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: A Man Called Otto: Special Hanks Edition
Tom Hanks talks with Patrick Stoner about his favorite actor & what he likes about his work.
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Air Date: September 27, 2023
Director John Carney talks with Patrick Stoner about letting the chemistry of the characters develop organically as he shot his little Ir
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Air Date: September 20, 2023
Cate Blanchett & director talk with Patrick Stoner about the streaming multiple award-winning film & why what was shot that’s
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Air Date: September 13, 2023
Samara Weaving & Lucy Boynton talk with Patrick Stoner about playing aristocratic women in 18th century France.
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Air Date: September 6, 2023
Guy Nattiv, the director, talks with Patrick Stoner about casting Helen Mirren as the late Israeli leader & how he approached the Y
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Air Date: August 30, 2023
Jon Hamm & the director talk with Patrick Stoner about going back to the original novels to recreate the iconic Fletch character mad
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Air Date: August 23, 2023
Preview: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Director & editor of the documentary about the struggles & attitude of the 80’s superstar talk with Patrick Stoner about his
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Air Date: August 16, 2023
Nathan Pyle talks with Patrick Stoner about taking his hugely successful & satirical webcomic to the new animated streaming series.
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Air Date: August 9, 2023
Laura McGann, the director of the number one streaming documentary talks with Patrick Stoner about the record breaking quest to do the de
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Air Date: August 2, 2023
Kasia Smutniak & Matthew McNulty talk with Patrick Stoner about their MGM+ series that is like a prequel to “I, Claudius.”
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Air Date: July 26, 2023
Matt Damon & Emily Blunt explain to Patrick Stoner why being in Christopher Nolan’s prestige film is a career high.
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Air Date: July 19, 2023
Christopher Nolan & Cillian Murphy talk with Patrick Stoner about the enigmatic, conflicted character of the atom bomb maker.
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Air Date: July 12, 2023
4 Stars of ASTEROID CITY talk with Patrick Stoner about the details of Wes Anderson’s leadership that makes him an auteur.
Air Date: July 5, 2023
Jacqueline Bisset talks with Patrick Stoner about her decades long career from world renowned beauty in the sixties to acclaimed actress today.
Air Date: June 28, 2023
Rebecca Ferguson & Tim Robbins talk with Patrick Stoner about the AppleTV+ most watched drama series.
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Air Date: June 21, 2023