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Wonder Woman Shows Girls That Men Aren't The Only Superheros Who Rescue People

Jun 03, 2017
The original Wonder Woman film takes place during WWI, but Jill Lepore, author of The Secret History of Wonder Woman, says the Princess of the Amazons has also been fighting a "war" off-screen.
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Acting Since She Was A Child, Amber Tamblyn Is Now A Director

May 21, 2017
Amber Tamblyn's directorial debut, Paint It Black, is adapted from Janet Fitch's novel of the same name. Tamblyn tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about how she convinced Fitch to let her adapt it.
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Amandla Stenberg stars in <em>Everything, Everything,</em> a complicated love story between a teenaged girl unable to leave her home because of a rare illness, and her new next-door neighbor.

Amandla Stenberg 'Infiltrates' Teen Romance World In 'Everything, Everything'

May 14, 2017
Amandla Stenberg stars in Everything, Everything as teenage girl who is forbidden to leave her home due to a rare illness. Stenberg talks about this role and her activism with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.
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"Dear George," A Film By Reno-based Filmmaker Emily Skyle

May 16, 2017

Reno-based filmmaker Emily Skyle's short film "Dear George," which she both wrote and directed, will be featured at the Cannes Film Festival. 

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Liev Schreiber plays the boxer Chuck Wepner, who fought Muhammad Ali in 1975.

Liev Schreiber On The 'Unsafe' Obsession With Celebrity And The Story Of 'Chuck'

May 06, 2017
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with actor Liev Schreiber about his new film Chuck, which tells the story of boxer Chuck Wepner, the real-life inspiration for the Rocky film franchise.
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"The question of complete control and complete dominance of a marketplace means complete control and complete dominance of your daily life," Tom Hanks says. He plays the co-founder of a giant tech company in the new film <em>The Circle.</em>

'It Is Neither Nor, It Is Both': Tom Hanks Finds No Easy Answers In 'The Circle'

Apr 30, 2017
In the film adaptation of Dave Eggers' 2013 novel, Hanks plays Eamon Bailey, co-founder of a giant social media and tech company with the creepy mantra: "Sharing is caring."
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'Casting JonBenét' Is A New Look At An Old Case

Apr 30, 2017
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to director Kitty Green about her new documentary Casting JonBenét, which takes an unconventional look at the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey.
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For 'New York Times' Obit Writers, 'Death Is Never Solicitous Of A Deadline'

Apr 27, 2017
Bruce Weber and Margalit Fox have written obituaries for thousands of people, ranging from heads of state to the inventor of the Etch-a-Sketch. They are featured in the new documentary Obit.
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Food

Anthony Bourdain And Jeremiah Tower On 'The Last Magnificent'

Apr 23, 2017
Jeremiah Tower and Anthony Bourdain join NPR's Lynn Neary to talk about the new documentary The Last Magnificent. It's the story of how Tower, once a major culinary figure, rose then disappeared.
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Henrietta Lacks (Goldsberry) died from cancer at the age of 31, leaving behind four children.

Renée Elise Goldsberry Hopes 'Henrietta Lacks' Movie Will Start Conversations

Apr 22, 2017
The actress plays a young African-American woman whose cells, which were taken without her knowledge or consent, went on to become "immortal."
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How Lenny Kaye, The Godfather Of Garage Rock, Illuminated 'The Psalms'

Mar 24, 2017
Lenny Kaye is an elemental force in music and a spiritually attuned diviner of sounds. On this episode, he walks us through his process and his inspirations.
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Chris sits down for tea with Rose's parents in <em>Get Out</em>. (From left, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Allison Williams, Betty Gabriel and Daniel Kaluuya).

'Get Out' Sprang From An Effort To Master Fear, Says Director Jordan Peele

Mar 15, 2017
As a kid, Peele was terrified of "the demons that lurked in the dark." Then he realized that by making a horror-thriller, he "would be wielding this power, as opposed to being a victim to it."
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'Time: The Kalief Browder Story' Depicts Issues With Solitary Confinement

Mar 04, 2017
Director Jenner Furst talks about his new documentary miniseries, Time: The Kalief Browder Story, on Spike TV. Browder served three years in Riker's Island jail after being accused of stealing.
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'Oklahoma City' Explores Anti-Government Sentiments That Contributed to Bombing

Feb 05, 2017
Director Barak Goodman talks about his new documentary Oklahoma City, which traces the Oklahoma City bombing's origins in the white supremacy movement and anti-government sentiments.
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Documentary Focuses On 'Voicelessness And Helplessness' Of Solitary Confinement

Feb 05, 2017
Filmmaker Kristi Jacobson talks about her new documentary Solitary, an in depth look at life as a prisoner in solitary confinement at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia.
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'Dolores' Focuses On Life Of Labor And Civil Rights Leader Dolores Huerta

Jan 22, 2017
Dolores Huerta was one of the co-founders of the group that became the United Farm Workers. She's continuing her activism of more than 60 years and her life is the focus of a new documentary, Dolores.
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Dev Patel On The 'Driving Force' Of Playing The Part Of A Living Person

Nov 20, 2016
In the movie, Lion, Dev Patel plays Saroo Brierley, a young man who got separated from his family in India as a child. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Patel about the role.
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Action Film Director Park Chan-Wook Transports Erotic 'Handmaiden' To 1930s Korea

Oct 30, 2016
The new lesbian romance thriller is a big change from the novel it's based on — 2002's "Fingersmith" set in Victorian England. It's also a change of pace for the acclaimed South Korean director.
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First-time film actress Madina Nalwanga (left) says she often copied co-star Lupita Nyong'o's warm-up exercises on the set of <em>Queen of Katwe</em>.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Lupita Nyong'o, 'TV: The Book,' 'Take My Wife'

Oct 14, 2016
This week in a special episode, we're featuring three conversations with interesting folks from movies, television, and books (about television).
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Kats On Jerry Lewis: At 90, A New Movie And A One-Man Stage Show

Sep 29, 2016

John Katsilometes of the Las Vegas Review-Journal talks about the new Jerry Lewis movie, "Max Rose."

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Ava Duvernay And 'Queen Sugar': Celebrating Diversity, Inclusivity In TV

Sep 04, 2016
Ava Duvernay, director of the acclaimed film Selma, brings her talents to TV in Queen Sugar, an original drama series for Oprah's OWN network premiering Sept. 6.
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Nate Parker attends the 'The Birth Of A Nation' Premiere during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

Nate Parker's Past, His Present, And The Future of 'Birth Of A Nation': Episode 14

Aug 24, 2016
News of a 1999 rape case against Nate Parker raises some age-old questions about culture: Can art be separated from its creator? What moral obligations, if any, do the consumers of culture bear?
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Interview With Jonah Hill And Todd Phillips On New Film 'War Dogs'

Aug 21, 2016
Jonah Hill and Todd Phillips talk with Rachel Martin about their "War Dogs," which tells the mostly-true story of two pot-smoking 20-year-olds who win a $300 million U.S. government weapons contract.
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National Security

Documentary Explores The Cyber-War Secrets Of Stuxnet

Jul 04, 2016
Alex Gibney's new documentary, Zero Days, looks at the Stuxnet worm — a cyber weapon developed by the U.S. and Israel. Gibney talks to NPR's Ari Shapiro about the film and the future of cyber warfare.
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'Ant' Is A Movie About Ants — Or Is It?

Jul 03, 2016
The director, a young man from Tajikistan, says he wanted to show a day in the life of an ant. But there may be more to it than that.

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