Movie Interviews

Director Xavier Burgin tracks the long history of black horror in the documentary Horror Noire.

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'Horror Noire' Director Xavier Burgin On 'Blacula,' Blackness And Film School

3:38pm March 12, 2019

by Carolyn Hinds

Xavier Burgin's new documentary Horror Noire explores the history of black people in cinema and specifically in horror, and celebrates artists he didn't learn about in school.

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A Look Back At 'The Godfather,' With Mario Puzo And Francis Ford Coppola

1:20pm March 08, 2019

by Terry Gross

Fresh Air marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Puzo's novel by listening back to our '96 interview with Puzo, and our '16 interview with Coppola, who adapted the novel into the film.

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"Every life is interesting and valuable ... we are all at the center of our own narratives," says Julianne Moore. She stars as Gloria Bell in a remake of the 2013 Chilean film Gloria. Sebastián Lelio directed both films.

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As 'Gloria,' Julianne Moore Explores The Extraordinary Drama Of Ordinary Life

6:07pm March 07, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

"The older I get, and the more experience I gather — as an actor and as a human being — the more I'm interested in things that are real," Moore says. She stars in the new film Gloria Bell.

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'Never Look Away' Asks: Why Make Art? Who Is It For?

2:41pm March 06, 2019

by Terry Gross

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's new film tells the story of an artist who grows up in Nazi Germany, comes of age in East Germany and travels to the West to find freedom for himself and his art.

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Michael Jackson and Wade Robson in 1987.

'Neverland' Director On Investigating 'What Happened Once The Bedroom Door Closed'

5:09pm March 01, 2019

Filmmaker Dan Reed discusses his four-hour documentary, Leaving Neverland, which features two men claiming Michael Jackson sexually abused them as children.

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Remembering 'Singin' In The Rain' Co-Director Stanley Donen

1:38pm March 01, 2019

by Terry Gross

"Dance numbers are anything but spontaneous," Donen told Fresh Air in 1996. Donen, who died Feb. 21, also directed On the Town, Funny Face and Damn Yankees, among other films.

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In The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Chiwetel Ejiofor (left) plays Trywell, the father of titular teenager William Kamkwamba (played by Maxwell Simba). Ejiofor also directed the movie and wrote the screenplay.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor's Directing Debut Takes Him To Malawi To Capture 'The Wind'

6:21pm February 28, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

The English actor performed in, directed and wrote the screenplay for The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. It's based on a memoir by William Kamkwamba, whose ingenuity helped save his village from famine.

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In 'Paddleton,' The Buddy Comedy Gets Serious

5:15pm February 24, 2019

by Eliza Dennis

In the new Netflix movie, Paddleton, two best friends have to learn to say goodbye. Unlike depictions of male friendship in other buddy films, these men do it with grace and love.

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Chloë Grace Moretz as Frances in the new horror film Greta.

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Chloë Grace Moretz Wants To 'Fear The Next Step'

8:16am February 23, 2019

by Scott Simon

Chloë Grace Moretz has been in the movies since she was a kid — her latest, Greta, is a horror-thriller in which she plays an earnest young woman whose new friendship turns terrifyingly toxic.

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'You Better Own This': How Rami Malek Came To Embody Freddie Mercury

1:38pm February 22, 2019

by Terry Gross

"No one can sing like Freddie Mercury," Malek told Fresh Air in November 2018. The actor has been nominated for an Academy Award for playing Queen's lead singer in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

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