Friday Film Roundup

Jun. 17, 2016

This was a difficult week of news, but this weekend offers plenty of new film releases for a hours of relief, including “Finding Dory” and a creepy documentary about competitive tickling. Our critics give their takes.

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Credits

Guests:

Christy Lemire - film critic for RogerEbert.com and co-host of the YouTube channel “Breakfast All Day” - @christylemire
Miri Jedeikin - Movies with Miri - @mirithejedi

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Matt Holzman, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Sarah Sweeney

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