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with Larry Mantle

FilmWeek: ‘Logan Lucky,’ ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ and more, plus how four immigrant brothers created an American film empire

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Justin Chang review this weekend’s new movie releases. We also sit down with film critic and historian David Thomson to hear how the Warner brothers started a studio that reshaped ideas of what it meant to be Jewish, an immigrant and an American.

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FilmWeek: ‘Logan Lucky,’ ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ and more

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How four immigrant brothers created an American film empire

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