Apocalypse With Absurdity: 'Save Yourselves!' Offers A Perfect Mix For Year 2020
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actor Sunita Mani about diversity in Hollywood and her role in the new film Save Yourselves!.
Movie Interviews
'Charm City Kings' Is An Exhilarating Tale Of Bikes, Boyhood And Baltimore
Charm City Kings is a coming-of-age film based on the 2013 documentary 12 O'Clock Boys -- about riders who take to the city's streets on summer evenings, popping wheelies and performing daring stunts.
Filmmaker Faces Her Father's Mortality By Staging His 'Death' Again And Again
When Kirsten Johnson's dad started showing signs of dementia, she struggled to accept the impending loss. So she staged a series of imagined accidents in her new film, Dick Johnson Is Dead.
New Movie: 'The Secrets We Keep'
NPR's David Greene speaks with actress Noomi Rapace about her new film: The Secrets We Keep. She also starred in the Swedish version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
'Antebellum': A Movie That Uses Horror To Process America's Racial Problems
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz about their new movie, Antebellum. It stars Janelle Monáe in a story that takes on the legacy of slavery in a surprising way.
'We Are Who We Are': Coming-Of-Age Story Offers A Different View Of Italy
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino about his new series, We Are Who We Are. It's a coming-of-age drama set on an American military base in Italy.
How Trump's Presidency Helped Shape Isabel Sandoval's 'Lingua Franca' Movie
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Isabel Sandoval, who wrote, directed and starred in the new film Lingua Franca, about Filipinx and trans representation in Hollywood during polarizing times.
New Netflix Documentary Captures History Of The Paralympics
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with U.S. Paralympians Tatyana McFadden and Matt Stutzman about the new Netflix documentary Rising Phoenix, which documents the history of the Paralympic Games.
'Feels Good Man' Traces Pepe The Frog From Hate Symbol To Democracy Icon
Pepe the Frog is one of the most prolific images on the Internet. A new documentary follows the frog's creator, cartoonist Matt Furie, as he fights to regain control over his character.
'As An Asian Man, I Want To Represent': 'Mulan' Movie Star On Hollywood's Stereotypes
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with martial arts expert and actor Donnie Yen about his role in the live-action remake of Mulan.