Movies

'Siempre, Luis' Offers Peek Into The Talented Miranda Family

5:23pm February 02, 2020

by Mandalit del Barco

A new documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival features the life of Luis Miranda, father of Lin-Manuel. A peek into the very busy lives of the very talented Miranda family.

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Director Kitty Green On Her New Film, 'The Assistant'

8:26am February 02, 2020

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with director Kitty Green about her new film, "The Assistant." It's about a young woman who works for a media mogul and the degrading climate he's created at the office.

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'Chhapaak' Film Aims To Fight Stigma Against Acid Survivors

5:29pm February 01, 2020

by Sushmita Pathak

Hundreds of women are attacked with acid in India each year. A Bollywood film about a survivor-turned-activist — starring a top Indian actress — tackles the stigma.

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'McMillions': How The Ex-Cop Who Scammed McDonald's Monopoly Got Caught

9:32am February 01, 2020

NPR's Renee Montagne speaks to Brian Lazarte and James Lee Hernandez, directors of "McMillions," an HBO series about how a McDonald's Monopoly game turned into a major criminal enterprise.

Jessica Mann Takes The Stand In Harvey Weinstein Rape Trial

9:19am February 01, 2020

by Rose Friedman

Jessica Mann, one of two women Harvey Weinstein is charged with raping, testified in a Manhattan courtroom Friday. She says she maintained a relationship with him because of inexperience and naivete.

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How A Heart Attack Brought Antonio Banderas Closer To 'Pain And Glory'

1:34pm January 31, 2020

by Terry Gross

The Spanish actor has been nominated for an Oscar for his role as a screenwriter and director who has stopped working because of physical and emotional pain. Originally broadcast Sept. 30, 2019.

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A Super-Assassin Named Stephanie: Blake Lively looks pensive in The Rhythm Section.

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'The Rhythm Section' Misses A Beat

5:00pm January 30, 2020

by Mark Jenkins

Stephanie (Blake Lively) trains to become a super-assassin to avenge the murder of her parents in this well-paced, well-directed, but poorly scripted Bond knockoff.

Jane (Julia Garner) slowly comes to realize something terrible about her boss in Kitty Green's The Assistant.

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'The Assistant': When A Workplace's Silence Can't Be Broken

5:00pm January 30, 2020

by Ella Taylor

In this "quietly shattering drama," a young woman (Julia Garner) learns that her new boss is a serial sexual predator; her efforts to call him out meet with indifference and hostility.

Iya (Viktoria Miroshnichenko) looks on in the grim but ultimately warm-hearted Beanpole.

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2 Friends Scarred By War Attempt To Heal In 'Beanpole'

5:00pm January 30, 2020

by Scott Tobias

In post-WWII Leningrad, two women bonded by grief, guilt and hardship set out to make their futures brighter than the horrors of their shared past.

Movies Generating Buzz At This Year's Sundance Film Festival

5:46am January 30, 2020

From quirky comedies to groundbreaking documentaries, this year's Sundance Film Festival is showcasing 118 feature films. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan.