Movie Interviews

How martial arts and sisterhood inspired the new movie 'Polite Society'

4:22pm April 28, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nida Manzoor, director of the new movie Polite Society, which is about a British-Pakistani high schooler who wants to be a stuntwoman.

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Remembering 'Barton Fink' actor Michael Lerner

1:37pm April 14, 2023

by Terry Gross

The character actor, who died April 8, guest starred on dozens of TV shows and was nominated for an Oscar for playing a Hollywood studio executive in Barton Fink. Originally broadcast in 1992.

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Oscar-nominated actress Hong Chau on her new movie 'Showing Up'

8:02am April 08, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with actress Hong Chau. She was nominated for an Oscar this year, and stars in the new movie about struggling artists - "Showing Up."

Heist thriller 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' explores the case for destructive protest

4:56pm April 07, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with director Daniel Goldhaber and actor and cowriter Ariela Barer about environmental activism through sabotage in their heist film How To Blow Up a Pipeline.

Teyana Taylor stars in a movie about motherhood and life in a changing New York City

6:41pm March 31, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with actress and singer Teyana Taylor about the new film A Thousand and One, which follows a woman and her son's story for more than a decade.

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Actor Kevin Iannucci on 'Champions'

5:21pm March 25, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with actor Kevin Iannucci about his new movie Champions.

Billy Crudup plays a salesman marketing timeshares on the moon in the futuristic series Hello Tomorrow!

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From 'Almost Famous' to definitely famous, Billy Crudup is enjoying his new TV roles

7:53am March 21, 2023

by Dave Davies

Crudup stars as a fast-talking salesman in the retro-futurist Apple TV+ series Hello Tomorrow! He won an Emmy for his role as a cynical TV executive in the series The Morning Show.

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Zach Braff talks new movie 'A Good Person'

5:18pm March 18, 2023

NPR's Pien Huang speaks with writer and director Zach Braff about his new movie A Good Person.

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Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh wants to change the way we think of superheroes

2:06pm March 17, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Yeoh felt relieved when she first read the script for Everything Everywhere All at Once: Finally, here was a film that cast a middle-aged mother as an action hero. Originally broadcast April 2022.

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How Adam Sandler carved out a niche in musical comedy: 'The guitar helped relax me'

2:06pm March 17, 2023

by Terry Gross

Sandler will be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on March 19. He spoke to Fresh Air in 2019, along with writer/directors Josh and Benny Safdie, about their film Uncut Gems.

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