Press Play with Madeleine Brand
‘Die Hard,’ ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and other classic Christmas favorites
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first “Die Hard,” a Christmas favorite. “The Nightmare Before Christmas” turns 25 this year. “Love, Actually” is 15 years old. We talk about those, and some other old holiday classics and why they endure.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThis year marks the 30th anniversary of the first “Die Hard,” a Christmas favorite. “The Nightmare Before Christmas” turns 25 this year. “Love, Actually” is 15 years old. We talk about those, and some other old holiday classics and why they endure. Our critics also review some new Christmas movies out this week, including “Anna and the Apocalypse,” the Netflix film “The Christmas Chronicles,” another Netflix sequel “A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding”
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Alonso Duralde
film critic; co-host, "Linoleum Knife" movie podcast; author, “Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas” (Second Edition) and "Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film"
Dave White
film critic and co-host of the movie podcast Linoleum Knife