Movies

Clockwise from top left: Sorry To Bother You, Incredibles 2, Crazy Rich Asians, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

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NPR's Summer Movie Guide: 27 Films Coming Your Way

10:42am May 14, 2018

As ever, the Summer Movie Season is dominated by sequels and special effects. But if you're prepared to look for them, you'll find some smaller, quirkier films flying beneath the radar.

Rita Moreno attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4 in Hollywood, Calif.

Arts

Rita Moreno To 'My Gente': Be Proud Of Who You Are, And Don't Give Up

7:54am May 13, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Moreno is being honored by the Ellis Honor Society for her work with immigrant communities. She talks to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her career, her advocacy, and progress in the Latino community.

Under house arrest since August last year, Russian theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov will miss the Cannes Film Festival this week.

World News

The 2 Directors Missing From Cannes

3:25pm May 12, 2018

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon muses about how the glamour of this year's red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival masks the struggles of two directors who have been prevented by their home countries from attending.

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Actress Jessie Buckley On Her Character's Dark Role In 'Beast'

6:04pm May 11, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

Jessie Buckley stars in the new psychological thriller, Beast, set on the island of Jersey in the English Channel. NPR's Ari Shapiro spoke with Buckley about her role.

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Mackenzie Davis as Tully and Charlize Theron as Marlo in Tully.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Tully'

5:00am May 11, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman, Tully stars Charlize Theron in an often brutal look at the emotional and physical tolls of parenthood.

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A (very literal) mountain biker makes a base jump in Moab, Utah in the documentary Mountain.

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It's Not Just The Thin Air That's Breathtaking: The Documentary 'Mountain'

8:10pm May 10, 2018

by Bob Mondello

Filmmaker Jennifer Peedom seeks out the most forbidding places on the planet and finds stunning beauty — and the men and women willing to risk their lives to take it in.

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A midlife crisis spurs Deanna (Melissa McCarthy) to enroll in college, much to the chagrin of her daughter who goes to the same university.

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'Life Of The Party' Favors McCarthy's Gentle Warmth

5:00pm May 10, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Melissa McCarthy stars as a mom who rediscovers her identity at college in a comedy that brings out the actress/co-writer's sweet and sunny side.

Gabrielle Union shows off her killer parenting skills in the domestic thriller Breaking In.

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'Breaking In' Robs Viewers Of Suspense

5:00pm May 10, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Gabrielle Union stars in a thriller that fails on the fundamentals, and never capitalizes on its setting — a tricked-out, high-security family estate.

Nina (Saoirse Ronin) falls for novelist Boris Trigoren (Corey Stoll) in The Seagull, an adaptation of Chekhov's play of the same name.

Arts

Dacha Ado About Nothing — And Everything: 'The Seagull' Soars

5:00pm May 10, 2018

by Ella Taylor

A stellar cast, a faithful adaptation, and a director with a rhythmic sense of pacing ensure that this film version of Anton Chekhov's play takes flight.

Moll (Jessie Buckley) gets ready to go out in the thriller Beast.

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In The Nerve-Wracking Thriller 'Beast,' A Dark Beauty

5:00pm May 10, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

The tense, jittery buildup of writer/director Michael Pearce's mystery/thriller may prove more wickedly fun than its payoff, but star Jessie Buckley keeps us guessing throughout.