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'A La Calle' Co-Director: Stories Of Venezuela's Humanitarian Crisis Are Universal

5:12pm September 19, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nelson G. Navarrete, co-director of the documentary A La Calle, and Leopoldo Lopez, one of the Venezuelan opposition leaders featured in the film.

Georgian chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili plays at the International Chess Congress in London on Dec. 30, 1964. She is suing Netflix for defamation and invasion of privacy over its series The Queen's Gambit.

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A Chess Trailblazer Is Suing Netflix Over Her Portrayal In 'The Queen's Gambit'

4:05pm September 18, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili is suing Netflix for defamation. At issue is a line in the show's final episode that falsely says she hadn't played against male opponents.

'How the Monuments Came Down' Filmmakers On Why Lee Statue Didn't Come Down Sooner

5:11pm September 17, 2021

Filmmakers Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren discuss their film, How the Monuments Came Down, about 160 years of history in Richmond, VA., and the removal of the confederate statues along Monument Ave.

Jessica Chastain Finds Out Tammy Faye Bakker Was More Than A Punchline

5:21am September 17, 2021

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with actor Jessica Chastain, who plays televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in the new movie: The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

The Best And Worst So Far From The Not-Very-Festive Toronto International Film Fest

5:22pm September 16, 2021

The Toronto International Film Fest is usually mobbed with over a thousand industry types from all over the world. But this year the partially-online festival has been bleak and deserted.

'Storm Lake' Documentary Depicts The Triumph And Struggle Of A Local Newspaper

2:25pm September 16, 2021

by Dave Davies

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Art Cullen discusses the battle to keep print news alive in small-town America. Cullen runs Iowa's Storm Lake Times, along with his brother, the paper's publisher.

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In Blue Bayou, Kathy (Alicia Vikander), Jessie (Sydney Kowalske) and Antonio (Justin Chon) face an uncertain future when Antonio becomes threatened with deportation.

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'Blue Bayou' Devastates With A Story Of A Stepfather Facing Deportation

1:32pm September 15, 2021

by Justin Chang

A Korean American man faces deportation because his adoption in the 1980s was never finalized. Blue Bayou may be heavy handed, but it tells a fundamental truth about our flawed immigration system.

Clockwise from top left: Insecure, Impeachment: American Crime Story, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, The Wonder Years, The Premise and Star Wars: Visions.

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New Movies And TV Shows To Watch At Home This Fall

9:05am September 15, 2021

Our critics collected the most anticipated TV shows and movies coming to your screens over the next few months, and with our new tool you can search by release date, genre and where you can watch it.

A cosplayers dressed as Pennywise from "It" poses during the Comic Con festival in 2017 at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris.

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AAH! Two Companies Could Pay You $1,300 To Watch Horror Movies This Halloween

11:55am September 13, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Both DISH Network and the website FinanceBuzz are offering a financial reward to lucky scary movie fans who watch a selected list of frightening flicks.

Oscar Isaac plays a former military interrogator who is haunted by the past in Paul Schrader's The Card Counter.

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A Disgraced Interrogator Gambles On Redemption In 'The Card Counter'

1:54pm September 10, 2021

by Justin Chang

After serving time in prison for war crimes, a former military interrogator starts a new life as a professional gambler. But as this complex drama shows, it's not always easy to escape the past.

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