Movie Interviews

Paul McCartney, shown here in 1963, says the initial rush of Beatlemania "was the fulfillment of all our dreams."

Paul McCartney knew he'd never top The Beatles — and that's just fine with him

5:36pm November 03, 2021

by Terry Gross

The forthcoming documentary Get Back revisits The Beatles' final days together. McCartney says he took the band's breakup hard: "It was quite difficult, because I didn't know what to do at all."

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Edgar Wright (center) works with actor Anya Taylor-Joy and Matt Smith on the set of Last Night in Soho.

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Edgar Wright tells a different kind of ghost story in 'Last Night in Soho'

12:56pm November 01, 2021

by Sam Briger

Wright's new movie centers on a young woman who is transported in her dreams into the swinging '60s of London: "The film is sort of about having nostalgia for a decade that you never lived in."

Actor Jaden Michael on playing a young Colin Kaepernick

4:54pm October 30, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jaden Michael, who stars in the new Netflix series Colin in Black and White.

In September 1971, prisoners at Attica prison in update New York revolted in protest of inhumane living conditions.

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How the Attica prison uprising started — and why it still resonates today

3:11pm October 27, 2021

by Dave Davies

A new documentary goes behind the walls of the deadly 1971 uprising. Attica filmmaker Stanley Nelson and former prisoner Arthur Harrison reflect on the five-day revolt, and its lasting legacy.

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Jonathan Majors drew on his rural roots to play a cowboy in 'The Harder They Fall'

2:01pm October 25, 2021

by Audie Cornish

Majors was nominated for an Emmy for his role in the HBO series Lovecraft Country. Now he stars as an outlaw seeking revenge in The Harder They Fall, a western featuring an all-Black cast.

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Oscar Isaac, shown here at the 2020 Academy Awards, credits his father with introducing him to acting: "I started making movies with his camcorder."

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For Oscar Isaac, life — and acting — is all about impermanence

2:14pm October 21, 2021

by Terry Gross

Isaac says the bonds he makes on set are both meaningful and transient: "You have these really intense months ... and then it goes away." He stars in Dune, The Card Counter and Scenes from a Marriage.

The film version of 'Dune' aims to remain true to the sci-fi author's vision

6:13am October 21, 2021

Director Denis Villeneuve's film Dune recreates the desert world of the 1965 sci-fi novel. He tells NPR's A Martínez that Dune has lived in his imagination since he was a kid.

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How Troy Kotsur of 'CODA' broke barriers as a deaf actor, on stage and on screen

2:29pm October 19, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

The new film CODA tells the story of a hearing daughter living with her deaf family. It represents a breakthrough for deaf representation on screen and it stars acclaimed actor Troy Kotsur.

'Genius' actor Cynthia Erivo opens up her voice on 'Ch. 1 Vs. 1'

1:20pm October 18, 2021

by Terry Gross

The British actor and singer played abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Harriet, and Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha. Now Erivo has a debut album. "I sing often with a bit of a smile," she says.

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New film follows the divers who risked it all in the Thailand cave rescue

7:56am October 13, 2021

NPR's A Martínez talks to filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi about the documentary The Rescue — which recounts the 2018 underwater effort to save 12 boys and their soccer coach from a cave.