Movie Interviews

Filmmakers Discuss New Documentary On 'March For Our Lives' Movement

4:57pm May 16, 2021

The documentary Us Kids showcases the rise of the "March for Our Lives" movement. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the director, Kim Snyder, and two activists, Sam Fuentes and X Gonzalez.

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Timur Bekmambetov's Newest Movie Takes Place On The Screen Of A Laptop

7:59am May 15, 2021

Scott Simon speaks with director Timur Bekmambetov about Profile, a movie set on a computer screen that follows a journalist as she investigates ISIS online.

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Jon M. Chu: Why Does Representation On Screen Matter?

8:55am May 14, 2021

With his film Crazy Rich Asians, director Jon M. Chu made his mark on Hollywood — opening doors for Asian American representation on screen. He reflects on how his heritage informs his cinematic work.

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Jenkins' 'The Underground Railroad,' Balances Beautiful Images With Brutality

6:06am May 14, 2021

NPR's Noel King speaks to Barry Jenkins, director of the new Amazon series — The Underground Railroad — based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead.

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Jim Henson, the puppeteer behind Ernie, and Frank Oz, the longtime voice of Bert, on the set of Sesame Street.

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The Story of 'Sesame Street': From Radical Experiment To Beloved TV Mainstay

8:00am May 08, 2021

A new documentary Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street recounts how the classic program reinvented children's television and continues to interpret the world with authenticity.

New Documentary Explores The Controversial Early Days Of 'Sesame Street'

4:45pm May 07, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Marilyn Agrelo, director of the new documentary Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street, and actor Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on Sesame Street.

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Stories About Mothers, Featuring Trevor Noah, Martin Scorsese And More

1:25pm May 07, 2021

by Terry Gross

Fresh Air celebrates Mother's Day with stories of mom from past interviews with Noah, Scorsese and filmmaker Albert Brooks. Plus, Lorna Luft remembers her mother, Judy Garland.

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Ben Sharrock and Amir El-Masry Bring A Refugee Story To Life In 'Limbo'

8:02am May 02, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks director Ben Sharrock and lead actor Amir El-Masry about their new film, Limbo.

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Eric Andre's 'Bad Trip' Is Unlike A Lot Of Prank Comedies You Might Have Seen

4:38pm April 30, 2021

by Sam Sanders

Sam Sanders, host of NPR's It's Been A Minute, talks with comedian Eric Andre about making a prank movie while Black, pranking mostly people of color, and how it differs from, say, Johnny Knoxville.

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Kate Winslet On The Roles That Scare Her And How 'Titanic' Shaped Her Career

1:43pm April 30, 2021

by Terry Gross

Winslet stars in the new HBO series, Mare of Easttown. She spoke to Fresh Air in 2020 about her breakout turn in Titanic when she was in her 20s. "I was learning on the fly," she says.

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