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
Gerard Butler & Alexis Louder talk with Patrick Stoner about director Joe Carnahan creating character interaction inside of a thrill ...
Air Date: September 15, 2021
Oscar Issac talks with Patrick Stoner about the director’s use of long takes without fast cutting in order to bring tension slowly to a ...
Air Date: September 8, 2021
Sean Penn, star and director, and costar Dylan Penn talk about their preference for old school dramatic films. ...
Air Date: September 1, 2021
Michael Keaton talks with Patrick Stoner about needing less takes to get it right as he’s grown older. ...
Air Date: August 25, 2021
Joe Keery, the young costar with Ryan Reynolds, talks with Patrick Stoner about mixing real sets with elaborate digital creations in an i ...
Air Date: August 18, 2021
Hugh Jackman talks with Patrick Stoner about his challenge playing a romantically obsessed man in a sci-fi future. ...
Air Date: August 11, 2021
Jason Sudeikis, the creator and star of the award winning series — in its second season — talks with Patrick Stoner about how he buck ...
Air Date: August 4, 2021
Emily Mortimer, the actress turned director, talks with Patrick Stoner about adapting a 1945 novel with modern and anachronistic elements ...
Air Date: July 29, 2021
M. Night Shyamalan talks about the unique casting process for the film & his fear as he watches his parents grow old. ...
Air Date: July 21, 2021
The Boss Baby: Family Business
Alec Baldwin talks with Patrick Stoner about his transformation from a well known dramatic actor to a comedic actor. ...
Air Date: July 14, 2021
Kelsey Grammer & Julia Stiles talk with Patrick Stoner about their personal trauma playing doctors who must decide who gets a lifesa ...
Air Date: July 7, 2021
Pierce Brosnan talks with Patrick Stoner about playing a villain with sincerity but also an occasional twinkle. ...
Air Date: June 30, 2021
On FLICKS 35th anniversary Dennis Quaid reflects being one of Patrick Stoner’s first interviews & his approach to a troubled chara ...
Air Date: June 23, 2021
Ellen Burstyn and Ann-Margret talk with Patrick Stoner about being a certain age playing characters of that age with other veterans of th ...
Air Date: June 16, 2021
Tyrese Gibson talks with Patrick Stoner how his own misgivings about guns & violence influenced his character portrayal. ...
Air Date: June 9, 2021