Movie Interviews

'Brooklyn' Chronicles The Heartache Of The Irish-American Immigrant Experience

2:01pm November 17, 2015

Director John Crowley and actress Saoirse Ronan join Fresh Air to discuss Brooklyn, a film about a homesick immigrant forced to choose between her familiar hometown and an unpredictable new life.

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Patricia Riggen filmed The 33 inside two Colombian mines. She says, "We went to Colombia because their mines ... are not as deep and as dangerous as the Chilean mines."

Indie Filmmaker Brings Story Of Chile's '33' Miners To The Big Screen

2:27pm November 13, 2015

by NPR Staff

Before making the film, Patricia Riggen met with the real miners and heard their stories. She says she aimed to "portray the heart of these guys and what they went through emotionally."

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A Day in the Life of Peter Sarsgaard

11:28am November 12, 2015

For our VIP game, we narrate a slightly fictitious day in the life of Peter Sarsgaard.

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Ma (Brie Larson) snuggles with her son Jack (Jacob Tremblay) in Room.

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Actress Brie Larson Finds Light Within The Darkness Of 'Room'

6:50pm November 09, 2015

In her new film, Larson plays a woman who has created an elaborate fantasy world to hide a harsh reality from her son. The actress says the son's innocence in Room reminds her of her own childhood.

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Boston Clergy Sex Abuse Under 'Spotlight' Anew

5:57pm November 09, 2015

Boston Globe reporter Sacha Pfeiffer was part of the investigative team that uncovered the massive scandal involving sexual abuse by Catholic priests. She speaks with NPR's Audie Cornish about their story, which is now told in the feature film Spotlight.

Bryan Cranston and Diane Lane play Dalton and Cleo Trumbo in a new film about the screenwriter's life.

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Bryan Cranston Becomes Blacklisted Screenwriter In 'Trumbo' Biopic

6:41pm November 06, 2015

by NPR Staff

Cranston used tapes of writer Dalton Trumbo to study his speech patterns and smoking habit. Then he put on glasses and a mustache, and he says, "I [started] to see that man."

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The Sounds Of James Bond, From The Editors Who Created Them

6:21pm November 06, 2015

by Becky Sullivan

Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg won the Oscar for their sound work on Skyfall. Now they're back with the new James Bond movie, Spectre. NPR's Becky Sullivan talks to the pair about just what a sound editor does.

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Saoirse Ronan Stars In Movie Version Of Literary Bestseller 'Brooklyn'

11:29am November 04, 2015

Renee Montagne talks to Saoirse Ronan about the film, Brooklyn. It's the story of a young woman who, in 1950s Ireland, must leave her family for what she hopes will be a better life in America.

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In 'The Diplomat,' Filmmaker David Holbrooke Recalls Late Father's Career

2:47pm November 03, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with filmmaker David Holbrooke about his new documentary, The Diplomat, exploring the life of his late father, the renowned diplomat Richard Holbrooke.

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'India's Daughter' Opens In U.S. After Being Banned In India

2:23pm November 02, 2015

A new documentary chronicles the 2012 rape and death of a young medical student. Michel Martin speaks to the director of India's Daughter about what she hopes audiences will learn from the movie.

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