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FilmWeek: ‘Ella McCay,’ ‘Dust Bunny,’ ‘Rosemead,’ and more! Dec 12, 2025

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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire and Beandrea July review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Feature: The King of Color Documentary Dec 12, 2025

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Pantone as a company is synonymous with our ideas around ‘color.’ They set the standard for what we expect “olive green” or “electric blue” to look like. But what about the man behind the iconic Pantone color square, each with a unique I.D. number? In the new documentary The King of Color, director Patrick Creadon focuses on the man who created Pantone’s Matching System, Lawrence Herbert. Creadon joins FilmWeek host Larry Mantle to discuss the legacy of Herbert and how a documentary about a niche subject like color matching gets off the ground.

The King of Color is playing at the Regal Paseo theater in Pasadena.

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FilmWeek: ‘Five Nights at Freddy's 2,’ ‘The Secret Agent,’ ‘100 Nights of Hero,’ and more! Dec 05, 2025

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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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Feature: Blumhouse and how horror became a box office guarantee Dec 05, 2025

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Horror films have been a consistent draw for movie theaters, even in a post-pandemic, streaming world. And one of the most well-known production studios in horror is Blumhouse. The production house came on the scene in 2009 with Paranormal Activity, a low-budget found-footage film that became a smash hit spawning a franchise. Blumhouse would repeat this formula with The Purge and Insidious franchise. Now, Blumhouse is known for its more crowd pleasing scary movies like M3GAN and Five Nights at Freddy’s (with the highly anticipated sequel releasing this week), but the studio has also taken risks on up and coming directors like Jordan Peele and Damien Chazelle. So, how does a horror production house continue to survive and turn a profit in today’s film industry? And why does horror seem to be a safe bet for box office returns. Joining us to discuss the current horror movie landscape is Abhijay Prakash, president of Blumhouse.

You can read all about Blumhouse’s rise in their new book Horror’s New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse.

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Feature: The enduring legacy of ‘The Big Lebowski’ Nov 26, 2025

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For our most recent FilmWeek screening event, where we show quintessential L.A. films across the city, we went to the family-owned Garden Cinema to present the Coen Brothers’ classic The Big Lebowski. The 1998 noir-comedy opened to mixed reviews during its initial release, but has since gained cult status and even mainstream praise. In 2014, it was designated a "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” film and added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. After the screening, Larry Mantle spoke with LAist FilmWeek critics Christy Lemire and Wade Major about the impact of the film and their personal love for ‘The Dude.’

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FilmWeek: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ ‘Zootopia 2,’ and more! Nov 26, 2025

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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell, Manuel Betancourt and Charles Solomon review the latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Films:

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery In Select Theaters Nov 26|Streaming on Netflix Dec 12

HamnetIn Select Theaters Nov 26|Expands Dec 5

Zootopia 2 Wide Release Nov 26

Eternity In Select Theaters Nov 26

A Magnificent Life Laemmle Royal [West LA] Closes Nov 27

Cactus Pears Laemmle Royal [West LA] Nov 28

OuterlandsAvailable on VOD Nov 26

Angel's Egg Alamo Drafthouse DTLA Nov 26|Egyptian Theater Nov 28

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FilmWeek: ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘Rental Family,’ ‘Left-Handed Girl,’ and more! Nov 21, 2025

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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Films:

Wicked: For Good, Wide Release

Rental Family, Wide Release

Left-Handed Girl, In Select Theaters|Streaming on Netflix Nov. 28

Rebuilding, AMC Century City|AMC Burbank

Out of Plain Sight, Laemmel NoHo

Auction, Laemmle Town Center [Encino]|Laemmle Royal [West LA]

Manas, Laemmle Glendale

The Making of a Japanese, Available on VOD

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Feature: Renate Reinsve in ‘Sentimental Value’ Nov 21, 2025

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Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve earned international recognition for her performance in the Joachim Trier film The Worst Person in the World. After roles in Hollywood in Presumed Innocent and A Different Man, Reinsve and Trier have reunited in their new film Sentimental Value about a theater actress and her estranged film director father in Oslo. Larry Mantle speaks with Renate Reinsve about her approach to acting and her latest film.

You can see Sentimental Value in select theaters now. It will expand to more theaters Friday. Nov. 28.

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Feature: A new biography on Cesar Romero shows the actor’s varied career beyond The Joker Nov 14, 2025

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Actor Cesar Romero is probably best known for his role as The Joker in the 1960s Batman series, a portrayal that would later define the character and cast a large shadow over future screen adaptations. But well before Romero put on the green wig and red lipstick, he had a successful and varied career. He acted alongside the Rat Pack in Ocean’s Eleven and Carmen Miranda in Week-End in Havana. Most of his roles fell into the ‘Latin Lover’ stereotype, a mold he did not fit in his everyday life. Yet, despite on-screen limitations, Romero was still able to imbue each character with a sense of humanity. In the new biographyCesar Romero: The Joker is Wild, author Samuel Garza Bernstein goes in depth about Romero’s life pre-Hollywood, his career pre-Joker, and his 1980s renaissance as an A-list TV actor. On FilmWeek, Larry speaks with Garza Bernstein about Romero’s legacy.

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FilmWeek: ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘The Running Man,’ ‘The Carpenter’s Son,’ and more! Nov 14, 2025

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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell and Beandrea July review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Films:

Jay KellyIn Select Theaters|Streaming on Netflix Dec 5

The Running ManWide Release

Come See Me In The Good LightLaemmle NoHo|Streaming on Apple TV+

The Carpenter’s SonIn Select Theaters

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk Laemmle Glendale|Laemmle Monica Film Center

Bunny Lumiere Cinema [West LA]|Available on VOD

Selena y Los DinosLaemmle NoHo|Streaming on Netflix Nov 17

Bull RunGalaxy Mission Grove Theatre [Riverside]|Available on VOD & Digital Platforms

Serious PeopleLaemmle Glendale|Available on VOD & Digital Platforms Dec 16

Stationed at HomeAvailable on VOD & Digital Platforms

Being Eddie Streaming on Netflix

Trap HouseIn Select Theaters

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