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: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Part 2
Michelle Dockery & Joanne Froggatt—Lady Mary & Anna—talk to Patrick Stoner about the special relationship of their characte ...
Air Date: October 1, 2025
Matthew McConaughey & America Ferrera talk with Patrick Stoner about the acting craft techniques they used to maintain the character ...
Air Date: September 24, 2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Part 1
Hugh Bonneville, Allen Leach, & Kevin Doyle talk with Patrick Stoner about wrapping up the beloved franchise & honor Maggie Smi ...
Air Date: September 17, 2025
Indigenous cast members of this Jason Momoa Hawaiian historical drama mini-series talk with Patrick Stoner about what it meant to them ...
Air Date: September 10, 2025
Peanuts creator’s son & producer talk with Patrick Stoner about the legacy & popularity among all ages of Charles M. Schulz ...
Air Date: September 3, 2025
Seth Rogan & Rose Byrne talk with Patrick Stoner about keeping their characters grounded in reality as the comedy swirls around them ...
Air Date: August 27, 2025
Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley & Director Chris Columbus talk with Patrick Stoner about ensemble acting. ...
Air Date: August 20, 2025
Dame Kristin Scott Thomas talks with Patrick Stoner about directing for the first time & the added challenge of co-starring along wi ...
Air Date: August 13, 2025
Deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis talks with Patrick Stoner about this British series with her as a lip reader drafted into dangerous police ...
Air Date: August 6, 2025
Leanne Morgan, the standup comic famous for observations about being a middle age woman in the South, talks with Patrick Stoner about her ...
Air Date: July 30, 2025
Jason Momoa & Thomas Pa’a Sibbett talk with Patrick Stoner about their epic nine part series bringing the indigenous conflicts in ...
Air Date: July 24, 2025
Alicia Silverstone is interviewed by Patrick Stoner about this dark thriller 30 years after interviewing her for the iconic teen film CLU ...
Air Date: July 16, 2025
Taron Egerton & other cast members talk with Patrick Stoner about creating the enigmatic characters involved in the true story of a ...
Air Date: July 9, 2025
Eva Victor talks with Patrick Stoner about her directorial debut wherein she also plays the main role of a woman coming to terms with a b ...
Air Date: July 2, 2025
Bryce Dallas Howard & Nick Mohammed talk with Patrick Stoner about how no improvising was needed in an action comedy about improvisa ...
Air Date: June 25, 2025