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.
All Episodes
Preview: Those Who Wish me Dead
Angelina Jolie and Finn Little talk with Patrick Stoner about building both relationship and increasing tensions in their scenes together ...
Air Date: May 12, 2021
Tiny World/Earth at Night in Color
Producers of the nature documentaries talk with Patrick Stoner about the current environmental situation & the worlds they explore. ...
Air Date: May 5, 2021
Amir El-Masry talks with Patrick Stoner about how Limbo, a dark comedy about a refugee coping with being on a remote Scottish island, can ...
Air Date: April 28, 2021
Ruby Rose talks with Patrick Stoner about the craft of Morgan Freeman & her prolific film work schedule over the past 3 years. ...
Air Date: April 21, 2021
The photographer & score composer of this National Geographic four part special on whales from around the world talk with Patrick St ...
Air Date: April 14, 2021
Idris Elba plays a father helping a wayward son find his way in an historic community in Philadelphia with black cowboys & talks wit ...
Air Date: April 7, 2021
William Shatner talks with Patrick Stoner about growing old in the public eye & what aging is really like from the inside ...
Air Date: March 31, 2021
Sam Heughan, best known as the star of “Outlander”, talks with Patrick Stoner about trying to follow Michael Caine’s advice in his ...
Air Date: March 24, 2021
Benedict Cumberbatch talks with Patrick Stoner about how he prepared to play a real spy from the Cold War era. ...
Air Date: March 17, 2021
Ciara Bravo & the Russo brothers talk with Patrick Stoner about what the process is with two directors working together. ...
Air Date: March 11, 2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Lee Daniels — the director talks with Patrick Stoner about his award winning star, the harsh realities of her life and the times, & ...
Air Date: March 3, 2021
Lucas Till and Lex Scott Davis talk with Patrick Stoner about honoring the civil rights activists’ sacrifices in the 60’s in ...
Air Date: February 24, 2021
Chloé Zhao, the director, talks with Patrick Stoner about her award winning & Oscar buzz film starring Frances McDormand & a c ...
Air Date: February 17, 2021
Robin Wright directs & stars; she talks with Patrick Stoner about the difficulty of making the film in an actual wilderness. ...
Air Date: February 10, 2021
Michelle Pfeiffer & Lucas Hedges talk with Patrick Stoner about the difficult tone of embarrassed tension that permeates the movie. ...
Air Date: February 3, 2021