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Remembering 'Jackie Brown' Actor Robert Forster

1:52pm October 18, 2019

by Terry Gross

The Oscar-nominated actor, who died Oct. 11, often played police officers and private eyes. "These guys are straight shooters," he said in 2003. "I take the mantle of that and pretend it's me."

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Director Taika Waititi On 'Jojo Rabbit'

5:12am October 18, 2019

The new film by director Taika Waititi is a scathing satire of Nazi Germany. NPR's Noel King spoke to him about the film Jojo Rabbit.

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Filmmaker Taika Waititi On Satirizing Nazis In 'Jojo Rabbit'

1:57pm October 16, 2019

by Terry Gross

Jojo Rabbit centers on a 10-year-old boy who joins the Hitler Youth. Writer and director Waititi, who is from New Zealand, is half-Jewish and half-Maori. He plays the boy's imaginary friend, Hitler.

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A younger Julie Andrews poses with the Academy Award she won for her role in Mary Poppins.

How Julie Andrews Made Herself At 'Home' In Hollywood

10:57am October 15, 2019

by Rachel Martin

In a new memoir, the actress writes about the films and creative collaborations — like Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music — that marked the height of her fame.

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Documentary: 'Where's My Roy Cohn?'

5:43pm October 13, 2019

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with director Matt Tyrnauer about his documentary Where's My Roy Cohn?.

Natalie Portman plays an astronaut whose life begins to come undone following her spaceflight in Lucy in the Sky.

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Natalie Portman Is 'Lucy In The Sky,' With An Existential Crisis

8:02am October 06, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The star of a new movie and director Noah Hawley say that their film — based on the life of astronaut Lisa Nowak — aims to keep a woman in psychological decline from becoming a punchline.

Actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph On Her Role In 'Dolemite Is My Name'

4:51pm October 03, 2019

by Mandalit del Barco

Da'Vine Joy Randolph plays a comedian in the new movie Dolemite Is My Name. The actress plays a strong, curvy, funny, black single mother who subverts stereotypes of the Blaxploitation era.

Toni Servillo stars as Silvio Berlusconi in Loro, the biopic movie about Italy's former prime minister.

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An Unauthorized Biopic Of Silvio Berlusconi, Already Stranger Than Fiction

2:50pm October 01, 2019

by Bilal Qureshi

Loro, directed by Paolo Sorrentino and starring Toni Servillo, is a movie about the TV tycoon turned Italian prime minister — and the sycophants who helped build his cult of personality.

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Antonio Banderas won the best actor award at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Pedro Almodóvar's new film, Pain and Glory.

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How A Heart Attack Brought Antonio Banderas Closer To 'Pain And Glory'

2:35pm September 30, 2019

by Terry Gross

The Spanish actor says he had always been slow to cry, but things changed after a recent cardiac event. He channels his heightened emotions in a new film, another collaboration with Pedro Almodóvar.

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Afghan filmmaker Hassan Fazili (bottom left) and his wife, filmmaker Fatima Hussaini (top left), with their daughters, Nargis (top right) and Zahra.

A Refugee Family Takes Viewers On A Years-Long Escape In 'Midnight Traveler'

6:09pm September 28, 2019

An Afghan filmmaker and his family shot hundreds of hours of cell phone footage after fleeing the Taliban. Producer Emelie Mahdavian said it was important to let their first-person story stand alone.

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