Movies

Jennifer Reeder wrote and directed the quirky teen noir Knives and Skin.

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Small-Town Grief Gets Surreal In The Twisted And Twisty 'Knives And Skin'

5:00pm December 05, 2019

by Scott Tobias

Writer-director Jennifer Reeder's soon-to-be cult hit is "Twin Peaks as recast through the lens of radical feminism, if not nearly as academic as that sounds."

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'Portrait Of A Lady On Fire' Paints A Picture Of Forbidden Love

1:40pm December 05, 2019

by John Powers

Writer-director Céline Sciamma's gorgeous new costume drama centers on the relationship between a young female artist and the woman she's been commissioned to secretly paint.

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Writer And Producer Damon Lindelof's Pick For Best Of The Decade

6:34am December 02, 2019

As part of Morning Edition's Best of the Decade series — in which artists and writers talk about their favorite books, music and movies of the 2010's — we hear from Damon Lindelof.

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Filmmaking Program Helps Disadvantaged Kids See A Path To Hollywood

5:56pm November 30, 2019

by Jeff Tyler

Hollywood's film industry can be tough to break in to, and that's especially true if you are a poor kid without resources. Creating Creators is all about changing that — and it's having some success.

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Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc in Knives Out.

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Daniel Craig: 'Knives Out' Aims To Be One Of Those 'Grand Pieces Of Entertainment'

9:18am November 30, 2019

by Scott Simon

As a kid, Craig remembers Agatha Christie "event movies" such as Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile. He says his new whodunit, Knives Out, strives for a similar effect.

Holiday Movie Preview: What's Coming To Theaters Before The End Of The Year

6:23pm November 29, 2019

by Bob Mondello

There's one month left of 2019 and another 40 or so would-be blockbusters and awards contenders that Hollywood will be unwrapping during the holiday season.

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'Beautiful Day' Director On Mister Rogers' 'Radical Notion': Telling Kids The Truth

1:08pm November 29, 2019

by Terry Gross

Marielle Heller's film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood centers on Fred Rogers' unlikely friendship with a cynical journalist. Originally broadcast Nov. 20, 2019.

Slim (Daniel Kaluuya) and Queen (Jodie Turner-Smith) are on the run in Queen & Slim, directed by Melina Matsoukas with a screenplay from Lena Waithe.

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Lena Waithe's 'Queen & Slim' Is An Odyssey For The Black Lives Matter Era

5:02pm November 27, 2019

by Noel King

The screenwriter's new movie is about a black couple who shoot a white police officer in self-defense during a routine traffic stop. Their ensuing flight, she says, is a "meditation on blackness."

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Director Michael Apted returns with the next installment of the experimental documentary series in 63 Up.

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Once More, Unto The Brits: '63 Up'

5:00pm November 27, 2019

by Ella Taylor

Michael Apted's latest installment of his extended documentary/social experiment — revisiting a brace of British children every seven years — finds them ruminating on life, death and Brexit.

Edward Norton (shown here with co-star Gugu Mbatha-Raw) describes his Motherless Brooklyn character as a sad and lonely "street kid."

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Edward Norton On Urban Planning And 'Slow Cooking' 'Motherless Brooklyn'

1:56pm November 27, 2019

by Terry Gross

Norton wrote, directed and starred in the film adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's novel. The movie centers on a detective with Tourette's syndrome who uncovers corruption in New York City.

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