Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Friday Film: 'Cinderella,' 'Going Clear,' and 'Run All Night'
It’s Friday, which means it’s time to talk about film. This week catches us during an “in-between” moment in the movies industry, post-Oscars and pre-summer blockbusters. But there’s a genre for everyone this weekend, from a sugary sweet princess story to Liam Neeson’s latest action movie -- kind of a genre unto itself.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readIt’s Friday, which means it’s time to talk about film. This week catches us during an “in-between” moment in the movies industry, post-Oscars and pre-summer blockbusters. But there’s a genre for everyone this weekend, from a sugary sweet princess story to Liam Neeson’s latest action movie -- kind of a genre unto itself. We also discuss Alex Gibney’s new documentary about Scientology, Going Clear.
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Exide Battery Plant Closes, a Karl Ove Knausgaard Subject and 'Going Clear'- 0:00Exide Battery Plant to Close in Vernon
- 7:11The Bigger Problem of Battery Waste
- 14:17What It’s Like to Be Written About by Karl Ove Knausgaard
- 22:51'1971': Documentary Profiles Activists Who Uncovered Hoover-Era Surveillance
- 39:42Friday Film: 'Cinderella,' 'Going Clear,' and 'Run All Night'You’re reading this
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Justin Chang
film critic at Los Angeles Times
Tim Grierson
senior U.S. critic for Screen International and author of “This Is How You Make a Movie”
The full episode
5 of 5Exide Battery Plant Closes, a Karl Ove Knausgaard Subject and 'Going Clear'- 0:00Exide Battery Plant to Close in Vernon
- 7:11The Bigger Problem of Battery Waste
- 14:17What It’s Like to Be Written About by Karl Ove Knausgaard
- 22:51'1971': Documentary Profiles Activists Who Uncovered Hoover-Era Surveillance
- 39:42Friday Film: 'Cinderella,' 'Going Clear,' and 'Run All Night'You’re reading this