Jeff Daniels & Jared Harris on avoiding doing impressions while portraying Reagan & Gorbachev.
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.
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Matthew McConaughey & Angelina Looking Glass talk about developing their father/daughter bonding amidst a rural background of tension.
Air Date: August 19, 2026
Anne Hathaway & Tom Holland talk to Patrick Stoner about the commitment required to undertake a Christopher Nolan epic. ...
Air Date: August 12, 2026
Esther Smith, star of the multi season series, talks with Patrick Stoner about needing to pretend it will never end just like we do in re ...
Air Date: August 5, 2026
Christopher Nolan talks with Patrick Stoner about the most difficult part to film in his sprawling critical & box office hit. ...
Air Date: July 29, 2026
J K Simmons & Tom Brittney talk with Patrick Stoner about creating the violent but tightly knit world of the real life Irish gang of ...
Air Date: July 22, 2026
Matt Damon talks with Patrick Stoner about the grueling shooting schedule of the epic & why Christopher Nolan’s directorial style ...
Air Date: July 15, 2026
William Franklyn-Miller & Sir Ben Kingsley talk with Patrick Stoner about the struggling but learning young British officer who late ...
Air Date: July 8, 2026
Luke Bracey (“Charles Ingalls”), Crosby Fitzgerald (“Caroline Ingalls”), Skywalker Hughes (“Mary Ingalls”) & Alice Halse ...
Air Date: July 1, 2026
Scott Eastwood & Director Rod Lurie talk with Patrick Stoner about the grueling challenges of shooting this WW2 true story on locati ...
Air Date: June 24, 2026
Steven Spielberg and Emily Blunt talk with Patrick Stoner about shooting his complicated film with constant revisions throughout. ...
Air Date: June 17, 2026
Tom Hanks & Tim Allen talk with Patrick Stoner about their emotional reaction to saying goodbye to their iconic characters in the fi ...
Air Date: June 10, 2026
Andrew Scott talks with Patrick Stoner about his real life character, the weather expert who had to pick the only time the D Day landings ...
Air Date: June 3, 2026
The director and co-star—Andrew Bernstein and Michael Kelly—talk with Patrick Stoner about the differences between the series and the ...
Air Date: May 27, 2026
Oscar winner Brendan Fraser talks with Patrick Stoner about playing General Dwight Eisenhower & the planning of D Day in WW2. ...
Air Date: May 20, 2026














