'Captain Marvel' Earns $153 Million During Opening Weekend
Captain Marvel blasted through an attempt to silence her this weekend, and had a $153 million opening.
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'Captain Marvel' Falls Short Of Instilling Its Heroine With A Distinctive Personality
The first female-led superhero movie from Marvel Studios is a pleasant, sometimes bland, feature-length introduction to a character who feels more sketched-in than fully realized.
A Look Back At 'The Godfather,' With Mario Puzo And Francis Ford Coppola
Fresh Air marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Puzo's novel by listening back to our '96 interview with Puzo, and our '16 interview with Coppola, who adapted the novel into the film.
As 'Gloria,' Julianne Moore Explores The Extraordinary Drama Of Ordinary Life
"The older I get, and the more experience I gather — as an actor and as a human being — the more I'm interested in things that are real," Moore says. She stars in the new film Gloria Bell.
'Captain Marvel' Is Full Of Female Firsts In The Marvel Cinematic Universe
Brie Larson stars in Marvel's first standalone superheroine movie — and for the first time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the movie is co-directed by a woman. Captain Marvel hits theaters Friday.
'3 Faces': An Urgent Plea Sends A Director And Actress To A Rural Iranian Village
Banned from filmmaking by the Iranian government, director Jafar Panahi has stealthily crafted a fiction/documentary hybrid about the complicated ways old traditions intersect modern life.
In Disco-Fueled 'Gloria Bell,' Julianne Moore Loves The Nightlife
Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio remakes his 2013 character study Gloria, about a middle-aged woman looking for fulfillment on the disco 'round. Julianne Moore brings star quality — and empathy.
'Ferrante Fever' Documentary: A Literary Phenomenon, Lovingly Explored
This Italian documentary loosely, and very gently, profiles the mysterious author Elena Ferrante, and her international fanbase, in an effort to celebrate, not expose.
'Never Look Away' Asks: Why Make Art? Who Is It For?
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's new film tells the story of an artist who grows up in Nazi Germany, comes of age in East Germany and travels to the West to find freedom for himself and his art.
'Captain Marvel' Takes Flight — Through Very Familiar Skies
A couple of indie writer/directors get to play in the Marvel sandbox in this film about an intergalactic warrior (Brie Larson) who arrives on Earth with a warning about a secret alien invasion.