Movie Interviews

National

Hannah Marks' road trip film follows a familiar path — with a few unexpected exits

4:49pm July 15, 2022

Hannah Marks directs John Cho and Mia Isaac in Amazon's new film Don't Make Me Go, a comedic but melancholy story of a father and daughter's road trip across America.

A makeshift memorial sits beneath a mural of late Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen in Fort Worth, Texas in July 2020.

National

#IAmVanessaGuillen documentary explores the culture of toxicity at Fort Hood

12:23pm July 12, 2022

by A Martínez

The murder of Spc. Vanessa Guillén shed a light on the widespread problem of sexual misconduct in the military. A new documentary in English and Spanish looks at what's changed and what work remains.

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Arts

Denzel Washington: The Fresh Air interview

1:28pm July 08, 2022

by Terry Gross

Washington was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He spoke to Fresh Air in 2008, about the film The Great Debaters, which he directed and starred in.

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New documentary 'Hiding in Plain Sight' sheds light on youth mental health crisis

5:26pm July 05, 2022

The new documentary Hiding in Plain Sight is an investigation of the mental health challenges of youth in the U.S., which Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has flagged as a "real and widespread" problem.

Jenny Slate talks new 'Marcel the Shell' movie

5:15pm June 25, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with actor and comedian Jenny Slate about her new film Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.

'You Resemble Me' director talks new film

5:09pm June 18, 2022

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with director Dina Amer about her latest film You Resemble Me.

Daryl McCormack and Emma Thompson star in the film, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande.

Arts

Emma Thompson on her new film — and the idea the female orgasm has to be performative

9:17pm June 17, 2022

In her new film, Thompson portrays a widower who reckons with her own sexual discovery in an experience she calls "irresistibly delicious."

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Arts

Remembering character actor Philip Baker Hall

1:47pm June 17, 2022

by Terry Gross

Hall, who died June 12, appeared in the Paul Thomas Anderson films Boogie Nights and Magnolia. He also played a cop on the trail of overdue library books on Seinfeld. Originally broadcast in 2003.

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Estefan and Garcia play parents 'of the Bride' in new adaptation of classic film

5:51pm June 16, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan about their new movie Father of the Bride, which is a fresh take on a familiar story: Dad finds out his daughter is getting married.

Jeremiah Zagar speaks onstage during Netflix's Hustle Philadelphia special screening on June 7 in Philadelphia.

Sports

'Hustle' is Jeremiah Zagar's love letter to basketball fans in Philadelphia

5:10pm June 12, 2022

by Cheryl W. Thompson

Many of the actors who star alongside Adam Sandler in the new basketball movie Hustle are real NBA athletes. NPR's Cheryl W. Thompson talks with director Jeremiah Zagar about the film.