

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FilmWeek: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Eleanor the Great,’ ‘Predators,’ and more!

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Feature: Jaws: The Exhibition opens at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

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Feature: Our critics’ standout films from the 50th Toronto International Film Festival

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FilmWeek: 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,' 'Him,' 'Another End,' and More!

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Feature: Rob Reiner returns for an encore with a double Spinal Tap

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FilmWeek: ‘The Long Walk,’ ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,’ ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,’ and more!

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Feature: LA’s first annual Silent Film Festival

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FilmWeek: ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites,’ ‘Twinless,’ ‘Preparation for the Next Life,’ and more!

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Feature: How A24 became the major movie studio for indie filmmakers

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FilmWeek: ‘Caught Stealing,’ ‘The Roses,’ ‘Sign ‘o’ the Times,’ and more!

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Feature: Director Ron Howard talks about his new movie Eden

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FilmWeek: ‘Honey Don’t!’ ‘Ne Zha II,’ ‘Splitsville,’ and more!

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Feature: How to adapt a film like Akira Kurosawa?

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FilmWeek: ‘Highest 2 Lowest’, ‘Nobody 2’, ‘Americana’, and more!

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Feature: A new documentary explores the life of musician Jeff Buckley

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FilmWeek: ‘Freakier Friday’, ‘Weapons’, ‘Souleymane’s Story’, and more!

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Feature: The award-winning director of ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ shows us Ukrainian soldiers up close in ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’

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FilmWeek: ‘The Naked Gun’, ‘The Bad Guys 2’, ‘Happy Gilmore 2’, and more!

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Feature: JAWS actor Robert Shaw’s life story is told in a new book

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FilmWeek: 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps,' 'Oh, Hi!' 'BTS Army: Forever We Are Young,' and More!

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FilmWeek: 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' 'Eddington,' 'Smurfs,' and More!

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Feature: Godzilla’s 70 years chronicled in new book

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Feature: The New York Times surveyed readers and filmmakers about the best 21st-century films, we discuss the responses

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FilmWeek: 'Superman,' 'Kill The Jockey,' 'Apocalypse in the Tropics,' and More!

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Feature: FilmWeek critics share their top picks for 2025 so far

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FilmWeek: 'Jurassic World: Rebirth,' '40 Acres,' 'Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print,' and More!

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Feature: New book details Hollywood’s “Gay Golden Age” during the Hays Code, Lavender Scare

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FilmWeek: 'F1', 'M3GAN 2.0,' 'Sorry, Baby,' and More!

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Feature: Celine Song talks ‘Materialists,’ modernizing rom-coms, and love triangles

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FilmWeek: '28 Years Later,' 'Elio,' 'Tatami,' and More!

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Feature: “What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?” at the Art Theatre of Long Beach

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FilmWeek: 'How to Train Your Dragon,' 'Materialists,' 'Echo Valley,' 'A Photographic Memory,' and more

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FilmWeek: ‘The Life of Chuck,’ ‘Ballerina,’ ‘Karate Kid: Legends,’ ‘The Ritual,’ and More

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FilmWeek: ‘The Phoenician Scheme,’ ‘Bring Her Back,’ ‘Mountainhead,’ ‘Lost in Starlight,’ and More

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Feature: Charles Burnett talks ‘Killer of Sheep’ 4K restoration, and the film’s lasting influence

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Feature: Bleak Week returns for Year 4, we talk to programmers behind the festival

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FilmWeek: 'Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning,' 'Lilo & Stitch,' 'Drop Dead City,' and more

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Feature: Colin Blunstone and Robert Schwartzman talk 'Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary'

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FilmWeek: 'Final Destination: Bloodlines, 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' 'Deaf President Now!,' 'Caught By The Tides,' and more

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Feature: New report details the losses California animation is facing due to outsourcing

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FilmWeek: ‘Friendship,’ ‘Nonnas,’ ‘Fight or Flight,’ and more!

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FilmWeek: ‘Thunderbolts,’ ‘Bonjour Tristesse,’ ‘The Surfer’ And More

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Feature: Celebrating movies that have anniversaries this year

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Feature: Latest on Oscars voting & checking in on the physical media business

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FilmWeek: ‘The Accountant 2,’ ‘Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie,’ ‘On Swift Horses,’ and more

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Feature: ‘John Wick’ filmmaker Chad Stahelski talks Oscars’ inclusion of Best Stunt Design category