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Oscar-Nominated 'Phantom Thread' Focuses On Fashion's 'Most Obsessive'

2:14pm March 02, 2018

Paul Thomas Anderson's film about a renowned fashion designer landed six Oscar nominations, but the director says making sewing look dramatic wasn't easy. Originally broadcast Jan. 23, 2018.

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Rachel Morrison, seen here on set for Mudbound, had her big breakthrough with Fruitvale Station in 2013.

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'I Can't Believe I Am The First,' Says Oscar-Nominated Female Cinematographer

9:18pm February 28, 2018

by Neda Ulaby

You may know her from such films as Black Panther, where she was director of photography. Now, Rachel Morrison is the first woman ever nominated for an Academy Award in cinematography, for her work on Mudbound.

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When not playing guitar for one of the world's biggest rock bands, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood has built a name a composer. His score for Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread is up for an Oscar.

Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood On The Music Of 'Phantom Thread'

9:19am February 26, 2018

The guitarist and arranger for one of the world's biggest rock bands is also a composer, whose work on Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film is up for an Oscar.

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Director Raoul Peck attends the The Young Karl Marx press conference during the 67th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin.

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'The Young Karl Marx' Looks Inside The Mind Of A Revolutionary

5:59pm February 25, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

Raoul Peck, director of the critically acclaimed documentary I Am Not Your Negro, talks about his latest film, The Young Karl Marx, a biopic about the 19th century philosopher.

White Helmet Khaled Omar Harrah was killed during an airstrike in 2016. He's part of a group of volunteer rescue workers featured in the documentary Last Men in Aleppo (available on Netflix).

Director Of Oscar-Nominated Aleppo Doc Wants His Film To Serve As Witness

2:04am February 24, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

Feras Fayyad's Last Men In Aleppo goes inside the Syrian city at a time when it was being reduced to rubble by government bombings.

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'Coco' Filmmakers Explore The 'Connection To Loved Ones Past'

2:39pm February 23, 2018

Co-writers and co-directors Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina spent six years creating their Oscar-nominated animated film about the Day of the Dead. Originally broadcast Jan. 10, 2018.

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Creature Actor Doug Jones Shares How He Transforms Into Movie Monsters

5:00pm February 22, 2018

by Mallory Yu

Actor Doug Jones has had a long and prolific career playing some of Hollywood's most recognizable monsters. His latest role is the fishy Amphibian Man in Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water.

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Actor Richard Jenkins: Reading 'Shape Of Water' Script Was A 'Holy Mackerel' Moment

2:07pm February 21, 2018

by Dave Davies

Jenkins started out in theater and didn't get a movie role until he was in his 30s. Now 70, he's up for an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in The Shape of Water.

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Director Greta Gerwig On The Parallels Between Her Life And 'Lady Bird'

12:04am February 20, 2018

by Audie Cornish

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Greta Gerwig, the Oscar-nominated director of the film Lady Bird about teenage friendship and complex, sometimes messy, female characters.

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Doug Jones plays an amphibious fish man who strikes up a romance with a mute woman (played by Sally Hawkins) in The Shape of Water.

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'Shape Of Water' Actor Explains Makeup, Body Language And Bathroom Breaks

2:01pm February 19, 2018

by Sam Briger

Doug Jones has made a career out of playing strange, otherworldly creatures. "I find the heart and soul of a character before I find his elbows and his hands," he says.

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