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Are Movies Getting Better?

Feb 19, 2019
Spoiler Alert: An economist has evidence that we're in a golden age of cinema.
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World
Alice Dwyer plays the young Hanni Lévy in <em>The Invisibles, </em>which focuses on the lives of four German Jews who stayed in Germany during World War II and survived.
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'The Invisibles' Reveals How Some Jews Survived Nazi Germany By Hiding In Plain Sight

Jan 29, 2019
"You just had to ignore the fear in your gut and push it away, become someone else," recalls one Jewish survivor, now 94. "I had to act like a regular Berliner. And this is what saved me in the end."
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Obituaries
Jonas Mekas, seen in 2015 in Venice, Italy, where the filmmaker's digital works were exhibited at the same time as the Venice Biennale. Mekas died Wednesday at the age of 96.
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Jonas Mekas, Underground Filmmaker Who Cast A Long Shadow, Dies At 96

Jan 23, 2019
The Lithuanian-born director, poet, archivist and critic, who died Wednesday, not only made dozens of experimental films — he helped carve a place for countless other filmmakers to do the same.
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Medusa And Jewish Film Fests Underway

Jan 10, 2019

Two film festivals are now in-progress in Las Vegas but they are very different kinds of festivals.

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Movies
Director Ryan Coogler attends a London screening of his film <em>Black Panther</em>, the highest-grossing movie of 2018.
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Black Directors Had A Big Year In 2018 — But Other Inclusion Numbers Stagnated

Jan 04, 2019
A new study by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative found a huge leap in the number of black directors behind the year's biggest films. But its findings elsewhere in Hollywood weren't so rosy.
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Business
<em>Roma</em>, written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, is being shown in cinemas across the U.S. — but for just a few weeks — before heading for Netflix streaming.
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With An Eye On Oscars, Netflix Sent 'Roma' To Theaters First

Dec 07, 2018
Alfonso Cuarón's acclaimed movie has been part of an ongoing battle over who gets to premiere movies: streaming services like Netflix, or theaters?
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Obituaries

William Goldman, Writer Behind 'Butch Cassidy,' 'Princess Bride,' Dies At 87

Nov 16, 2018
Goldman had a successful literary career before he turned to Hollywood, where he made an indelible mark — as the writer of beloved movies as well as a bestselling guide to screenwriting.
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"Hunt For The Skinwalker" Comes To The Big Screen

Sep 04, 2018

A ranch in eastern Utah has been the subject of speculation and research for years.

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Business
Cassie Langdon holds her MoviePass card outside AMC Indianapolis 17 theatre in Indianapolis on Jan. 30. MoviePass, the discount service for movie tickets, announced it will not be raising prices but will be capping theater visits at three per month.
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MoviePass Limiting Subscribers To 3 Movies Per Month

Aug 06, 2018
The beleaguered movie theater subscription company will not be raising prices, as it had announced last week. Instead, it will institute a cap on theater visits.
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Movies
Actor Wu Lei and actress Zhang Yishang attend a media conference for the film <em>Asura</em> in January in Beijing.
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China's Most Expensive Film Could Prove Its Biggest Movie Flop

Jul 17, 2018
Asura, billed as an epic fantasy based on Buddhist mythology that cost $112 million to make, had a dismal box office in its opening weekend and was promptly pulled by producers.
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Parallels
Reem Almodian, 22, says her dream was to perform on Broadway or in front of a camera. She decided to go behind the camera instead and enrolled in Saudi Arabia's only film school, at the all-female Effat University.
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As Saudi Arabia's Cinema Ban Ends, Filmmakers Eye New Opportunities

Apr 21, 2018
Allowing cinemas is part of a modernization drive by the Saudi government, which hopes to create more business opportunities and become a regional film hub. But it's a tough place to be a filmmaker.
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13.7: Cosmos And Culture
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Wrinkling Time To Heal A Family

Mar 21, 2018
Showing science's enchanting side has the almost magical effect of opening new portals to what is possible, says astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser.
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Parallels
A statue of a soldier on horseback is unveiled during a ceremony near the World Trade Center Memorial site in New York on Oct. 19, 2012. The 16-foot-tall sculpture is a memorial to the troops who led the American invasion of Afghanistan in the weeks imme
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'12 Strong': When The Afghan War Looked Like A Quick, Stirring Victory

Jan 18, 2018
Many Americans may be weary of the war in Afghanistan. But a new movie is betting big on the true story of Green Berets on horseback who made the early days of the fight look deceptively easy.
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Monkey See
Frances McDormand plays Mildred Hayes, a mother determined to find her daughter's murderer, in <em>Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri</em>.
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NPR's Favorite Movies Of 2017

Dec 19, 2017
You may not agree that a given film belongs on this list, or we might have left your favorite off. But movies are meant to inspire discussion and debate; why shouldn't year-end lists do the same?
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Simon Says
Dillon Smith gets popcorn for customers in the concession stand at the TK/Starlite Drive-In Theater in Nebraska.
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Good Things Come To Those Who Wait In Line

Dec 16, 2017
NPR's Scott Simon considers the joys of standing in line, whether for a flight home for the holidays or a tub of popcorn at the multiplex.
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Stephen King.
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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Recommending The Best Of Stephen King

Aug 11, 2017
We didn't like the new Dark Tower movie, so we opted instead to discuss King's vast and rewarding career. And, as always, What's Making Us Happy this week.
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The Two-Way
Sam Shepard in 2011.
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Sam Shepard, 'Poet Laureate Of America's Emotional Badlands,' Dies At 73

Jul 31, 2017
A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, Shepard cut a towering presence in theater and cinema. He died last week of complications from ALS, a family spokesman says.
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Parallels
Actress Ratna Pathak stars as the older woman, Usha or Auntie, in Alankrita Shrivastava's <em>Lipstick Under My Burkha</em>. She says "little by little" Bollywood is showing a bit more interest "in stories about women that are not black and white."
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Feminist Films Push Boundaries In India

Jun 03, 2017
Bollywood tends to portray women as sex objects or subservient sidekicks to male leads. But a few female directors of independent films have begun depicting women with complex or unconventional lives.
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Code Switch
The cast of "Miss Saigon" takes part in the curtain call on opening night at the Broadway Theatre on March 23, 2017 in New York City.
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This Week In Race: Census Worries, Yellowface And Kendall Jenner. Again.

May 12, 2017
In this edition: posers, pretenders and passers.
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The Two-Way
Jonathan Demme speaks with an interviewer at a 25th anniversary showing of <em>The Silence of the Lambs</em> at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City last year.
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Jonathan Demme, Director Of 'Silence Of The Lambs,' Dies At 73

Apr 26, 2017
During more than four decades behind the camera, the Oscar-winning filmmaker forged a wide-ranging career — from documentaries to horror. He died Wednesday from complications of esophageal cancer.
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Parallels
"Our society is not ready at all to deal with these issues," says Wasim Hosary, a lawyer in the town of Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel. He lauds the film's exploration of chauvinism masquerading as moralism.
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New Film Spotlights Palestinian Women Navigating Life 'In Between' Cultures

Mar 26, 2017
Maysaloun Hamoud's In Between highlights the challenges young Palestinian women face in Israel as they try to live amid contradictory expectations. Hamoud has received death threats since its release.
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The Two-Way
TV host Robert Osborne attends TCM Classic Film Festival's opening night gala of <em>Oklahoma!</em> in Hollywood in 2014.
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Robert Osborne, Host Of Turner Classic Movies, Dies At 84

Mar 06, 2017
Osborne wrote a column for The Hollywood Reporter, kept the official history of the Academy Awards and was the primetime host of TCM.
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The Two-Way
Director Seijun Suzuki, center, died last week at age 93. He's seen here with actors Zhang Ziyi, left, and Joe Odagiri, right, as they arrive for a screening at the Cannes film festival in 2005.
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Seijun Suzuki, Director Of Delirious Thrillers, Dies At Age 93

Feb 22, 2017
These days, Suzuki's Branded to Kill is widely seen as a masterpiece; when he made the absurdist thriller in 1967, he was fired.
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75 Years Later: Carole Lombard And The Crash Into Mt. Potosi

Jan 23, 2017

This month marks the 75th anniversary of a famous and tragic incident.

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Goats and Soda
<em>The Yard </em>features plotlines that have nothing to do with FGM. Above, a con artist (center) pretends to be a healer.
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What If 'Gilmore Girls' Had A Female Genital Mutilation Subplot?

Oct 13, 2016
A new study tests an intriguing strategy. Can a melodramatic movie change minds about a dangerous but longstanding ritual?

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