Press Play with Madeleine Brand
‘The Vast of Night’ is critic's favorite movie of 2020 so far
Critics review “The Vast of Night," a sci-fi film set in 1950s New Mexico; “The High Note,” about a music star and her assistant in LA; “I’m No Longer Here,” a Spanish-language film about a young man who’s forced to leave everything.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readCritics review “The Vast of Night," a sci-fi film set in 1950s New Mexico; “The High Note,” about a music star and her assistant in LA; “I’m No Longer Here,” a Spanish-language film about a young man who’s forced to leave everything behind after an incident with a cartel.
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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
Rosalie Atkinson
Associate producer
Roth Cornet
head of creative for Fandom and ScreenJunkies
Witney Seibold
senior writer at SlashFilm and co-host of the podcast Critically Acclaimed Network
The full episode
5 of 5George Floyd, video evidence, public perception- 0:00How video evidence can work for and against African Americans facing police violence
- 13:21LA hair salons, restaurants reopen. But federal program keeping workers on staff expires soon
- 20:08With rent almost due, LA City Council considers $100 million relief plan
- 27:27Sandwiches: What are Angelenos making at home, buying to-go?
- 36:38‘The Vast of Night’ is critic's favorite movie of 2020 so farYou’re reading this