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Denzel Washington says his character, Troy, "thinks he can control death and the devil, and he finds out in the worst way that he can't." Washington stars alongside Viola Davis in Fences.

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Denzel Washington And Viola Davis On Adapting 'Fences' And Honoring August Wilson

5:00pm December 25, 2016

by NPR Staff

The actors star in a new film adaptation of Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Davis says it's "about a flawed man ... who doesn't understand the extent to which he is destroying [his family]."

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For Film's Creators, 'Moonlight' Provided Space To Explore A Painful Past

1:48pm December 23, 2016

Playwright Tarell McCraney and filmmaker Barry Jenkins drew on their childhood experiences in making Moonlight, about a boy growing up in a Miami housing project. Originally broadcast Oct. 19, 2016.

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Shinya Tsukamoto (right) plays Christian convert Mokichi and Andrew Garfield plays Father Rodrigues, a Jesuit priest who has traveled to Japan in search of his mentor.

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The Modern Lessons Of Martin Scorsese's 17th-Century Epic, 'Silence'

6:49pm December 20, 2016

by NPR Staff

The director's new film follows a pair of Portuguese Jesuit priests in Japan. He says he's been trying to make it since the late 1980s.

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Annette Bening and Lucas Jade Zumann play a mother and son in Mike Mills' film, 20th Century Women. Mills says the film was inspired by his own life.

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Mike Mills Grapples With His Mother's 'Tricky Ghost' In '20th Century Women'

5:07pm December 19, 2016

The director's latest film is inspired by his desire to understand his mother. Set in Santa Barbara in 1979, it stars Annette Bening as a woman struggling to raise her teenage son on her own.

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Director Mike Mills' New Film Is '20th Century Women'

1:05pm December 19, 2016

Mike Mills wrote and directed a movie inspired by the life of his father who, at age 75, came out as gay. Morning Edition's Rachel Martin talks to Mills about his new movie, 20th Century Women.

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Jackie depicts the former first lady (played by Natalie Portman) in the days after her husband's assassination.

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What Do 'Jackie' And 'Neruda' Have In Common? Chilean Filmmaker Pablo Larraín

6:37pm December 16, 2016

by NPR Staff

One film shows Jackie Kennedy as a new widow; the other follows poet Pablo Neruda into exile. But don't call them biopics; Larraín says, "You can't [capture] someone's life in ... 120 minutes."

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Broadway 'Master Of Ceremonies' Joel Grey Says, 'Life Seems Full'

1:44pm December 13, 2016

Grey explains how he brought his decadent Cabaret character to life on both the stage and screen, and reflects on coming out as gay after years of living closeted. Originally broadcast Feb. 9, 2016.

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Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone star in Damien Chazelle's new film La La Land, a musical meditation on growing up and reconciling your showbiz dreams with reality.

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Showbiz Dreams Collide With Reality In 'La La Land'

6:33pm December 09, 2016

by NPR Staff

Damien Chazelle's latest film is a modern take on classic 1930s musicals. It's the story of a musician and a frustrated actress, learning to reconcile their dreams with the reality of Hollywood life.

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Actress Isabelle Huppert On Navigating The Good And The Bad In 'Elle'

6:29pm December 05, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with French actress Isabelle Huppert about her film, Elle, and the range of characters she's played in over 40 years of acting.

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'Manchester By The Sea' Director Probes The Drama And Humor Of Grief

2:24pm November 30, 2016

Kenneth Lonergan's new film is about a janitor, crippled by guilt and grief, who returns to his hometown after the death of his brother.