Movies

'The Hate U Give' Author And Director Discuss Representing The Black Community

4:37pm October 08, 2018

The Hate U Give tells the story of a young girl who witnesses the police shooting of her friend, an unarmed black teenager. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with director George Tillman Jr. and Angie Thomas, who wrote the book on which the movie is based.

For The First Time, A Woman Steps In As 'Doctor Who' Lead

5:16pm October 07, 2018

by Eric Deggans

Jodie Whittaker debuts as the first woman to play the lead in the 50-year-old British sci-fi show, Dr. Who. It's an action-packed start to a highly anticipated season.

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From Injury To Recovery, A Ballet Dancer Fought To Retire On Her Own Terms

2:11pm October 05, 2018

by Terry Gross

Restless Creature, now available on Netflix, chronicles Wendy Whelan's recovery from hip surgery and her final performance with the New York City Ballet. Originally broadcast July 10, 2017.

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Bradley Cooper And Lady Gaga Shine In A Winning Remake Of 'A Star is Born'

2:11pm October 05, 2018

by David Edelstein

Critic David Edelstein says that despite the film's "mushy" story arc, it's hard to resist Cooper's remake of the classic film about an up-and-coming superstar.

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Venom (a CGI-enhanced Tom Hardy) invites a robber (Sam Medina) out for a bite, while the bodega-keeper (Vickie Eng) looks on.

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Tom Hardy Gets His Teeth Into 'Venom,' Though The Film Lacks Bite

9:39am October 05, 2018

by Chris Klimek

Tom Hardy fully commits to this "limp-but-not-enervatingly-awful" anti-(super)hero horror-comedy that doesn't make a lick of sense.

Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) and Richard (Paul Giamatti) will have what she's having, in writer/director Tamara Jenkins' Private Life.

Arts

A Couple Contends With Conception In The Honest, Funny 'Private Life'

5:09pm October 04, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti play a New York couple struggling to conceive in writer/director Tamara Jenkins' latest, which examines how infertility tests a relationship with humorous candor.

Yalitza Aparicio stars as Cleo, a nanny and housekeeper, in Alfonso Cuarón's Roma.

Arts

NPR's Movie Preview: 15 New Films To Watch — And Watch Out For — This Fall

3:28pm October 03, 2018

From the big studio flicks to the festival favorites, here are some of the best and otherwise noteworthy films coming to theaters.

Despite Its Incendiary Subject Matter, 'Monsters And Men' Is Sober And Nuanced

5:01pm October 02, 2018

by Bob Mondello

Reinaldo Marcus Green drew inspiration for his new movie Monsters and Men from the 2014 death of Eric Garner at the hands of an arresting officer. The film deals with a police killing and its aftermath.

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Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born.

Fame Still Comes At A Cost For Lady Gaga And Bradley Cooper In The New 'A Star Is Born'

5:00am October 02, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Bradley Cooper's directorial debut, in which he plays a singer battling addiction opposite Lady Gaga as an up-and-coming talent, is precisely the deeply felt musical melodrama it should be.

A still from the Rocketman movie trailer.

Music & Culture

Elton John's Story Teased With Surreal Fantasy In 'Rocketman' Trailer

11:40am October 01, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Taron Egerton stars as Elton John in a movie directed by Dexter Fletcher and developed by the Rocket Man himself.