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: Secrets of the Whales
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
Jared Leto talks with Patrick Stoner about the minute details he painstakingly put together to create his enigmatic suspect in the myster ...
Air Date: January 27, 2021
Anne Hathaway & Chiwetel Ejiofor talk with Patrick Stoner about making the first major film about this isolation period. ...
Air Date: January 20, 2021
Hailee Steinfeld, who plays the title character, Emily Dickinson, on Apple TV+, talks with Patrick Stoner about the modern, fantasy appro ...
Air Date: January 13, 2021
Director Joel Crawford talks with Patrick Stoner about creating the animated sequel to popular first Croods film. ...
Air Date: January 6, 2021