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Movies 101
Hosted by Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, Nathan Weinbender · EN
Movies 101 began mid-1999, as Spokane Public Radio's KSFC started establishing itself as a separate news and information service. As KSFC matured, so did Movies 101. The show has a loyal fan base and has now also been picked up on KPBX, Friday evenings at 6:30 PM. Movies 101 is currently produced by Spokane Public Radio's Membership & Production Assistant, Cassia Fox.
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Oscar Nominees for Best Documentary Feature & SpIFF 2026 Preview
Mar 200:23:09Tap to summarizeFebruary and March are famously not-great months for new movie releases, with Hollywood dumping some of its most forgettable products into theaters and focusing all its energy on the Academy Awards. But Spokane movie fans are in luck, because they’re about to have access to an embarrassment of cinematic riches from around the world. On this week's show, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the five documentary features vying for the Oscar on March 15th and then preview the upcoming Spokane International Film Festival, running March 6th to 8th.
Transcribe →"Wuthering Heights" & "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die"
Feb 2300:23:09Tap to summarizeCharacters in peril, whether physical and/or emotional, tend to make good movie material, especially when those of us in the viewing audience can relate to what’s going on. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of movies that feature characters in various stages of duress. The first is the latest adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel “Wuthering Heights.” They follow that with the wild time-travel venture “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.”
Transcribe →"Magellan," "Peter Hujar's Day" & "The Plague"
Feb 1700:23:09Tap to summarizeWe all live in communities of one sort or another, but it’s each of our individual stories that filmmakers tend to explore. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss three movies that focus on characters and how they interact, both positively and negatively, with the communities to which they belong—or, in some cases, merely encounter. They begin with “Magellan,” a film about the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan. And they follow up with “The Plague” and “Peter Hujar’s Day.”
Transcribe →"Send Help," "The Housemaid" & "A Private Life"
Feb 900:23:09Tap to summarizeIt’s been a few years since the feminist MeToo movement took root. Yet it’s still going strong, at least it is in the movie industry. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss three different examples of cinematic woman-power. “Send Help,” starring Rachel McAdams is one. “The Housemaid,” starring Amanda Seyfried and Spokane’s own Sydney Sweeney, is another. And as a third, they add in “A Private Life,” a French film that stars two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster.
Transcribe →"The Testament of Ann Lee" & 2026 Oscar Nominations
Feb 400:23:09Tap to summarizeOn this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the recent Academy Awards nominations, the hits, the misses, the utter melodrama of it all. First, though, they take a look at "The Testament of Ann Lee," Mona Fastvold’s look at the woman who founded the offshoot of the Quaker church known as The Shakers.
Transcribe →"Dead Man's Wire" & "Father Mother Sister Brother"
Jan 2600:23:10Tap to summarizeAs current events tell us, life—at times—is strange. And one of the most dependable movie themes involves characters who act strangely. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films peopled by characters who don’t act in manners that most of us would consider, for want of a better term, normal.
Transcribe →"No Other Choice" & PSIFF 2026
Jan 1900:23:10Tap to summarizeFor movie fans, there’s nothing quite like losing yourself at a film festival. And that’s true whether we’re talking about Spokane’s annual event or something just a bit more national—or, more to the point, international. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart first discuss the newest film by Park Chan-wook, titled “No Other Choice.” But then Mary Pat and Dan share their recent experience attending the 37th Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Transcribe →"Marty Supreme" & "The Secret Agent"
Jan 1200:23:10Tap to summarizeWe’re entering the new year, and as always there is hope that life will improve. But we’re still left with the remains of the year that was. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of 2025 films that made a number of Best-of-the-Year lists: Josh Safdie’s "Marty Supreme" and Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho’s "The Secret Agent."
Transcribe →Best of 2025
Jan 500:23:10Tap to summarizeYes, it is now 2026, a year that at the turn of the century seemed, well, a century away. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart will be doing what they annually do: giving their impressions of the past year’s films—the good, the bad and the ugly.
Transcribe →The Modern Moviegoing Experience
Dec 2900:23:10Tap to summarizeEvery week, we here at Movies 101 central talk about the movies we see. Only on occasion, though, do we address movie-watching itself. On this week’s show, that’s exactly what Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart will do: talk about the contemporary moviegoing scene as the end of year 2025 approaches, whether that involves going to a theater or simply staying at home and taking advantage of your favorite streaming service.
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