Movies

Judi Dench on a career and friendship forged by Shakespeare

4:04pm April 23, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Judi Dench and director Brendan O'Hea about their new book Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent and a career and friendship forged by the Bard.

Kevin Bacon visits 'Footloose' school before it's torn down — and in time for prom

4:34pm April 22, 2024

by Ciara Hulet

The Utah high school where Footloose was filmed invited Kevin Bacon to visit for their prom on the 40th anniversary of the film's release.

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A.I. and the movies

5:36pm April 20, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

A look at some of the news and controversies surrounding several uses of generative AI in the movie industry this week, including a trailer for a nonexistent James Bond film starring Margot Robbie.

Students carrying signs on April 18, 2024 on the campus of USC protest a canceled commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian who has publicly supported Palestinians.

USC cancels filmmaker's keynote amid controversy over canceled valedictorian speech

11:50am April 20, 2024

by The Associated Press

USC announced the cancellation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the choice to keep the student valedictorian, who expressed support for Palestinians, from speaking.

Arts

Remembering documentary filmmaker Eleanor Coppola

2:27pm April 19, 2024

by Terry Gross

Coppola, who died April 12, was an assistant art director on the 1963 film Dementia 13 when she met, and soon married, its director, Francis Ford Coppola. Originally broadcast in 1992.

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'We Grown Now' imbues hope in a coming-of-age story in a Chicago housing project

6:12pm April 18, 2024

by Bob Mondello

A gently poetic coming-of-age story, We Grown Now chronicles an adolescent friendship in Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project in the early 1990s.

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What makes a good courtroom drama

5:32pm April 18, 2024

by Linda Holmes

With former president Trump's real-life legal drama unfolding in New York, here are some of Hollywood's best courtroom dramas for some low-stakes intrigue.

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Gabrielle and Louis (Léa Seydoux and George MacKay) meet in 1910 Paris, 2014 Los Angeles and again in 2044 in The Beast.

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'The Beast' jumps from 1910, to 2014, to 2044, tracking fear through the ages

2:00pm April 18, 2024

by Justin Chang

This wildly original adaptation of the Henry James novella The Beast in the Jungle follows human alienation and anxiety, asking why, in every era, we disengage from life and the people around us.

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Journalist says we're 'basically guinea pigs' for a new form of industrialized food

1:38pm April 18, 2024

by Tonya Mosley

Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser says mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies that are inefficient, barely regulated and sometimes dangerous. His new documentary is Food, Inc. 2.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM, celebrates its 100th anniversary

6:50am April 17, 2024

The Hollywood Heritage Museum is showcasing the studio's history. Highlights include personal items and costumes worn by Golden Age stars including Humphrey Bogart, Mae West and Clark Gable.

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