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Whether it’s because they open too late in the year or because they just don’t have enough clout to warrant a wide release, many of any year’s best films arrive late… if they arrive at all. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two late arrivals that deserve to be listed among the very best films that 2024 had to offer. The first is “Nickel Boys,” a drama about two young men confined to a Florida reform school, and the second is “September 5,” which tells the story of the ABC Sports team that covered the terrorist attack during the 1972 Olympic Games.
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There are few things rabid movie fans love more than film festivals. And in recent years, the three musketeers of Movies 101 have attended a number of them. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a film that is playing at the Magic Lantern Theatre, “All We Imagine As Light.” Then, Dan and Mary Pat run down how they fared attending last week's 36th Annual Palm Springs (California) International Film Festival.
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It’s that time of year again—when movie critics all over the country feel the need to compile a list of what they consider to be the best of what they watched over the previous 365 days. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender discuss their respective choices for their favorite films of 2024.
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And so the year 2024 closes out, which leave us here at Movies 101 to celebrate that fact by reviewing a final three films. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a trio of films that feature complex and/or familiar characters, in one case a study of real-life celebrity, in another a woman confronted by her sexual desires, and in a third a remake of a classic creature feature. The first is James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” the second is Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl,” and the third is Robert Eggers’ remake of the vampire flick “Nosferatu.”
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We’re approaching the end of the year, the time when movie producers are releasing the last few potential award-winners. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss one such candidate: the Golden Globe-nominated animated film "Flow." They pair that with Paul Schrader’s adaptation of Russell Banks' novel "Foregone," which Schrader retitled "Oh, Canada"—and which was among the slate of critically acclaimed films at May’s Cannes Film Festival.
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On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films featuring actors who take on challenging roles that, at least in one case, is far different than what the actor is best known for. First up is “Queer,” starring Daniel Craig, followed by “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie.
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Most of the basic themes that face movie protagonists tend to be situations that meld anxiety with a sense of purpose. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films that key on characters who, when facing something or someone, have to dig deep to figure out what to do. Those films are Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the Broadway musical “Wicked” and the latest from director Cint Eastwood, “Juror #2.”
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As any parent knows, raising children can be a rewarding, but often challenging, process. And many a movie has been made documenting that very truth. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss three movies that, each in its own way, tackles what joys and pains face both sides of the adult-child relationship. Said films are the blockbuster “Gladiator II,” the streaming feature “In the Summers” and the Netflix documentary “Daughters.”
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We here at Movies 101 central try always to find themes that bind the films we review. Sometimes, though, our attempts are thwarted—and that’s the case for this week’s show, in which Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that are fully independent of one another. Said films are the psychologically complex buddy study “A Real Pain” and the musical crime saga “Emilia Pérez.”
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Life, as we all know, can be a struggle. The key to peace, if not necessarily happiness, comes from how you deal with it. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a trio of films exploring characters and the struggles confronting them. The films are Sean Baker’s “Anora,” Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” and the Irish feature “Small Things Like These.”
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Time, Einstein told us, is relative. And that’s a perspective that most of us bear in mind as each hour, each minute and even each second passes by. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of movies in which time, and reactions to its passing, play a large role. The movies are the religious suspense study “Conclave” and the aptly titled love story “We Live in Time.”
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In 1975, a show titled “Saturday Night” debuted on the NBC television network. And so began what would turn out to be a 50-year run of a comedy show few thought would last a season. On this week’s show, Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender discuss Jason Reitman’s narrative capturing of that first night of “SNL,” as well as the documentary “Will & Harper,” and the streaming offering “Lee,” starring Kate Winslet.
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Life struggles can be debilitating, which is why they tend to make for scintillating movie plotlines. 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.”
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Like life itself, movies always seem to come down to a question of character. 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.”
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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.”
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If Hollywood is known for anything, it’s that it reeks with glamor, especially as personified by its more notable movie queens. 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 such stars: Elizabeth Taylor and Faye Dunaway. They also list their choices for their favorite film performances of both.
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Far from Hollywood, any number of independent filmmakers continue to ply their trade, making movies that range from high-intensity action-adventures to slow, meditative explorations of everyday life. On this week’s show, Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender discuss a couple of movies that are nothing if not independent, in both spirit and execution. First up is the theatrical release “Good One,” followed by the Netflix streamer “Rebel Ridge.”
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On this week’s show, Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender discuss two films designed to give us night chills—one a long-awaited sequel to the 1988 comedy-horror exercise “Beetlejuice,” the other a delving into the mind of a serial killer, titled “Strange Darling.”
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On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss favorites and hidden gems from 1999, one of the greatest years for 20th-century film.
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In the world of movies, the genre of crime covers a wide range of themes and tones, from comic-mystery murder to the travails of those locked up for the acts they have committed. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two such films that, though loosely linked through the theme of crime, couldn’t be more different in tone—Zoë Kravitz’s idiosyncratic murder mystery “Blink Twice” and Greg Kwedar’s men-behind-bars saga titled “Sing Sing.”
