FilmWeek

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Lael Loewenstein and Wade Major review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.

FilmWeek: ‘Air: Courting A Legend,’ ‘Tetris,’ ‘Unzipped: An autopsy of American Inequality’ And More

• “Air: Courting A Legend” Wide Release
• “Tetris” Streaming on Apple TV+
• “Unzipped: An Autopsy of American Inequality” Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa monica]
• “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” Wide Release
• “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” Streaming On Hulu
• “One Day As A Lion” In Select Theaters
• “Rye Lane” Streaming on Hulu
• “Space Oddity” In Select Theaters
• “Murder Mystery 2” Streaming on Netflix

John Horn Interviews Actor Kyra Sedgwick About Directing Her New Film ‘Space Oddity’Kyra Segwick has a plethora of on screen performance credits, including TV crime series The Closer and comedy show Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Now, taking her talents behind-the-scenes, Sedgwick is making her first directorial debut in the Sci-Fi rom-com movie Space Oddity, a film about a young man traveling to Mars... or not. John Horn sits down with Sedgwick to talk about the film and how she feels about her new role behind the cameras.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Wade Major review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.

FilmWeek: ‘Are You There God? It's Me Margaret,’ ‘Big George Foreman,’ and ‘R.M.N’

• “Are You There God? It's Me Margaret” Wide Release
• “Big George Foreman” Wide Release
• “R.M.N” Wide Release
• “Sisu” Wide Release
• “Other People’s Children” Laemmle Royal [West LA]
• “Peter Pan And Wendy” Streaming on Disney+
• “Polite Society” Wide Release
• “Freaks Vs. The Reich” Laemmle Glendale
• “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” Laemmle Glendale
• “Snag” In Select Theaters
• “The End Of Sex” In Select theaters

John Horn Talks About The Ever-Evolving Film Industry At CinemaCon

What started as a gathering of movie theater owners in the 1970s, CinemaCon today is the largest annual convention for the theater industry with attendees from 80 different counties. Goers watch upcoming scores and movies. This year’s event happened this past week in Las Vegas and LAist art and entertainment reporter John Horn was there. He sat down with John Fithian, the outgoing President and CEO of The National Association of theater Owners, to talk about the evolution and significant impacts within the film industry.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Manuel Betancourt and Claudia Puig review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.

FilmWeek: ‘The Little Mermaid,’ ‘You Hurt My Feelings,’ ‘Being Mary Tyler Moore,’ and more

• “The Little Mermaid” Wide Release
• “You Hurt My Feelings” Laemmle Royal [West LA]
• “Being Mary Tyler Moore” Streaming on HBO Max
• “About My Father” Wide Release
• “T.S Eliot's Four Quartets” In Select Theaters
• “The Hole In The Fence” Laemmle Gelndale [Glendale]
• “Reality” Streaming on HBO
• “I’m Not Crazy, I’m Sick” Available on VOD
• “Kandahar” Wide Release
• “Influencer” Available to Stream

The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival

The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) is a premiere international event dedicated to showcasing the entirety of human experience from the Latino perspective, whether through film, television, digital, music, art, or any other vehicle, regardless of platform. Joining us to talk about this year’s festival is freelance film critic Carlos Aguilar. The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival will be held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday, May 31st to Sunday, June 4th.

John Horn’s Interview with Writer, Director Nicole Holofcener Of “You Hurt My Feelings”

Writer and director Nicole Holofcener’s latest work is called“You Hurt My Feelings.” It is about a novelist’s marriage suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book. Julia Louis Dreyfus stars in the film, and it will be Holofcener’s second time working with Dreyfus. LAist Entertainment reporter John Horn chats with Holofcener about her latest project.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.

FilmWeek: ‘Renfield,’ ‘Sweetwater,’ ‘Suzume’ and More

• “Renfield” Wide Release
• “Sweetwater” Wide Release
• “Suzume” Wide Release
• “Chop & Steele” Alamo DrafHouse [Downtown LA]
• “A Life On The Farm” Alamo DraftHouse [Downtown LA]
• “Once Upon A Time In Ukraine” Laemmle Glendale [Glendale]
• “Rare Objects” Laemmle NoHo 7 [North Hollywood]
• “Imagining The Indian” Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica]
• “Mafia Mamma” Wide Release
• “Sakra” In Select Theaters
• “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” Laemmle Royal [West LA]
• “Personality Crisis: One Night Only” Streaming on Showtime
• “Chocolat” 4k Restoration Landmark Theater [Westwood]

John Horn’s Interview about HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE

Adapted by the non-fiction book of the same name, How to Blow Up A Pipeline is a new fictional film that tells the story of a disparate group of eco-terrorit’s call to action to save the world from the ongoing climate crisis by, you guessed it, blowing up a pipeline. LAist arts and entertainment reporter John Horn speaks more about the movie with Daniel Goldhaber, director and co-writer of the film, and Ariela Barer, actor and co-writer of the film.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell and Christy Lemire review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.

FilmWeek: ‘A Good Person,’ ‘John Wick: Chapter 4,’ ‘Jacir’ and More (0:15)

• “John Wick: Chapter 4,” Wide Release
• “A Good Person,” In Select Theaters
• “Jacir,” AMC Theater[Burbank] & AMC Theater[Orange]
• “Tori And Lokita,” Landmark Nuart Theater[DTLA]
• “Rodeo,” Laemmle Royal[West LA]
• “The Lost King,” Wide Release
• “Gods Of Mexico,” Lumiere Cinema Music Hall[Beverly Hills]
• “The Tutor,” In Select Theaters
• “The Way Of Gaucho,” American Cinematheque[Los Feliz]

John Horn’s Interview with Willem Dafoe (32:48)

Willem Dafoe has been acting for six decades, with a diverse filmography, from the iconic Green Goblin in Sam Rami’s Spiderman to the eccentric lighthouse worker in Robert Egger’s The Lighthouse. In the new film Inside, Dafoe plays an art thief who becomes trapped inside a luxury, high-tech penthouse when a heist doesn’t go as planned. His character is trapped for months, his only concern is that of survival. The film is directed by first-time director Vasilis Katsoupis. John Horn sits down with Dafoe to talk about the film and how it fits into his longtime career as a whole.