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'Star Trek Beyond' Director Recalls Classic Show's 'Sense Of Family'

4:32pm July 22, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to director Justin Lin about leading the third installment of the Star Trek reboot, directing popular movie series, and the growing importance of international movie markets.

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Fresh Air Remembers Garry Marshall, Creator Of 'Happy Days' And 'Laverne & Shirley'

1:48pm July 20, 2016

Marshall, who died yesterday at the age of 81, was a noted writer and director of both television and film. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1991, shortly after the release of his movie, Frankie and Johnny.

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Mike Birbiglia says his new film, Don't Think Twice, is like a "Big Chill-type comedy set in the world of an improv theater."

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Comic Mike Birbiglia On His Best Failure And The 3 Rules Of Improv

1:22pm July 20, 2016

Birbiglia says the failure of his sitcom pilot is the best thing that could have happened to him, artistically. His new film, Don't Think Twice, tells the story of an improv comedy group.

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'Aliens' Turns 30: Celebrating The Iconic Sci-Fi Sequel

6:44pm July 18, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish interviews NPR contributor and critic Chris Klimek about the Aliens sequel and the 30th anniversary of the film.

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In 'The Fixers,' A Glimpse Of Cleveland That Goes Deeper Than The Guidebook

12:57pm July 18, 2016

Kate Spoko created a documentary series called The Fixers. In it, she asks Clevelanders what tour of the city they would give to Republican National Convention delegates.

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'The Money Was The Soft Spot': 'The Infiltrator' On Taking Down Pablo Escobar

6:53pm July 14, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Robert Mazur, the federal agent who went undercover as a money launderer to take down the banks behind Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel. Bryan Cranston plays Mazur in the new movie, The Infiltrator, which dramatizes the years long operation.

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'Just Another Version Of You' Celebrates Norman Lear's TV Legacy

4:32pm July 11, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to legendary television producer Norman Lear about some insights into his character featured in a new documentary about his life called Just Another Version of You.

Documentary Explores The Cyber-War Secrets Of Stuxnet

4:54pm July 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.

These ants are some of the stars of the award-winning film Ant by Rustam Orifi.

Health & Safety

'Ant' Is A Movie About Ants — Or Is It?

7:00am July 03, 2016

by Joe Schottenfeld

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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For Filmmaker Brian De Palma, It All Started With Alfred Hitchcock

4:29pm July 01, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel uses a new documentary about film director Brian De Palma to talk to him about his career highs and lows, techniques, and how deeply he has been influenced by Alfred Hitchcock.