Movie Interviews

Author Kevin Kwan is the executive producer of the film adaptation of his best-selling novel Crazy Rich Asians.

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'It's Taken On A Whole Other Life,' Says 'Crazy Rich Asians' Author Kevin Kwan

3:48pm August 20, 2018

by Terry Gross

Kwan thought the screen adaptation of his best-selling novel might be a small, independent film. Instead, it has been hailed as a groundbreaking moment for Hollywood casting.

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Jonah (Evan Rosado) is the youngest of three children who roam under the auspices of their father (Raul Castillo) in the film adaptation of We the Animals.

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'We The Animals' Becomes A Film, And The Author Approves

8:27am August 18, 2018

by Lynn Neary

Jeremiah Zagar's first fiction feature adapts Justin Torres' debut novel. "I didn't want it to be, like, poverty porn or like a Lifetime domestic violence film," Torres says. "And he got that."

'Crazy Rich Asians' Star Awkwafina Has Always 'Aggressively Been Myself'

5:15pm August 17, 2018

by Mallory Yu

Rapper and actress Awkwafina has had a busy year. She's in two summer blockbusters: Ocean's 8 and Crazy Rich Asians, which opens this week.

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In Skate Kitchen, the introverted Camille (played by Rachelle Vinberg, left) finds her tribe of skaters in New York City.

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Finding, Then Filming, The Young All-Female Crew In 'Skate Kitchen'

5:00am August 15, 2018

by Lakshmi Singh

Director Crystal Moselle stumbled upon a group of teenage skater girls on the New York City subway. Then she made a feature film that stars them.

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'Skate Kitchen' Follows Teenage Girls Skateboarding Their Way Through NYC

5:08pm August 12, 2018

Director Crystal Moselle's new film explores New York City through the eyes of a group of teen female skateboarders that she met on the subway. NPR's Lakshmi Singh talks with Moselle about the movie.

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John David Washington stars as Ron Stallworth in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman.

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'I Wasn't Sure If It Was True': John David Washington On The 'BlacKkKlansman' Story

5:55pm August 11, 2018

by Michel Martin

In director Spike Lee's latest film, BlacKkKlansman, John David Washington plays Ron Stallworth, a black police detective who successfully infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s.

'BlacKkKlansman' Sounds Like It's Made Up But It's A True Story

7:58am August 10, 2018

by Justin Richmond

Spike Lee's new movie is about an African-American police officer who went undercover in the 70s to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan by joining it. How did he pull that off?

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Trine Dyrholm plays German singer and songwriter Nico in Nico, 1988.

Music & Culture

Nico Biopic Sheds Light On Her Life Before And After The Velvet Underground

5:54pm August 07, 2018

Nico, 1988 tells the story of the Velvet Underground singer who left for a solo career — one weighed down by her addiction to heroin — and depicts the last, tumultuous year of her life.

Scotty Bowers, the subject of a new documentary, was more than a sexual facilitator to Hollywood's biggest stars: "these were lasting and important friendships that he had," director Matt Tyrnauer says.

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A Sexual Underground Surfaces In 'Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood'

8:29am August 05, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Scotty Bowers, now 95, facilitated the sexual proclivities of major film actors during Hollywood's golden age — and kept their most intimate secrets. A new documentary reveals his secrets.

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'Miseducation Of Cameron Post' Creators Take Aim At Gay Conversion Therapy

4:00pm July 25, 2018

by Terry Gross

Desiree Akhavan's new film, based on Emily Danforth's 2012 young adult novel, centers on a high school girl who's sent to a Christian conversion center after she's caught kissing her girlfriend.

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