Press Play with Madeleine Brand
In 'Brad's Status,' is Ben Stiller a loveable sad sack?
Our critics review “Brad’s Status,” which stars Ben Stiller as Brad, who has a midlife crisis as his son tries getting into Harvard; “Strong Island,” a Netflix documentary about the filmmaker’s brother who was killed in 1992; the Belgian film “The Unknown Girl;” and “Mother!,” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem as a married couple.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readOur critics review “Brad’s Status,” which stars Ben Stiller as Brad, who has a midlife crisis as his son tries getting into Harvard; “Strong Island,” a Netflix documentary about the filmmaker’s brother who was killed in 1992; the Belgian film “The Unknown Girl;” and “Mother!,” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem as a married couple.
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- 13:42Will California will be a sanctuary state? And other history-making bills in the legislature
- 22:02NASA's mission to Saturn ends after 20 years
- 28:46In 'Brad's Status,' is Ben Stiller a loveable sad sack?You’re reading this
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Gina Pollack
Producer
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
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
4 of 4Saying goodbye to Cassini- 0:00Why Jeff Sessions offered to resign, and where Robert Mueller's investigation stands
- 13:42Will California will be a sanctuary state? And other history-making bills in the legislature
- 22:02NASA's mission to Saturn ends after 20 years
- 28:46In 'Brad's Status,' is Ben Stiller a loveable sad sack?You’re reading this