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Jim Jarmusch On Iggy Pop, Hip-Hop And Finding Poetry In Mundane Things

1:49pm January 31, 2017

Jarmusch's new movie, which was inspired by William Carlos Williams' epic poem Paterson, is about a bus driver who writes poetry. Jarmusch also made a documentary about Iggy and the Stooges.

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'The Founder' Follows Salesman's Genius Idea To Franchise McDonald's

10:39pm January 25, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with screenwriter Robert Siegel about writing the screenplay for The Founder, which follows McDonald's chain founder Ray Kroc.

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'Dolores' Focuses On Life Of Labor And Civil Rights Leader Dolores Huerta

7:23pm January 22, 2017

Dolores Huerta was one of the co-founders of the group that became the United Farm Workers. She's continuing her activism of more than 60 years and her life is the focus of a new documentary, Dolores.

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Remembering Celebrated Indian Actor Om Puri, Star Of 'East Is East'

1:23pm January 13, 2017

Puri, who died last Friday in Mumbai, appeared in more than 300 movies, including the British film, My Son the Fanatic. Originally broadcast in 2000.

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Encore: 'La La Land' Invokes Nostalgia For 1930s Hollywood

4:38pm January 09, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to director Damien Chazelle about his latest film, La La Land, which is a modern version of 1930s Hollywood musicals.

Jeff Bridges (shown with Gil Birmingham) plays an aging Texas ranger investigating a series of small-town bank robberies in Hell or High Water.

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Jeff Bridges Abides By His Actor Dad's Example: Bring Joy To The Set

1:55pm January 09, 2017

"He really wanted all his kids to go into acting because he loved it so much," Bridges says of his father. In Hell or High Water, Bridges plays an aging Texas ranger tracking two bank robbers.

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Actress Octavia Spencer Says 'Hidden Figures' Is A Movie Anyone Can Get Behind

6:00pm January 08, 2017

by NPR Staff

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Octavia Spencer about her latest film, Hidden Figures. It tells the story of the black, female mathematicians who helped launch the first American astronauts into space.

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are aspiring artists in the movie musical La La Land. The film has been nominated for seven Golden Globe awards.

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'La La Land' Director Aimed To Make A Film Even Musical Skeptics Would Love

2:44pm January 05, 2017

"Movies are kind of limited by what you see in front of the camera," says director Damien Chazelle. "Musicals find this wonderful way around that."

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To Make 'The Godfather' His Way, Francis Ford Coppola Waged A Studio Battle

3:54pm December 29, 2016

Coppola was 29 years old when he signed on to direct a film. "I was young and had no power," he says, "so [the studio] figured they could just boss me around." Originally broadcast Nov. 16, 2016.

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In Paterson, Adam Driver's character does the same thing every day. "Routine is very liberating and nurturing for him," says director Jim Jarmusch.

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'Paterson': A Love Poem To Poetry, From Director Jim Jarmusch

4:10pm December 27, 2016

by Joel Rose

Paterson's main character is a bus driver who writes poetry on his lunch breaks. It was inspired, in part, by an epic William Carlos Williams poem.