FilmWeek
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Categories: TV & Film
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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.
Films:
Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Wide Release
The Secret Agent, AMC Century City
100 Nights of Hero, Wide Release
Fackham Hall, Wide Release
The Chronology of Water, Laemmle Royal [West LA]
Cutting Through Rocks, Laemmle Royal [West LA]; Laemmle Town Center [Encino] Zodiac Killer Project, Alamo Drafthouse [DTLA]; Laemmle Glendale
The Tale of Silyan, Laemmle Monica
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution, Wide Release
Man Finds Tape, Alamo Drafthouse [DTLA]; Available on VOD
The New Yorker at 100, Streaming on Netflix
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Previous episodes
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861 - FilmWeek: ‘Five Nights at Freddy's 2,’ ‘The Secret Agent,’ ‘100 Nights of Hero,’ and more! Fri, 05 Dec 2025
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860 - Feature: Blumhouse and how horror became a box office guarantee Fri, 05 Dec 2025
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859 - Feature: The enduring legacy of ‘The Big Lebowski’ Wed, 26 Nov 2025
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858 - FilmWeek: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ ‘Zootopia 2,’ and more! Wed, 26 Nov 2025
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857 - FilmWeek: ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘Rental Family,’ ‘Left-Handed Girl,’ and more! Fri, 21 Nov 2025
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856 - Feature: Renate Reinsve in ‘Sentimental Value’ Fri, 21 Nov 2025
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855 - Feature: A new biography on Cesar Romero shows the actor’s varied career beyond The Joker Fri, 14 Nov 2025
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854 - FilmWeek: ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘The Running Man,’ ‘The Carpenter’s Son,’ and more! Fri, 14 Nov 2025
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853 - Feature: Sir Roger Deakins talks about his life and career in a new memoir Fri, 07 Nov 2025
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852 - FilmWeek: ‘Predator: Badlands,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘Die My Love,’ and more! Fri, 07 Nov 2025
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851 - Feature: A new TCM book shares some Pre-Code classics Fri, 31 Oct 2025
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850 - FilmWeek: ‘Nouvelle Vague,’ ‘Love+War,’ ‘Ballad of a Small Player,’ and more! Fri, 31 Oct 2025
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849 - FilmWeek: ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,’ ‘Hedda,’ and more! Fri, 24 Oct 2025
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848 - Great Scott! New documentary celebrates 50 years of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” Fri, 24 Oct 2025
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847 - Feature: A new book captures the complicated life and career of Bruce Lee Fri, 17 Oct 2025
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846 - FilmWeek: ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Good Fortune,’ ‘The Mastermind,’ and more! Fri, 17 Oct 2025
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845 - FilmWeek: ‘Tron: Ares,’ ‘Roofman,’ ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ and more! Sat, 11 Oct 2025
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843 - Feature: A new book recontextualizes horror classics through a feminist lens Fri, 03 Oct 2025
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842 - FilmWeek: ‘The Smashing Machine,’ ‘Anemone,’ ‘The Lost Bus,’ and more! Fri, 03 Oct 2025
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841 - FilmWeek: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Eleanor the Great,’ ‘Predators,’ and more! Fri, 26 Sep 2025
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840 - Feature: Jaws: The Exhibition opens at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Fri, 26 Sep 2025
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839 - Feature: Our critics’ standout films from the 50th Toronto International Film Festival Fri, 19 Sep 2025
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838 - FilmWeek: 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,' 'Him,' 'Another End,' and More! Fri, 19 Sep 2025
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837 - Feature: Rob Reiner returns for an encore with a double Spinal Tap Fri, 12 Sep 2025
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836 - FilmWeek: ‘The Long Walk,’ ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,’ ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,’ and more! Fri, 12 Sep 2025
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835 - Feature: LA’s first annual Silent Film Festival Fri, 05 Sep 2025
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834 - FilmWeek: ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites,’ ‘Twinless,’ ‘Preparation for the Next Life,’ and more! Fri, 05 Sep 2025
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833 - FilmWeek: ‘Caught Stealing,’ ‘The Roses,’ ‘Sign ‘o’ the Times,’ and more! Fri, 29 Aug 2025
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832 - Feature: How A24 became the major movie studio for indie filmmakers Fri, 29 Aug 2025
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831 - Feature: Director Ron Howard talks about his new movie Eden Fri, 22 Aug 2025
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830 - FilmWeek: ‘Honey Don’t!’ ‘Ne Zha II,’ ‘Splitsville,’ and more! Fri, 22 Aug 2025
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829 - Feature: How to adapt a film like Akira Kurosawa? Fri, 15 Aug 2025
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828 - FilmWeek: ‘Highest 2 Lowest’, ‘Nobody 2’, ‘Americana’, and more! Fri, 15 Aug 2025
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827 - Feature: A new documentary explores the life of musician Jeff Buckley Fri, 08 Aug 2025
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826 - FilmWeek: ‘Freakier Friday’, ‘Weapons’, ‘Souleymane’s Story’, and more! Fri, 08 Aug 2025
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825 - Feature: The award-winning director of ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ shows us Ukrainian soldiers up close in ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ Fri, 01 Aug 2025
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824 - FilmWeek: ‘The Naked Gun’, ‘The Bad Guys 2’, ‘Happy Gilmore 2’, and more! Fri, 01 Aug 2025
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823 - Feature: JAWS actor Robert Shaw’s life story is told in a new book Fri, 25 Jul 2025
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822 - FilmWeek: 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps,' 'Oh, Hi!' 'BTS Army: Forever We Are Young,' and More! Fri, 25 Jul 2025
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821 - FilmWeek: 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' 'Eddington,' 'Smurfs,' and More! Fri, 18 Jul 2025
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820 - Feature: Godzilla’s 70 years chronicled in new book Fri, 18 Jul 2025
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819 - Feature: The New York Times surveyed readers and filmmakers about the best 21st-century films, we discuss the responses Fri, 11 Jul 2025
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818 - FilmWeek: 'Superman,' 'Kill The Jockey,' 'Apocalypse in the Tropics,' and More! Fri, 11 Jul 2025
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817 - Feature: FilmWeek critics share their top picks for 2025 so far Fri, 04 Jul 2025
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816 - FilmWeek: 'Jurassic World: Rebirth,' '40 Acres,' 'Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print,' and More! Fri, 04 Jul 2025
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815 - Feature: New book details Hollywood’s “Gay Golden Age” during the Hays Code, Lavender Scare Fri, 27 Jun 2025
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814 - FilmWeek: 'F1', 'M3GAN 2.0,' 'Sorry, Baby,' and More! Fri, 27 Jun 2025
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813 - Feature: Celine Song talks ‘Materialists,’ modernizing rom-coms, and love triangles Fri, 20 Jun 2025
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812 - FilmWeek: '28 Years Later,' 'Elio,' 'Tatami,' and More! Fri, 20 Jun 2025
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811 - Feature: “What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?” at the Art Theatre of Long Beach Fri, 13 Jun 2025