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Married couple Jacob and Monica Yi (Steven Yeun and Yeri Han) relocate from California to a farm in Arkansas in the film Minari. Director Lee Isaac Chung says the film was inspired by his own rural upbringing.

Lee Isaac Chung Jotted Down Some Family Memories – They Became 'Minari'

2:15pm March 03, 2021

by Arun Venugopal

Chung's semi-autobiographical film follows a Korean American father who moves his family to a farm in rural Arkansas. Minari began one afternoon when Chung wrote down 80 childhood memories.

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'Moxie' Says Some Things, But Not Everything, About High School Feminists

10:27am March 03, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Directed by Amy Poehler, the new Netflix film longs to stretch beyond its limits to be an inclusive look at feminism in teenagers, but its story works best when it keeps its ambitions modest.

Stacey Abrams' Voter Suppression Documentary Lands On Oscar Shortlist

8:00pm March 02, 2021

Stacey Abrams' efforts registering voters played a key role in Georgia electing Biden and two democratic senators. Now, her documentary about voter suppression has been shortlisted for an Oscar.

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Golden Globes Kickoff Hollywood Awards Season

6:23am March 01, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

The 78th Golden Globes were held Sunday night, and it was a very different kind of awards ceremony due to the pandemic. Big winners included the TV series The Crown and the film Nomadland.

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Producer Talks New Film, 'The United States Vs. Billie Holiday'

6:12pm February 28, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with writer and producer Johann Hari about the new movie, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, which is based in part on his book, Chasing the Scream.

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Will Nico Walker Watch 'Cherry?' Probably Not

8:00am February 27, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

The new movie Cherry follows an Iraq war vet who gets addicted to heroin and starts robbing banks. It's based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Nico Walker, who was just released from prison.

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Movie Review: 'The Father'

4:53pm February 26, 2021

by Bob Mondello

An elderly pensioner, played by Anthony Hopkins, refuses all assistance, to the distress of his daughter, played by Olivia Colman, in the dementia drama The Father.

Hulu's New Billie Holliday Biopic Falls Short Of Capturing Her Real Story

2:43pm February 26, 2021

by Kevin Whitehead

Though Andra Day plays the jazz legend with conviction, The United States vs. Billie Holiday fictionalizes the particulars of Holiday's life, where the real story is dramatic enough.

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Kris Bowers performs onstage during Soundcheck: A Netflix Film and Series Music Showcase on Nov. 4, 2019 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Kris Bowers Reflects On Coming 'Full Circle' In Composing The Score For 'Respect'

7:08am February 26, 2021

by Tim Greiving

Aretha Franklin liked how Kris Bowers played piano at a competition in 2011. It was his big break — a fact that he says was with him while he scored a upcoming biopic about the late Queen of Soul.

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Anthony Hopkins says he remembers standing at his father's bedside when he died: "And I remember thinking to myself: Yeah, you're not so hot either, because one day it'll happen to you. This is life." Hopkins stars as Anthony, a man experiencing dementia,

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'We Don't Know What's Coming': Anthony Hopkins Plays 'The Father' With Dementia

5:01am February 26, 2021

by Steve Inskeep

At 83, Hopkins says he knew exactly how the play his role in the film The Father. "I just had a sense of it," he says. The film was directed by Florian Zeller, whose grandmother had dementia.

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