Movie Interviews

Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi (top) play bloodsucking housemates struggling with mundane things like rent and chores.

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What Do We Do 'In The Shadows'? Dishes, Mostly

6:31am February 09, 2015

by NPR Staff

Jemaine Clement, famed Flight of the Conchords member, is now a vampire. He and co-star/director Taika Waititi play squabbling bloodsucker flatmates in the new mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows.

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David Oyelowo stars as Joe "Lightning" Little in Red Tails.

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In 'Selma,' British Actor Brings Outsider's Perspective To MLK

3:00pm February 05, 2015

by Bilal Qureshi

David Oyelowo talks about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the Oscar-nominated film Selma — as well as the LBJ controversy, slavery and how he learned about what it's like to be black in America.

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Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) is a linguistics professor who gets diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. "Who can take us seriously when we are so far from who we once were?" she asks. "We become ridiculous, incapable, comic. But this is not who we are.

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Julianne Moore: Alzheimer's Makes Us Question 'Our Essential Selves'

2:09pm February 05, 2015

by NPR Staff

In Still Alice, Moore plays Alice Howland, a 50-year-old linguistics professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. Moore says she spent months meeting with people affected by the disease.

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Bradley Cooper gained 40 pounds of muscle to play Navy SEAL Chris Kyle in the film American Sniper. "It wasn't at all like a costume," he said. "It was like ... this sort of transformative experience to me because there was no going home from it."

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Bradley Cooper: 'Sniper' Controversy Distracts From Film's Message About Vets

3:17pm February 02, 2015

As the film's depiction of the Iraq War has come under scrutiny, Cooper, who portrays Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, says the discussion is moving away from "the fact that 22 vets commit suicide each day."

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Danny Glover plays Mr. Walker, the head of the black family held hostage by a white supremacist, in Supremacy.

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Former Basketball Player Scores As A Filmmaker

6:30pm January 31, 2015

by Priska Neely

While Deon Taylor was playing professional basketball in Germany, he had an epiphany: he wanted to make movies. The self-taught director's latest film, Supremacy, was released this Friday.

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Antoine-Olivier Pilon plays 15-year-old Steve in Xavier Dolan's Mommy.

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At Its Core, Warped Family Drama 'Mommy' Is 'A Story Of Love'

9:59am January 25, 2015

by NPR Staff

In his award-winning film, Xavier Dolan, 25, tackles the relationship between a single mom and her troubled son. He says, "I feel like I knew this kid. ... He's just the worst version of who I was."

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The documentary Red Army profiles Viacheslav "Slava" Fetisov — one of the most decorated athletes in Soviet history.

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'Red Army' Explores How The Cold War Played Out On Ice

10:14am January 23, 2015

by NPR Staff

When the U.S. hockey team beat the USSR during the 1980 Olympics, it was dubbed the "miracle on ice." Red Army profiles the Russian athletes and their place in the Soviet Union's propaganda machine.

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The Imitation Game, starring Keira Knightley and Benedict Cumberbatch, follows the story of mathematician Alan Turing — from his efforts to break Germany's Enigma code during World War II to his conviction for homosexuality.

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Benedict Cumberbatch On Alan Turing's Awkwardness And Sherlock's Sex Appeal

8:58am January 22, 2015

The actor gained critical acclaim — and a big following — for his role in Sherlock. Now he's up for an Oscar for his portrayal of eccentric mathematician Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.

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Chris Hemsworth plays hacker and furloughed convict Nicholas Hathaway in Blackhat.

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'Blackhat': A Classic Detective Story For A Brave New World

7:07pm January 20, 2015

by NPR Staff

Over his years as a director, Michael Mann has taken on many crime stories. In his new film, malware is a central villain and the hero battles an adversary who resides in the virtual world.

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David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. and Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King in the new movie Selma.

A Vital Chapter Of American History On Film In 'Selma'

9:20pm January 19, 2015

by NPR Staff

Director Ava DuVernay speaks to NPR's Michele Norris about making Selma, a searing depiction of the battle for voting rights — and the first major movie about the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

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