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
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
Luis Gerardo Méndez & Connor Del Rio talk with Patrick Stoner about the unusual audition that sparked the chemistry between them th ...
Air Date: December 30, 2020
Phoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page talk with Patrick Stoner about the new Netflix series that is like “Downton Abbey” with a wry smil ...
Air Date: December 23, 2020
Tom Hanks talks with Patrick Stoner about the delights of working in the great western outdoors & how it enhanced his character from ...
Air Date: December 16, 2020
Amanda Seyfried talks with Patrick Stoner about playing the 1930’s film star Marion Davies as part of the story of the creation of the ...
Air Date: December 9, 2020
Paul Bettany and director/writer Alan Ball talk with Patrick Stoner about the importance of knowing for whom a film is made. ...
Air Date: December 2, 2020
Amy Adams and Glenn Close talk with Patrick Stoner about Ron Howard’s direction of them in their Oscar buzz roles. ...
Air Date: November 26, 2020
David Oyelowo talks with Patrick Stoner about keeping his own inner child alive while working with young actors in the origin story of Ne ...
Air Date: November 18, 2020
Kristin Chenoweth talks with Patrick Stoner about her love of PBS and why director Robert Zemeckis asked her to voice a small white mouse ...
Air Date: November 11, 2020
Diane Lane & Kevin Costner talk with Patrick Stoner about the importance of dramatic build in a suspense film. ...
Air Date: November 4, 2020
Fin Argus and Neve Campbell talk with Patrick Stoner about honoring the true story of young Zach Sobiech, who bravely fought cancer while ...
Air Date: October 28, 2020
Lily James & Armie Hammer talk with Patrick Stoner about creating the air of tension between them in the newest adaptation of Daphne ...
Air Date: October 21, 2020
Mark Rylance, the Oscar winning actor & star of Wolf Hall on PBS, plays lawyer William Kunstler & talks with Patrick Stoner abo ...
Air Date: October 14, 2020