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From 'Once' To 'Sing Street': Director John Carney Infuses Movies With Music

1:33pm May 04, 2016

The Irish director and screenwriter talks to Fresh Air's Ann Marie Baldonado about his new film, which tells the story of a young teenager in 1980s Dublin who discovers pop music and starts a band.

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Exene Cervenka and John Doe perform in Hollywood in September 2004. "The first person I ever saw jump into the audience was me," Cervenka tells Fresh Air.

A Personal History Of L.A. Punk: 'It Was A Free-For-All For Outcasts'

12:08pm May 03, 2016

John Doe, Exene Cervenka and Dave Alvin of X join Fresh Air to discuss punk's early days. "Anybody could belong to punk that wanted to be there," Cervenka says. "[It] didn't matter how old you were."

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Eric Bana and Ricky Gervais play an unethical radio journalist and his engineer in Special Correspondents.

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Ricky Gervais On Controversial Jokes, Celebrities And 'Special Correspondents'

11:25am May 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

"I didn't go out there to ruin everyone's day or undermine the moral fabric of America. I was making jokes." Gervais talked with NPR's Rachel Martin about his new movie and how he approaches humor.

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Nick Robinson as the troubled teen lead in Being Charlie.

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Rob And Nick Reiner Say 'Being Charlie' Is 'Drawn From Our Lives'

8:24am April 30, 2016

by NPR Staff

Being Charlie is a new film about addiction in a Hollywood family. It's a story director Rob Reiner and his son, writer Nick Reiner, say they know well because of their own family's struggles.

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Tom Hanks plays an American businessman on an assignment in the middle of the Saudi Arabian desert in A Hologram for the King, which is based on a novel by Dave Eggers.

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Tom Hanks Says Self-Doubt Is 'A High-Wire Act That We All Walk'

3:13pm April 26, 2016

"No matter what we've done there comes a point where you think, 'How did I get here?' " Hanks says. He plays an American businessman working in the middle of the Saudi Arabian desert in his new film.

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Lupita Nyong'o says it was "a very discombobulating thing," to go from obscurity to the Academy Awards.

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After Very Visible Roles, Lupita Nyong'o Looks To Disappear Into Character

8:38am April 24, 2016

by Neda Ulaby

The actor is now starring on Broadway in Eclipsed, a searing story of young women held captive in Liberia. After that and 12 Years a Slave, Nyong'o says she's ready for some lighter material.

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Blake Jenner, at left, plays Jake in Everybody Wants Some!!, but he's also a stand-in for director Richard Linklater.

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Richard Linklater Goes To College — 22 Years Later — In 'Everybody Wants Some!!'

4:27pm April 17, 2016

by NPR Staff

The director's new film follows a young baseball player through his first days of college; it's kind of an informal sequel to Linklater's 1993 last-days-of-high-school hit Dazed and Confused.

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'Barbershop' Returns, With Shears In Hand And New Twists In Mind

5:28pm April 16, 2016

The latest in the Barbershop movie franchise is out this weekend. Screenwriter Tracy Oliver, who co-wrote the screenplay, talks with NPR's Michel Martin.

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Encore: 'Mad Max' Editor On How Editing Shapes A Film

4:30pm April 11, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Margaret Sixel, Oscar-winning editor of Mad Max: Fury Road. This story originally aired on Feb. 15, 2016, on All Things Considered.

In The Paint, And In Pain: Chamique Holdsclaw's Fight With Depression

5:33pm April 03, 2016

The former WNBA star and her battle with depression is the subject of a new documentary, Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw. She speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.