Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Andrew Ahn’s ‘Driveways’ drama tackles loneliness
Our critics review “Driveways,” in which a woman and her son travel to clean out her estranged sister's home, and the boy develops a friendship with the retiree living next door; “Valley Girl,” a new musical remake of the 1983 film; “Spaceship…
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readOur critics review “Driveways,” in which a woman and her son travel to clean out her estranged sister's home, and the boy develops a friendship with the retiree living next door; “Valley Girl,” a new musical remake of the 1983 film; “Spaceship Earth,” a documentary about a sustainable living experiment from the 1990s.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/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
The full episode
3 of 4LA’s Skylight Books stays closed, while other stores reopen- 0:00US shed more than 20 million jobs in April, unemployment reaches nearly 15%
- 15:00LA’s Skylight Books is in ‘survival mode,’ preps for safe reopening
- 23:24Andrew Ahn’s ‘Driveways’ drama tackles lonelinessYou’re reading this
- 39:05Met Opera’s ‘La Boheme’: Stream for free tonight