LK Special: Critics Roundtable with Robert Abele, Manohla Dargis, Peter Debruge
Linoleum Knife
Alonso Duralde
4.8 • 653 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Dave and Alonso are joined by three friends of the show to talk about the state of film criticism, moviegoing, and other topics.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to a very special episode of |
| 0:03.7 | Lenoleum knife. |
| 0:05.8 | A podcast of the cinema. |
| 0:07.5 | I'm Alonzo Duraldi. That's Dave White. |
| 0:09.3 | And we are joined for this episode by a wonderful panel of guests. |
| 0:14.6 | Yes, usually we do this at the beginning of the year. |
| 0:17.1 | And last year we didn't do it at all. |
| 0:19.0 | That's on us. |
| 0:19.9 | We're just bad at organizing. |
| 0:21.3 | But we're so thrilled to have with us today. |
| 0:25.2 | Manola Dargis, work for The New York Times. |
| 0:29.6 | Robert Abley. |
| 0:30.7 | I am the president of the LA Film Critics Association. |
| 0:34.5 | Peter de Bruges, who spent 20 years in variety. |
| 0:37.2 | I came armed with my 2024 top 10 list. |
| 0:39.3 | That's what we're talking about, right? |
| 0:41.3 | I don't remember not doing this last year. |
| 0:43.3 | And we are missing our usual guest, Justin Chang. |
| 0:48.3 | His entire home has a cold. |
| 0:51.3 | And there you go. |
| 0:52.3 | The house itself. |
| 0:53.3 | The house is wheezing. |
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