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• Film Podcast #96: Michael Shannon is a Stern Monopoly Player

  Friday, September 11, 2015 at 4 a.m.

  LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson found out first-hand that Michael Shannon is a pretty stern Monopoly player during a recent game with the actor, who portrays a tortured Orlando real-estate baron in the upcoming 99 Homes. Nicholson and Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl open this week's Voice Film...

• Film Podcast #95: About That New Steve Jobs Documentary

  Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 4 a.m.

  The upcoming Steve Jobs documentary from Alex Gibney (Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine) is worth seeing even if you're tired of Apple fanboys — if only for the curious parallels between Apple worshippers and the members of the Church of Scientology, the subject of Gibney's other recent doc...

• The Best and Worst of Summer 2015 Movies

  Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 7:59 a.m.

  Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, along with Amy Nicholson of the LA Weekly, run down the worst and best of the movies they saw this summer, which as summers go, wasn't so terrible! Among the best performances were those by Sam Elliott, wonderful in two movies,...

• Voice Film Club #93: What We Love About 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'

  Friday, August 21, 2015 at 4:04 a.m.

  On this week's Voice Film Club podcast: We love Guy Ritchie's stylish, charming The Man From U.N.C.L.E., while LA Weekly film critic Amy states her case for American Ultra. We move onto Lily Tomlin's memorable performance in Grandma (be sure to read our interview with Tomlin, too). Later, Village Voice film editor...

• Film Podcast #92: You Are Now About to Witness the Strength of Streep Knowledge

  Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 4 a.m.

  Meryl Streep in a comedic role is one of the few good things in Ricki and the Flash, and the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton sands down many of the rough corners of the ground-breaking rap group's controversial history. On this week's Voice Film Club, Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek...

• Podcast: Marlon Brando and David Foster Wallace, Plus a Story About Jason Segel and Salad

  Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 5:30 a.m.

  During this week's meeting of the Voice Film Club, Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, along with Amy Nicholson of the LA Weekly, discuss the Marlon Brando documentary Listen to Me Marlon. Our trio of film critics then move to The End of the Tour, the film...