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

By The Mixmaster
Sep 11, 2015

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

By The Mixmaster
Sep 3, 2015

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

By The Mixmaster
Aug 25, 2015

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.'

By The Mixmaster
Aug 21, 2015

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

By Mixmaster
Aug 12, 2015

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

By The Mixmaster
Aug 5, 2015

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...
Voice Film Club: Amy Is Amazing, Channing's Got Moves; Arnold Is an Aging Android

By The Mixmaster
Jul 1, 2015

The upcoming Amy Winehouse documentary Amy is one of the best music docs Village Voice film critic Stephanie Zacharek has ever seen, and she explains why to Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson this week. Also this week: The confusing (yet really, really enjoyable)...
Podcast: The 'Mad Men' Ending Was the Real Thing

By The Mixmaster
May 19, 2015

The final episode of Mad Men was upbeat — if you enjoy the death of the counter-culture. On this special episode of the Voice Film Club podcast, Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and editorial fellow Lara Zarum, along with the Voice's TV critic Inkoo Kang, discuss the final episode...
Podcast: Is Pitch Perfect 2 Racist? And Mad Max Rules

By The Mixmaster
May 15, 2015

Pitch Perfect 2 hit a few wrong notes for the Village Voice's Alan Scherstuhl and special guest Monica Castillo, but LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson interpreted the film's humor a little differently. We circle back to Sofia Vergara's performance in Hot Pursuit, before arriving in the desert for Mad...
Podcast: Stop Laughing At Old Movies, You $@%&ing Hipsters!

By The Mixmaster
May 7, 2015

"I'm over people who think they're funnier than the movie," says LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson, in the wake of her recent piece, "Stop Laughing At Old Movies, You $@%&ing Hipsters." Joining her -- *in the same room, for the first time ever on the podcast* -- as usual...
Podcast: Avengers 2 Is Better Than Avengers 1

By The Mixmaster
Apr 30, 2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron director and screenwriter Joss Whedon wants to give us everything in his movie, and that he fits it all in is its own kind of feat, writes LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson in her review of the film, which opens May 1. Joining her on...