Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Should American film directors avoid stories about violent Mexican criminals?
Our critics review the comedic thriller “Piercing,” in which a husband and father sets out to commit the perfect murder; “Miss Bala,” starring Gina Rodriguez of “Jane the Virgin” fame, in which her character gets kidnapped in Mexico by a drug…
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readOur critics review the comedic thriller “Piercing,” in which a husband and father sets out to commit the perfect murder; “Miss Bala,” starring Gina Rodriguez of “Jane the Virgin” fame, in which her character gets kidnapped in Mexico by a drug cartel; and “Velvet Buzzsaw,” which satirizes the LA art scene.
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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
Witney Seibold
senior writer at SlashFilm and co-host of the podcast Critically Acclaimed Network
Alicia Malone
host on Turner Classic Movies
The full episode
3 of 4Cory Booker joins a crowded 2020 race- 0:00Which Democrats are running for president in 2020, and what do they want?
- 16:11‘Untitled Amazing Jonathan Documentary’ goes where you don’t expect
- 25:09Should American film directors avoid stories about violent Mexican criminals?You’re reading this
- 36:42Gearing up for the LA Rams and Super Bowl Sunday