Movie Interviews

E.J. Bonilla as Lt. Shane Aguero leading the cast of soldiers at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas.

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Sadr City Attack On U.S. Troops Retold In 'The Long Road Home'

5:51pm November 02, 2017

by Mary Louise Kelly

Martha Raddatz' 2007 book chronicling the ambush has been turned into an 8-part National Geographic series. "I think it's been healing for a lot of the guys. It's been healing for me, too," she says.

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Shantay, Ewe Stay: John (Josh O'Connor) and Gheorghe (Alec Secareanu) look sheepish in God's Own Country.

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Pent-Up Passions Go Free Range In 'God's Own Country'

5:00pm October 26, 2017

by Ella Taylor

Two male farmhands in Yorkshire find each other in this "full-throttle, grand love story and ... coming-of-age parable" from first-time writer-director Francis Lee.

Josh Brolin stars as Eric Marsh, supervisor of a wilderness firefighting team, in the new film Only The Brave.

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In 'Only The Brave,' The True Story Of Fated Wildland Firefighters

8:12am October 21, 2017

by Scott Simon

Actor and one-time volunteer fireman Josh Brolin explains his role in a new movie portraying the Granite Mountain Hotshots of Prescott, Ariz.

Movie Review: 'Only The Brave' And 'Lady Bird'

6:39am October 20, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to Claudia Puig, president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, about Only the Brave, which dramatizes the story of elite firefighters and Lady Bird, a coming of age film.

Taran Killam wrote, directed and stars in the mockumentary Killing Gunther.

Arts

Taran Killam Says 'There Was Never Any Common Ground' When Trump Hosted 'SNL'

1:56pm October 17, 2017

In November 2015, candidate Donald Trump drew protesters to NBC's New York studio. Saturday Night Live alum Taran Killam says, "We could hear the protests during our table read."

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For his new documentary, Human Flow, Ai traveled around the world to document the scale and human toll of the international refugee crisis.

'More Than A Political Status': Ai WeiWei Captures Scale Of Global Refugee Crisis

9:16pm October 14, 2017

by Michel Martin

For his new documentary, Human Flow, the Chinese artist-activist traveled around the world to document the scope and human toll of the international refugee crisis.

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Jackie Chan attends the premiere of The Foreigner last week in Hollywood, Calif.

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Jackie Chan Jumps Back Into The Action With 'The Foreigner'

5:07am October 13, 2017

by David Greene

Though he said he was retiring in 2012, Jackie Chan is back in The Foreigner, his first American action movie in seven years. But what he really wants is to "make a drama film without one punch."

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Noah Baumbach Explores Love, Resentment And Anger In 'The Meyerowitz Stories'

2:20pm October 11, 2017

by Terry Gross

Baumbach's new film mixes comedy with deep emotional pain. It revolves around three adult siblings whose father is a self-absorbed sculptor. Baumbach's previous films include The Squid and the Whale.

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75 Years Later, A Look At The 'Life, Legend, and Afterlife' Of 'Casablanca'

2:20pm October 11, 2017

Film historian Noah Isenberg revisits the making of the classic Hollywood film in his new book, We'll Always Have Casablanca. "Seventy-five years after its premiere, its still very timely," he says.

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Faces Places co-directors JR and Agnes Varda (along with composer Matthieu Chedid, right) at this year's Cannes film festival.

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Agnes Varda And JR: The Cinematic Odd Couple Behind 'Faces Places'

5:40pm October 08, 2017

by Howie Movshovitz

Agnes Varda practically invented the French New Wave, and at 89 she's still working, co-directing a new film with artist JR about their travels through the French countryside in his photography van.