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Photographer Nan Goldin poses after being awarded Commander in the Arts and Letters Order, in Paris, June 27, 2006.

How one artist took on the Sacklers and shook their reputation in the art world

8:17am December 05, 2022

by Brian Mann

A new documentary All The Beauty and the Bloodshed tells the story of Nan Goldin, a photographer and activist who survived opioid addiction — then challenged members of the Sackler family.

In this undated photo provided by RETO Media is the house featured in the Steven Spielberg film The Goonies in Astoria, Ore.

A fan is reportedly buying the 'Goonies' house in Oregon, which was listed for $1.7M

5:12am December 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

The agent for the Victorian home featured in the The Goonies film in Oregon says the likely new owner is a fan of the movie about friendships and treasure hunting, and he promises to protect the site.

Director Julia Reichert pictured at the Nantucket Film Festival in June 2019 in Massachusetts.

Arts

Documentary filmmaker Julia Reichert dies at 76

7:49am December 03, 2022

by Samantha Sommer

The Academy Award-winner and activist was known as the "godmother of American independent documentaries." She saw herself as a feminist and the curator of Midwestern stories.

Tilda Swinton plays two characters, a mother and a daughter, who have gone to spend a winter holiday at a hotel in Wales in the new movie The Eternal Daugher.

Arts

Tilda Swinton stars twice in 'The Eternal Daughter' — as both parent and child

11:01am December 02, 2022

by Justin Chang

Swinton plays a mother and a daughter who have gone to spend a winter holiday at a hotel in Wales. The double casting is much more than a stunt in this smart, subtle film — it is magical.

Movie Review: 'Women Talking'

4:35pm December 01, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Director Sarah Polley's adaptation of the novel "Women Talking" by Miriam Toews is about women in an isolated religious colony who break the silence about abuse at the hands of the colony's men.

A man walks past a banner of Bollywood movie The Kashmir Files outside a cinema in the old quarters of Delhi on March 21, 2022.

An Israeli director sparks outrage in India over a film about Hindu persecution

4:52pm November 30, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

Controversy has erupted at one of India's top film festivals over the screening of a movie with Hindu nationalist themes. Were the jury head's comments an artistic critique or political commentary?

Actress Dolly De Leon was surprised she got the lead in 'Triangle of Sadness'

5:12am November 30, 2022

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Filipina actor Dolly De Leon about her role in the widely acclaimed movie: Triangle of Sadness.

Will Smith opens up to Trevor Noah about the 'rage' behind his Oscar slap

5:12am November 30, 2022

A teary Will Smith gave his first major interview since he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars to Trevor Noah of the Daily Show. Smith described how he lost it over Rock's joke about his wife's hair.

Actor Will Smith's success at the 94th Oscars was largely overshadowed by his behavior earlier in the ceremony, when he slapped comedian Chris Rock over a joke about Smith's wife's hair. In a new interview, Smith says that bottled up rage led to that moment.

A teary Will Smith opens up to Trevor Noah about the 'rage' behind his Oscar slap

1:00pm November 29, 2022

by Emily Olson

In his first big interview since March, the blockbuster actor said he "just lost it" over Rock's joke about his wife's hair. "That was a rage that had been bottled for a really long time," he said.

Arts

'Armageddon Time' director explores how the world is ruined by 'well-meaning people'

1:51pm November 28, 2022

by Terry Gross

James Gray's new film was inspired by his childhood in Queens in the 1980s. Though his grandparents had fled antisemitism in Ukraine, his family didn't recognize their own biases against Black people.

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