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Movies 101"Superman" & "Jurassic World Rebirth"Summer wouldn’t be summer without a few movie blockbusters, and this summer of 2025 certainly has its share. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of big-screen bonanzas, both of which are part of far-larger franchises. The first is the newest iteration of “Superman,” this one directed by James Gunn, and they pivot from there to the Gareth Edwards-helmed “Jurassic World Rebirth,” the seventh in a series dating back some three decades.2025-07-2523 minMovies 101"F1" & "The Life of Chuck"Fantasy in its various forms is the lifeblood of moviemaking. And this is true whether you’re talking romance, action, comedy or any other genre you can name. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films that indulge in fantasy, each conforming to its particular genre. The first is the racing film “F1” and the second is the existentialist meditation titled “The Life of Chuck.”2025-07-1723 minMovies 101Best Films of the 21st CenturyOne of the favorite games that most, if not all, movie fans plays is: What are your top 10 movies? Well, the New York Times just compiled a list 10 times as big. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss that list, something the editors are proclaiming as the "100 Best Movies of the 21st Century," and list their own picks for the top 10.2025-07-1023 minMovies 101"The Phoenician Scheme" & "Materialists"Love comes in many forms, a fact that’s especially true when it plays out in the movies. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that embody the emotion we know as love in entirely different ways. First up is Wes Anderson’s latest, titled “The Phoenician Scheme.” Following that is Celine Song’s second feature film, titled simply “Materialists.”2025-07-0223 minMovies 101"Jaws" 50th Anniversary & "Ran" 40th AnniversaryWith the exception of those of us who no longer welcome birthdays, most people love anniversaries. But when it comes to movies, anniversaries give us the opportunity to remember great cinema and the directors who make it. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two such directors, Akira Kurosawa, whose film “Ran” is enjoying the 40th anniversary of its release this month, and Steven Spielberg, whose 1975 film “Jaws” is celebrating its 50th anniversary.2025-06-2523 minMovies 101"Bring Her Back" & "Mountainhead"From time to time we all encounter difficult people. And while they may have reasons for their troubled temperaments, that doesn’t make them any easier to deal with. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that feature problematic characters. First up is “Bring Her Back,” a horror offering starring Sally Hawkins, followed by “Mountainhead,” a streaming feature focusing on badly behaved billionaires.2025-06-1823 minMovies 101“Pee-wee as Himself” & “Friendship”Stephen King once declared that: “Any fool with steady hands and a working set of lungs can build up a house of cards and then blow it down, but it takes a genius to make people laugh.” On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the very nature of comedy as they talk about two productions, one being the biographical 2-part streaming series on the late Paul Reubens titled “Pee-wee as Himself,” and the big-screen dark comedy “Friendship.”2025-06-1223 minMovies 101"Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" & SIFF 2025For those at Movies 101 headquarters, it’s good to be back together. Dan Webster and co-host Mary Pat Treuthart have been out of the country for the past few weeks, and the third member of the team, co-host Nathan Weinbender, has been lurking in dark Seattle theaters watching as many Seattle International Film Festival movies as he could. So for this week’s show, Dan, Nathan, and Mary Pat first discuss Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Following that, however, Nathan regales everyone with thrilling tales of his SIFF 2025 shenanigans.2025-06-0523 minMovies 101Dealer's ChoiceIn the past, we’ve referred to them as "buried treasures" among other descriptors, but by whatever name, we mean movies—and sometimes streaming miniseries—that we consider well worth checking out. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a selection of movies—and the writer-directors who made them—that they’ve enjoyed over the years, and that they think our listeners might enjoy as well.2025-05-2923 minMovies 101Remembering David Lynch & Gene HackmanIt’s been a tough 2025 for movie fans, what with the passing of some of cinema’s great talents. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart offer their thoughts on two of those lost talents, the visionary director David Lynch and the Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman.2025-05-2223 minMovies 101“The Shrouds,” “Havoc” & “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”If one of the points of art is to explore all facets of life, then it follows that art must explore the nature of death as well. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss three movies that tell stories involving death. The first is “The Shrouds,” David Cronenberg’s latest delving into death and dying. The second is “Havoc,” a Netflix crime saga written and directed by Gareth Edwards. And lastly “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” an African streaming feature written and directed by the Zambian-Welsh filmmaker Rungano Nyoni.2025-05-1523 minMovies 101“The Wedding Banquet” & “Eephus”Sometimes you go to the movies to be challenged. Sometimes you go to be educated. Mostly, though, you go to be entertained. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that are, each in its own way, examples of pure entertainment—while, at the same time, offering up other qualities as well. Specifically “The Wedding Banquet,” writer-director Andrew Ahn’s remake of the 1993 Ang Lee film, and the streaming baseball feature “Eephus.”2025-05-0823 minMovies 101"Warfare" & "Sinners"Nothing gives a movie narrative more energy than a plot involving conflict. And it doesn’t matter whether that conflict involves real people or fictional characters. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that represent the two sides of that equation: "Warfare" is a film based on an actual U.S. military operation in 2006, while "Sinners" features a face-off between twin brothers and a supernatural evil.2025-05-0123 minMovies 101“Sacramento” & 2025 Overlook Film FestivalOn this week’s show, co-host Nathan Weinbender regales Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and anyone else willing to listen with tales of his recent trek to New Orleans to snack on beignets and feast on a menu of horror films at the Overlook Film Festival. They also discuss the independent film “Sacramento,” which opened in Spokane last week.2025-04-2423 minMovies 101"Adolescence" & "Black Bag"It used to be that the very best of cinema could be found only on the screens of a movie theater. Clearly though, that is no longer the case. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two cinematic efforts that are examples of what can be done given a bit of directing skill and the power of superior acting. The first is a four-part Netflix limited miniseries out of England titled "Adolescence," and the second is the latest entertainment from Steven Soderbergh, titled "Black Bag."2025-04-1623 minMovies 101"The Penguin Lessons" & Summer Movie Season PreviewAs anyone who is a regular listener to Movies 101 knows, co-hosts Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart are inveterate movie fans. They spend each week discussing what they’ve seen, and often agree—though not always. And that may be true this week as they do something just a bit different. Yes, they discuss a specific movie, namely the British import “The Penguin Lessons,” starring Steve Coogan. After that, though, they take a look at the upcoming summer movie season and lay out what they’re most excited, if anything, about seeing—such summer schedules being, as they traditionall...2025-04-1023 minMovies 101"Universal Language" & "Parthenope"As much as most of us who love film are fans of American-made cinema, we also open our hearts to work from the rest of the world. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two non-American-made films—one from Canada, titled “Universal Language,” and the other from Italy, titled “Parthenope.”2025-03-1923 minMovies 10126th Annual SpIFF Preview & Post-Oscars 2025 DiscussionIn its third decade of existence, the Spokane International Film Festival continues to prove that there is an appetite for quality film in our fair city. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart preview this year's festival, which began March 7th and ran through the 9th. They also have a few words to say about the recent Oscars broadcast.2025-03-1223 minMovies 10197th Academy Awards PreviewNothing excites the film industry more than the prospect of winning an Oscar. And we’ll discover who the 2025 recipients of the gold-plated statuette will be on Sunday. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart preview the annual Academy Awards broadcast, which will be carried both on ABC and the streaming service Hulu, beginning at 4 PM Pacific Daylight Time.2025-03-0223 minMovies 101"Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat," "Sugarcane" & "No Other Land"Here at Movies 101 headquarters, we always seek out as many Academy-Award-nominated films as we can in advance of the annual broadcast, which will be held March 2 on ABC and Hulu. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a trio of films—“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” “Sugarcane” and “No Other Land”—each of which is in contention for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.2025-02-2223 minMovies 101"Hard Truths," "Presence" & "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"We all have our favorite filmmakers whose work we’ll seek out every time they release a new movie. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a trio of movies—at least two of which are considered, by many, the work of master filmmakers. The first is “Hard Truths,” the latest by UK writer-director Mike Leigh. They follow that with “Presence,” directed by Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh. And they finish with “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof.2025-02-1223 minMovies 101“Nickel Boys” & “September 5”Whether it’s because they open too late in the year or because they just don’t have enough clout to warrant a wide release, many of any year’s best films arrive late… if they arrive at all. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two late arrivals that deserve to be listed among the very best films that 2024 had to offer. The first is “Nickel Boys,” a drama about two young men confined to a Florida reform school, and the second is “September 5,” which tells the story of the ABC Sports team that covered...2025-02-0423 minMovies 101“All We Imagine As Light” & 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film FestivalThere are few things rabid movie fans love more than film festivals. And in recent years, the three musketeers of Movies 101 have attended a number of them. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a film that is playing at the Magic Lantern Theatre, “All We Imagine As Light.” Then, Dan and Mary Pat run down how they fared attending last week's 36th Annual Palm Springs (California) International Film Festival.2025-01-2223 minMovies 1012024 RetrospectiveIt’s that time of year again—when movie critics all over the country feel the need to compile a list of what they consider to be the best of what they watched over the previous 365 days. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender discuss their respective choices for their favorite films of 2024.2025-01-1423 min
Movies 101Movies 101 from February 10, 2012Mary Pat Treuthart, Dan Webster, and Casey Andrews review the films "The Mill and the Cross" "The Fairy" and "The Sandman" and rundown the 2012 Academy Award nominated shorts. Originally aired on KPBX on February 10, 20122012-02-1324 minMovies 101Movies 101 from February 3, 2012Mary Pat Treuthart, Dan Webster, and Nathan Weinbender review the films "A Dangerous Method" and "Haywire" and talk about the closing weekend of the 2012 Spokane International Film Festival. Originally aired on KPBX on February 3, 2012.2012-02-0724 minMovies 101Movies 101 from January 27, 2012Mary Pat Treuthart, Dan Webster, and Luke Baumgarten review the films "Shame" and "The Artist" and look at offerings from the current 2012 Spokane International Film Festival. Originally aired on KPBX on January 27, 2012.2012-01-3024 minMovies 101Movies 101 from January 20, 2012Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender review the films "Carnage" "Hell and Back Again" and "The Iron Lady" then Pete Porter gives a preview of the 2012 Spokane International Film Festival. Originally aired on KPBX on January 20, 2012.2012-01-2424 minMovies 101Movies 101 from January 13, 2012Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender review the films "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" "Warhorse" and "La Havre." Originally aired on KPBX on January 13, 2012.2012-01-1724 minMovies 101Movies 101 from January 6, 2012.Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender run down their lists of the top ten films of 2011. Originally aired on KPBX on January 6, 2012.2012-01-0924 minMovies 101Movies 101 from December 30, 2011Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender review "Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol" "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" "The Adventures of Tintin" and "My Week With Marilyn." Originially aired on December 30, 2011.2012-01-0224 minMovies 101Movies 101: Melancholia, Young Adult, The Skin I Live In(12/23/2011) Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender review "Melancholia" "Young Adult" "The Skin I Live In" and "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows." © 2011 SPR2011-12-2724 minMovies 101Movies 101: Margin Call, Being Elmo, Like Crazy(12/16/2011) Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender review "Margin Call" "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey" and "Like Crazy." © 2011 SPR2011-12-2724 min