Movie Interviews

When Wildlife Documentaries Jump The Shark

5:54pm September 04, 2014

by NPR Staff

Networks like the Discovery Channel have been criticized for pushing entertainment at the cost of science, with fake "documentaries" about everything from mermaids to mythical monster sharks.

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In The Hundred-Foot Journey, Helen Mirren plays an imperious French restaurant owner.

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Helen Mirren: Like Night Follows Day, Roles For Women Will Reflect Real Life

6:43pm August 28, 2014

by NPR Staff

Mirren stars as a French restaurant owner in The Hundred-Foot Journey, a film about food, family and the clash of cultures. She says during her first 20 years in film, sets were "very locker roomy."

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To Be Takei was an official selection for the Sundance Film Festival.

From 'Star Trek' To LGBT Spokesman, What It Takes 'To Be Takei'

3:44pm July 28, 2014

George Takei is famous for his role as Mr. Sulu on Star Trek. Now a new documentary, To Be Takei, delves into his personal story — including growing up in Japanese internment camps, and coming out.

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Woody Allen directs -- that's right, directs -- Colin Firth and Emma Stone in Magic in the Moonlight.

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In Which Colin Firth Debunks Some Myths About Working With Woody Allen

7:40pm July 25, 2014

by NPR STAFF

Allen doesn't rehearse, and he isn't a big talker. But Firth pooh-poohs claims that he doesn't direct. He says Allen was a "very involved and meticulous director" while making Magic in the Moonlight.

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In Wish I Was Here, Braff plays a father who embarks on a chaotic attempt to home-school his kids, Tucker (Pierce Gagnon ) and Grace (Joey King).

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In New Film, Zach Braff Asks: How Long Can You Pursue Your Dreams?

2:03pm July 23, 2014

by NPR Staff

Wish I Was Here follows a struggling actor and father of two whose breadwinning wife is starting to rethink her role. It's the first feature film Braff has directed since 2004's Garden State.

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Actor Kurt Russell Talks About The Family Business: Baseball

8:37pm July 19, 2014

David Greene talks to actor Kurt Russell about the Portland Mavericks, a 1970s independent baseball team created by Kurt's father Bing. Battered Bastards is a documentary about the team.

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The Force Is With The Navajo: 'Star Wars' Gets A New Translation

1:30pm July 14, 2014

by NPR Staff

If you've ever wondered how to say "May the Force be with you" in Navajo, you're in luck. On July 3, a new translation of the 1977 classic will be unveiled on the Navajo Nation reservation in Arizona.

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Ellar Coltrane Speaks Of Growing Up On Screen In 'Boyhood'

12:12pm July 12, 2014

Film director Richard Linklater's latest movie, Boyhood, was shot over 12 years. NPR's Tamara Keith speaks with the star of the film, Ellar Coltrane, who spent over a decade shooting the movie.

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Ellar Coltrane, who plays Mason in the new movie Boyhood, was 6 years old when director Richard Linklater picked him for the role.

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Filmed Over 12 Years, 'Boyhood' Follows A Kid's Coming Of Age

5:25pm July 11, 2014

Writer-director Richard Linklater says picking the film's star was vital because he had to guess what he'd be like at 18. "I just went with a kid who seemed kind of the most interesting."

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Robert Shaw (from left), Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss play a shark hunter, a police chief and a marine biologist in 1975's Jaws.

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Richard Dreyfuss' Kids Revisit 'Jaws,' Conclude It Makes No Sense

3:59pm July 08, 2014

by NPR Staff

Emily and Ben Dreyfuss recently reviewed the film in which their dad plays a biologist hunting a shark. In addition to finding it totally ridiculous, they realized there's a lot they misremembered.

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