Film Podcast

Podcast: The Best and Worst of Summer 2015 Movies

By New Times Staff
Aug 27, 2015

Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, along with Amy Nicholson of the LA Weekly, run down the worst and best of the movies they saw this summer, which as summers go, wasn't so terrible! Among the best performances were those by Sam Elliott, wonderful in two movies,...
Why Amy Is One of the Best Music Documentaries Ever

By New Times Staff
Jul 1, 2015

The upcoming Amy Winehouse documentary Amy is one of the best music docs Village Voice film critic Stephanie Zacharek has ever seen, and she explains why to Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson this week. Also this week: The confusing (yet really, really enjoyable)...
Voice Film Club: Ted 2 and Inside Out

By New Times Staff
Jun 25, 2015

On this week's Voice Film Club podcast, the LA Weekly's Amy Nicholson and the Village Voice's Alan Scherstuhl in New York disagree on just about everything in Ted 2 — except that it has a few very funny moments — but only after revisiting the impressive Inside Out, which is...
There's Hope in Dope

By New Times Staff
Jun 19, 2015

Part of what makes writer-director Rick Famuyiwa's Dope so fresh and joyous is that in many key ways it's not new at all. Like Dazed & Confused or The Breakfast Club, this is a film about just how weird the extraordinarily normal kids are — kids like you. The teen...
Here's the Melissa McCarthy Movie We've Been Waiting For

By New Times Staff
Jun 3, 2015

On this week's Voice Film Club podcast, the Village Voice's Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek, along with Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly, praise the latest Melissa McCarthy comedy, Spy: "She plays a real woman who reacts like a real woman would," Nicholson says of her character. "It's a really funny...
The Mad Men Ending Was the Real Thing

By New Times Staff
May 19, 2015

The final episode of Mad Men was upbeat — if you enjoy the death of the counter-culture. On this special episode of the Voice Film Club podcast, Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and editorial fellow Lara Zarum, along with the Voice's TV critic Inkoo Kang, discuss the final episode...
Stop Laughing at Old Movies, You $@%&ing Hipsters!

By New Times Staff
May 7, 2015

"I'm over people who think they're funnier than the movie," says LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson, in the wake of her recent piece, "Stop Laughing At Old Movies, You $@%&ing Hipsters." Joining her — *in the same room, for the first time ever on the podcast* — as usual...
Avengers 2 Is Better Than Avengers 1

By New Times Staff
Apr 30, 2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron director and screenwriter Joss Whedon wants to give us everything in his movie, and that he fits it all in is its own kind of feat, writes LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson in her review of the film, which opens May 1. Joining her on...
Marvel at Horror Film Unfriended, a Surprisingly Good Movie About the Internet

By New Times Staff
Apr 27, 2015

On this week's Voice Film Club podcast, we marvel at teen horror film Unfriended, and while it is "85 minutes of watching someone else use a computer," the filmmaker's adept at turning a screen into a natural storytelling platform: "Director Levan Gabriadze summons up exquisite unease just by the way...
Ex Machina Asks If a Robot Can Think — And Is She Coming On to You?

By New Times Staff
Apr 9, 2015

Reviews and discussion of Ex Machina, Dior and I, Clouds of Sils Maria, The Longest Ride, and About Elly are all on this week's Voice Film Club podcast, which includes Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, and Amy Nicholson of the LA Weekly. [Subscribe to the Voice...
In Defense of Furious 7

By New Times Staff
Mar 31, 2015

Furious 7 and While We're Young are two very different movies — one's all synchronized driving and explosions, the other's all sorta-depressed New Yorkers who don't drive — but both receive generally positive reviews from Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, and Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly,...