AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS

This week on The Business, Kim Masters speaks with The Road Between Us director Barry Avrich and retired Israeli General Noam Tibon, the latter of whom drove straight into the October 7 massacre to rescue his family. Despite the third-rail nature of anything involving Israel and Gaza, the pair hopes that the documentary can be viewed as a story about family. But politics were inescapable — the film was pulled from the Toronto Film Festival, reinstated after protests, and then greeted with protests from the other side before going on to win the festival’s People’s Choice documentary prize.

Plus, as we predicted on recent episodes, Paramount has acquired The Free Press and hired founder Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News. Partners in banter Kim Masters and Matt Belloni break down the potential impact on news coverage at the network. Listen here. 

Luca Guadagnino digs into his latest challenge

This week on The Treatment, Elvis speaks with director Luca Guadagnino, whose latest film is After the Hunt, starring Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, and Ayo Adebiri. Then, actor and director Colin Hanks stops by to talk about his new documentary John Candy: I Like Me. And on the Treat, Andor creator Tony Gilroy honors his family.

KPop is healing

Composer Mark Sonnenblick, aka the man who helped bring "Golden" into our lives, joins Sam Sanders to tell us about making that one (not to mention the rest of the absolute bangers from the soundtrack), his songwriting process, and why music is vital to great storytelling. Plus, he shares his hot take, all about another flashy musical… 

Sloane Crosley read all the celebrity children's books

Presumably so you don't have to. Scrub to 35:42 to hear The New Yorker writer break down her recent piece about the overwhelming (yet overwhelmingly lacking) volumes being added to the shelves by folks who tend to be famous for reasons that have little to do with their command of syntax.

Weekend Film Reviews:Tron: Ares, After the Hunt

Renowned Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino follows up last year's one-two punch of Challengers and Queer with the provocative, academia-set drama After the Hunt. Or, as KCRW's Madeleine Brand puts it, "your news feed has taken over theaters." Does it make for a good story? This week's critics Witney Seibold and Alison Willmore weigh in. Plus, they tackle Joachim Rønning's Tron: Ares, Kathryn Bigelow's A House of Dynamite, and Raoul Peck's Orwell: 2+2=5.