Movies

Leonissa Duarte, 18, left, and Freddy Tijerino, 18, star in director Anali Cabrera's film Luna at Moonlight, set at the Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale, CA.

To Answer Hollywood's Diversity Problem, California Program Hands Kids The Camera

9:34pm June 24, 2018

by Anjuli Sastry

This weekend, Youth Cinema Project students screened their films for the public. The program aims to create a pipeline to get kids of color in underachieving schools into the filmmaking industry.

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Leapin' Lizards! The Dinos Are Loose Again In 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'

5:02pm June 22, 2018

by Bob Mondello

It's been 25 years and four movies since T. Rexes, velociraptors and their variously lethal cousins stomped on screen in Jurassic Park. NPR critic Bob Mondello says they're still stomping in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and are, once again, threatened with extinction.

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Arts

'The King' Fuses Elvis' Turbulent Life Story With The Soul Of America

1:23pm June 22, 2018

by Justin Chang

Eugene Jarecki's documentary uses the rise and fall of Elvis Presley to track the ups and downs of America's past century. Critic Justin Chang calls The King a "feverishly analytical" musical essay.

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Sleep Dino More: Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Owen (Chris Pratt) try not to wake one of Isla Nublar's grumpiest residents in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

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Dino Vs. The Volcano: 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' Generates Intermittent Heat

5:06pm June 21, 2018

by Chris Klimek

In this derivative but fitfully inventive fifth installment of the Jurassic franchise, our heroes try to rescue Isla Nublar's dinosaurs from extinction-by-lava, only to get their ash handed to them.

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Itchy Trigger Figures: Penelope (Mia Wasikowska) and Samuel (Robert Pattinson) in the Zellner Brothers' Western farce Damsel.

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This 'Damsel' Is In No Distress

5:00pm June 21, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

In this goofy Wild West farce from the Zellner Brothers, a fop (Robert Pattinson) and his miniature horse (Butterscotch) set out to rescue a young woman (Mia Wasikowska) who needs no rescuing.

In "a mad experiment" that pays off hugely, documentarian Eugene Jarecki examines Elvis Presley's life — including this meeting with Nixon — from the driver's seat of the singer's 1963 Rolls-Royce.

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Elvis Documentary Comes For 'The King' — And Does Not Miss

5:00pm June 21, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki masterfully explores Presley's life as a metaphor for America as he drives the late singer's 1963 Rolls-Royce across the country, interviewing those he meets along the way.

On The Down Low And Outside: Estella Huni (Sienna Miller) and Moe Berg (Paul Rudd) dance around the truth in The Catcher Was a Spy.

Arts

'The Catcher Was A Spy': World War II Biopic Barely Singles

5:00pm June 21, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Despite a fascinating subject and an impressive cast, this tale of MLB catcher Moe Berg's stint as an OSS agent simply presents the facts without generating any insights.

Books

David Lynch On 'Room To Dream'

8:12am June 17, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks David Lynch about Room to Dream, the director's new memoir.

'Incredibles 2' Will Empower Children And Their Parents

4:59pm June 15, 2018

by Bob Mondello

In the much anticipated sequel, Incredibles 2, the supermom heads off to save the world, while superdad stays home with the superkids. Guess who has the tougher job?

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Actress Holly Hunter Discusses Her Approach To Her Supermom Role

4:59pm June 15, 2018

Fourteen years after she first gave voice to the animated superhero Elastigirl, Holly Hunter is back at it with Incredibles 2. Hunter speaks with NPR's Audie Cornish about how she approached the role a second time around.

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