Movies

'Farewell Amor': How Long Can A Family Stay Apart And Remain A Family?

4:17pm December 09, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with filmmaker Ekwa Msangi about her new movie, Farewell Amor, which tells the story of a family reunited in New York City after 17 years apart due to visa issues.

Micheal Ward and Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn are strangers who connect on the dance floor in Lovers Rock.

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'Fresh Air' Critic Revisits The TV, Books And Movies That Helped Ease Lockdown

1:39pm December 09, 2020

by John Powers

From Lovers Rock to The Good Lord Bird, the titles on John Powers' year-end list didn't simply distract; they also delved into enduring questions of freedom, dignity and survival.

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Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star as Mary Anning and Charlotte Murchison in Ammonite.

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In 'Ammonite,' Kate Winslet Portrays A Same-Sex Love Story 'Without Secrecy Or Fear'

2:59pm December 07, 2020

by Terry Gross

Winslet plays real-life fossil hunter Mary Anning in a film that imagines an affair between Anning and another woman. "It's storytelling that normalizes and expresses same-sex love," Winslet says.

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Exquisitely Detailed And Impeccably Made, 'Mank' Is A Dazzling Feat

2:08pm December 07, 2020

by Justin Chang

David Fincher's new film is a playful weave of fact and fiction as it reimagines the story of Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz in the years that inspired the Hollywood masterpiece.

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'Small Axe': Steve McQueen Talks 5-Part Anthology

4:56pm December 05, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with award-winning director Steve McQueen about his latest project, a set of five stand-alone movies exploring life in the West Indian communities of Britain.

Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies and Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz in David Fincher's impressive Mank.

Arts

'Mank' Is A Lushly Rendered Cinematic Landscape

7:00am December 04, 2020

by Aisha Harris

David Fincher's dramatization of Citizen Kane's origin story is an impressive, if occasionally inert, biopic.

Ruben (Riz Ahmed) is a punk-metal drummer who loses his hearing in Sound of Metal.

Arts

In 'Sound Of Metal,' Sudden Hearing Loss Sends A Drummer Reeling

5:08am December 04, 2020

by Glen Weldon

Riz Ahmed gives a quiet, intense and profoundly unsentimental performance as a rock drummer who suddenly loses his hearing and stubbornly refuses to accept it.

Ed Asner and nine other actors have filed an age discrimination suit over changes to the SAG-AFTRA union's health plan.

Actors File Age Discrimination Suit Over SAG-AFTRA Health Plan Cuts

4:40pm December 03, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The actors and their supporters say that the union is dropping nearly 12,000 people — many over the age of 65 — from its health care plan at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

'The Prom' Musical Moves From Broadway To Cinema Screens

4:10pm December 03, 2020

by Bob Mondello

The Prom is the latest hit Broadway musical to get a screen adaptation. Starring Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman and Andrew Rannells, it will be released in cinemas on Friday.

'Mosul' Offers A Look At Lives Of Iraqis Who Live On Front Lines Of War With ISIS

3:54pm November 30, 2020

by Eric Deggans

Netflix's Mosul is a scripted film centered on the fight by an Iraqi SWAT team against ISIS. It was produced by Anthony and Joe Russo, directors of the last two Avengers movies.

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