Movies

'You Better Own This': How Rami Malek Came To Embody Freddie Mercury

1:58pm January 01, 2019

by Terry Gross

Malek sang at the top of his lungs while playing Queen's lead singer in the new biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. Still, he says, "No one can sing like Freddie Mercury." Originally broadcast Nov. 21, 2018.

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The Top 10 Films Of 2018, Plus A Few Extras

5:58pm December 31, 2018

by Bob Mondello

As 2018 comes to an end, movie critic Bob Mondello takes a look at the year's best films.

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Arunachalam Muruganantham speaks with students about his menstruation pad machine.

A Menstruation Movie Is On The Short List For An Oscar Nomination

10:52am December 31, 2018

by Kamala Thiagarajan

It all started when a guy wanted to create a better sanitary pad for his wife. And now there's a new documentary about the impact of his work.

2 Movie Reviewers Pick This Year's Standout Films

6:46am December 31, 2018

Noel King talks to Claudia Puig and April Wolfe of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association about their favorite films of 2018.

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'Holmes & Watson' Shows What It Takes To Earn A Rotten Tomatoes Score Of Zero

6:24pm December 27, 2018

The Sherlock Holmes spoof briefly earned zero percent on the film review site. How did it accomplish this anti-feat, and what are some of the other flops to which it's now being compared?

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Ayo (Florence Kasumba, left) and Okoye (Danai Gurira) are members of the Dora Milaje, the elite female warriors of Wakanda, in Black Panther.

Arts

The Fierce Female Characters Of Film In 2018

5:17pm December 27, 2018

by Elizabeth Blair

This year, movies where women starred had Hollywood muscle behind them. So do this year's heroines — conceived before #MeToo, but landing in the moment — mark a change for the industry?

Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly in Stan & Ollie.

Arts

'Stan And Ollie' Traces 2 Legends Working Hard Past Their Prime

5:00pm December 27, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly star as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a film that struggles to keep its energy up as it follows the decline of two great film comedians.

Arts

Director Bo Burnham On Growing Up With Anxiety — And An Audience

1:16pm December 27, 2018

by Terry Gross

The former YouTube star says he wanted his film, Eighth Grade, to take an "emotional inventory" of what today's adolescents are experiencing. Originally broadcast July 18, 2018.

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The Afro-Latino Brooklynite Miles Morales is one of many characters who don the mask in the 2018 film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.

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50 Wonderful Things From 2018

5:00am December 27, 2018

by Linda Holmes

One pop culture critic takes some time to run down not 10, not 20, but 50 wonderful things from movies, TV and more in 2018.

Not throwing away his shot(gun): Christian Bale's Dick Cheney smirks and glowers in Vice.

Arts

'On The Basis Of Sex' And 'Vice': 2 Biopics — 1 Bathed In Light, 1 Steeped In Shadow

10:06am December 26, 2018

by Bob Mondello

What's your preference: hagiography or demonization? A biopic about Ruth Bader Ginsburg is blandly positive, while another about Dick Cheney offers an extended, if entertaining, screed.

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