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What can a documentary filmmaker add to the record of the Jan. 6 attacks?

7:50am June 24, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Alex Holder after his testimony to the House Select Committee, about his documentary with exclusive footage inside the Trump White House before and after the insurrection.

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Gabby Giffords documentary comes as gun debates stay on center stage

6:05am June 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

The film on the former Arizona congresswoman and her recovery from the 2011 shooting explains how she navigated gun control campaigns and later a Senate campaign.

Austin Butler brings the King's moves, mannerisms and voice in 'Elvis'

5:25pm June 23, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Baz Luhrmann's musical biopic, Elvis, stars Austin Butler as a hip-swiveling Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as his devious, exploitive manager "Col." Tom Parker.

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In 'Elvis,' an icon remains an icon, and little else

12:30pm June 23, 2022

by Aisha Harris

Baz Luhrmann's latest spectacle tackles the life of Elvis Presley, as filtered through his shady longtime manager.

Julie Andrews sang "The hills are alive" in the film version of The Sound of Music, but Hammerstein's letters reveal that a much bigger Hollywood star had lobbied hard to play Maria.

Oh, what a beautiful archive: Oscar Hammerstein's letters reveal his many sides

4:00pm June 20, 2022

by Bob Mondello

A thousand pages of correspondence by Oscar Hammerstein II, the lyricist for such musicals as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel and The Sound of Music are available to a wide public for the first time.

Screenwriter, producer and director of film and television Paul Haggis, pictured in 2017, has been arrested in Italy on sexual assault charges.

'Crash' director Paul Haggis was arrested on sexual assault charges in Italy

6:03pm June 19, 2022

Oscar-winning film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis is being detained on sexual assault charges. He has previously been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women.

Why the internet is upset over the Netflix Jane Austen film adaptation

5:09pm June 18, 2022

The trailer for Netflix's new film adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion dropped this week. And it's going viral online — mostly in a bad way.

Movie review: Pixar's 'Lightyear'

5:09pm June 18, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Buzz Lightyear flies to infinity and beyond in Lightyear, the fifth film in Pixar's Toy Story saga.

'You Resemble Me' director talks new film

5:09pm June 18, 2022

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with director Dina Amer about her latest film You Resemble Me.

Daryl McCormack and Emma Thompson star in the film, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande.

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Emma Thompson on her new film — and the idea the female orgasm has to be performative

9:17pm June 17, 2022

In her new film, Thompson portrays a widower who reckons with her own sexual discovery in an experience she calls "irresistibly delicious."

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