Welcome to Flicks, a WHYY program devoted to exploring the latest creations from Hollywood. Each week, WHYY film critic Patrick Stoner provides up-to-the-minute coverage of top films, stars and moviemakers. Stoner’s signature programs — the three-minute Flicks, capturing interviews with the stars and the one-minute Quick Pics offering the week’s “best bets” — appear on dozens of PBS stations nationwide each week. At this site, you can view Patrick’s latest interview as well as interviews from the Flicks archives.
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B. J. Novak talks with Patrick Stoner about getting Terry Gross of Fresh Air to do a voice part & his approach to comedy based on the ...
Air Date: August 3, 2022
Jane Fonda talks with Patrick Stoner about the differences between this voice work & her award winning usual acting. ...
Air Date: July 27, 2022
Olivia DeJonge talks with Patrick Stoner about playing Baz Luhrmann’s interpretation of Priscilla Presley. ...
Air Date: July 20, 2022
Lesley Manville, best known for playing Princess Margaret in THE CROWN, talks with Patrick Stoner about the importance of beauty to peopl ...
Air Date: July 13, 2022
Dakota Johnson talks with Patrick Stoner about using classic Jane Austen to resonate with women today. ...
Air Date: July 6, 2022
Austin Butler & Baz Luhrmann talk with Patrick Stoner about the collaboration between star & director that created their version ...
Air Date: June 29, 2022
Tom Hanks talks with Patrick Stoner about getting deep under the surface characteristics of Col. Tom Parker, Elvis’s mysterious promote ...
Air Date: June 22, 2022
Erin Doherty talks with Patrick Stoner about playing a woman so fascinated by the glamorous social media of a mysterious celebrity that s ...
Air Date: June 15, 2022
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo talks with Patrick Stoner about starring in his first U.S. series that has now become a Netflix hit. ...
Air Date: June 8, 2022
Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth Ashley & several cast members talk with Patrick Stoner about their eagerness to do the second—& mayb ...
Air Date: June 1, 2022
Michele Dockery, Hugh Dancy & Kevin Doyle talk with Patrick Stoner about filming techniques in the second film ...
Air Date: May 25, 2022
Julian Fellowes , the creator & writer of Downton Abbey–series & films–talks with Patrick Stoner about PBS & Down ...
Air Date: May 18, 2022
Glenn Close & Niv Sultan talk with Patrick Stoner about immersing themselves in the culture of Iran for this spy thriller. ...
Air Date: May 11, 2022
Elizabeth Moss & Jamie Bell talk with Patrick Stoner about working with a very enigmatic story line. ...
Air Date: May 4, 2022
Nicola Coughlan talks with Patrick Stoner about playing Penelope in Season 2 after the audience knew she was Lady Whistledown. ...
Air Date: April 27, 2022