Movie Interviews

Sacha Baron Cohen, shown here in 2019, has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards: two for acting in and producing Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and another for his supporting actor role in The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Arts

Sacha Baron Cohen On 'Borat' Ethics And Why His Disguise Days Are Over

9:17am February 23, 2021

by Terry Gross

Baron Cohen has been chased, sued and nearly arrested while in character. A scary experience with a gun rights rally while filming Borat 2 solidified his decision: "At some point, your luck runs out."

Queue Listen Now

Nonfiction Techniques Underpin Film 'Nomadland'

6:03pm February 20, 2021

by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi

In the new film Nomadland, director Chloe Zhao blends fact and fiction. The film follows the life of the modern-day American nomad in the aftermath of the 2008 housing and financial crises.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

Michelle Pfeiffer On Her Role In 'French Exit'

4:16pm February 19, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actress Michelle Pfeiffer about her new film, French Exit.

Robin Wright stars as Edee in her feature directorial debut Land. Wright says her character has made a decision: "If I die, it's on me. I'm making this cognitive choice to live off the grid and try to find a new Edee."

Arts

Robin Wright Makes Her Feature Directorial Debut In 'Land'

11:20pm February 15, 2021

by Rachel Martin

Wright stars in and directed the film, which follows a woman grappling with the deaths of her husband and her young son. Her grief pushes her to escape to a small, abandoned cabin in Wyoming.

Queue Listen Now

Henry Louis Gates Jr. On 'The Black Church' Docuseries, Book

5:58pm February 15, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Henry Louis Gates Jr. on The Black Church, which chronicles the birth of the Black church and its role throughout American society.

Arts

Remembering TV And Film Star Cloris Leachman

1:46pm February 15, 2021

by Terry Gross

Leachman, who died Jan. 27, won an Oscar for her performance in the 1971 film, The Last Picture Show, as well as eight primetime Emmy awards for her work on television. Originally broadcast in 2009.

Queue Listen Now

Spike Lee (left) consults with actors Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors and Norm Lewis on the set of Da 5 Bloods.

Arts

Spike Lee: A 'Heavenly Light' Shined On Chadwick Boseman In 'Da 5 Bloods'

12:04pm February 15, 2021

by Sam Sanders

Lee's heist thriller centers on five Black veterans who return to Vietnam. Lee says one scene with Chadwick Boseman took on particular resonance after the actor's death from cancer in August 2020.

Daniel Kaluuya On His Role As Fred Hampton In 'Judas And The Black Messiah'

5:27pm February 14, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with actor Daniel Kaluuya about playing Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton.

For Steven Yeun, 'Minari' Hits On Generational 'Disconnect' For Immigrants

6:19pm February 13, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with actor Steven Yeun about his new film Minari.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

'I'll Meet You There': A Dancer Finds New Rhythm In Her Culture

8:32am February 13, 2021

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to fimmaker Iram Parveen Bilal about her new movie, set in a Pakistani Muslim community in Chicago.

Queue Listen Now