Movie Interviews

Storm Reid plays Meg Murry in 'A Wrinkle In Time.'

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Storm Reid Says Making 'A Wrinkle In Time' Was 'A Dream Come True'

5:54pm March 09, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

The new film follows her character across the universe on a quest for her missing father. Reid says it was important "to be able to not only see myself but represent other girls that looked like me."

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Remembering Barry Crimmins, A Comic Who Advocated For Survivors Of Sexual Abuse

2:35pm March 08, 2018

by Terry Gross

Crimmins, who died last week, mentored Bobcat Goldthwait when they were up-and-coming comics in the '80s. The two men spoke to Fresh Air in 2015 about their documentary Call Me Lucky.

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Armando Iannucci at the Los Angeles premiere of The Death of Stalin.

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If It's Awkward, 'My Instinct Is To Make Fun Of It,' Says Armando Iannucci

8:14am March 08, 2018

by Mandalit del Barco

The Scottish satirist's new movie, The Death of Stalin, spoofs the way the dictator's lackeys jostled each other after his death — all part of a lifetime of mocking the pompous and powerful.

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'Red Sparrow' Author And Ex-CIA Agent Says New Movie Gets Spy Life Right

10:35pm March 05, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

Jason Matthews wrote the novel behind a new motion picture where a Russian spy (played by Jennifer Lawrence) is trained in the dual arts of seduction and espionage.

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Midway through Icarus, what begins as director Bryan Fogel's documentation of his own performance-enhancing drug experiment pivots to a far larger tale of state-sponsored doping in Russia.

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How 'Icarus' Accidentally Exposed A Major 'Ocean's Eleven-Style' Doping Scheme

2:42pm March 05, 2018

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Bryan Fogel set out to make a film about taking performance-enhancing drugs. He stumbled upon a much bigger scandal of Russian state-sponsored doping — and won the Oscar for best documentary feature.

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Anna Deavere Smith Brings One-Woman Play 'Notes From The Field' To HBO

7:09pm March 04, 2018

Anna Deavere Smith brings her one-woman play "Notes From the Field" to HBO. She tells NPR's Michel Martin about bringing the stories of mass incarceration and social justice to the stage.

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'Strong Island' Director Yance Ford Makes Oscars History

7:09pm March 04, 2018

The African-American director's documentary tells the personal tale of his brother's killing by a white man. Michel Martin talks to Ford, the first openly transgender director nominated for an Oscar.

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Huntington, W.V. Fire Chief Jan Rader is a central figure in the Netflix documentary short Heroin(e).

'Heroin(e)': The Women Fighting Addiction In Appalachia

8:11am March 04, 2018

by Renee Montagne

An Oscar-nominated documentary short explores the country's opioid crisis through the heroism of women in Huntington, W.Va. — women like fire chief Jan Rader and drug court judge Patricia Keller.

Actor Doug Jones, left, and director Guilermo del Toro attend the Vulture Festival LA Presented by AT&T in November. The two have worked together on a number of movies, including Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water.

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'Shape Of Water' Creature Actor Doug Jones Understands The Monsters

6:57pm March 03, 2018

by Mallory Yu

Jones says he was the "goofy kid" who everyone teased or made fun of. He has used that experience to build a successful career playing all manner of beasts and fiends.

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Chef Gilbert Brenot teaches trainees at Edwins about meat preparation. The fine-dining restaurant in Cleveland provides education, housing and steady employment for former inmates and is the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary.

Oscar-Nominated 'Knife Skills' Showcases Ex-Cons And Odd Ducks In The Kitchen

10:00am March 03, 2018

by Kristen Hartke

The documentary chronicles the opening of Edwins, a fine-dining restaurant in Cleveland that provides education, housing and steady employment for former inmates.