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New Film Reviews

By Charles Horak III,

Published October 12, 2024 at 1:00 PM MDT

Psychopaths and vampires are at the center of two new films kick off the October film season. Todd Phillips's sequel Joker: Folie à Deux, has quickly polarized audiences, and a new Max original promises to bring Stephen King's 1975 novel, Salem's Lot, to life. In this edition of On Film, host Charles Horak welcomes El Paso Filmmaker and frequent contributor Carlos de La Torre to discuss these new offerings and the difficulty of finding movies worth your while.

Additional Information/Links:

To know more about Joker: Folie à Deux visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11315808/
To know more about Salem's Lot visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10245072/?ref_=tt_mv_close

Originally aired on October 12, 2024

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Charles Horak III

Since 2004, Charles Horak has been the host of the long-running radio program, On Film, creating more than 1,000 programs dedicated to film reviews, filmmaker interviews and discussions of cinema history and industry advancement. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Association and board member of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image.

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Carlos M. De la Torre

Carlos M. De La Torre is a Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Co-Founder, and Chairman of Tower Productions, formed in 2016. He graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2018 with a Double Bachelor's Degree in Digital Media Production and History. Some of the films he's Written and Directed include the award-winning short films, “So, Who Was It This Time?”, "You Know What's Funny" , “The Tram”, and feature film, "Depth of Field".

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Sam Cassiano

Sam Cassiano is a native Californian who spent his formative years in the Bay Area. An army brat, his family toured Germany and Japan before settling in El Paso in 1973. Initially a Communications Major at UTEP, a radio internship at KPAS-FM 94, the PASS launched his broadcasting career. He can be heard as the morning news anchor on KTEP during NPR's Morning Edition, and Friday evenings at 10 pm as the host of Friday Night Blues.

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