Movies

The triangular patterns visible in Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther suit reflect what costume designer Ruth Carter calls "the sacred geometry of Africa."

Arts

'Black Panther' Costume Designer Draws On 'The Sacred Geometry Of Africa'

4:21pm February 16, 2018

by Mallory Yu

Ruth Carter is the costume designer for the Marvel's Black Panther movie. She talks about how she grounded the movie's futuristic look in the history and traditions of tribes from all over Africa.

The link between science and superheroes is evident in Marvel Studios' Black Panther. Science is why T'Challa's nation, Wakanda, is globally preeminent.

Science

'Black Panther': Science, Heroes — And How Comics Changed The World

3:15pm February 16, 2018

by Adam Frank

Hidden in the narratives of 1970s comics like the Black Panther was an idea that grew like a seed in the imagination of kids like me: Science and heroism were indelibly linked, says Adam Frank.

Arts

How A Medically Induced Coma Led To Love, Marriage And The Oscar-Nominated 'Big Sick'

3:00pm February 16, 2018

Comic Kumail Nanjiani didn't think of marrying then-girlfriend Emily V. Gordon until he saw her in a coma. The couple co-wrote a romantic comedy based on the story. Originally broadcast July 12, 2017.

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President Trump Addresses The Nation After Yesterday's School Shooting In Florida That Killed 17

Friday News Roundup - Domestic

2:53pm February 16, 2018

One hour — or even 24 hours — might not be enough to wrap up this week's news.

A soon-to-be-divorced couple looks for their runaway son (Matvey Novikov) in Loveless, a pitch-black Russian drama that earned an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film.

Arts

A Missing Child, A Dying Marriage And A 'Loveless' Society

5:23pm February 15, 2018

by Bob Mondello

Russia's contender for a best foreign language film Oscar is a bleak and searing indictment of Russian society, told through the eyes of a rancorous married couple.

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Ticket Sales For Marvel's 'Black Panther' Are Superhero-Sized

5:14pm February 15, 2018

by Bob Mondello

Advance ticket sales for super-hero movies are always super-sized, but even accounting for that, Marvel's Black Panther is breaking records. Civic groups have been buying out whole screenings so that African-American children can experience the film together.

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Hognob (Nick Park) and Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston) in Early Man, a pre-historic animated feature from the the co-director of Chicken Run.

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'Early Man' Is A Mammoth Delight

5:01pm February 15, 2018

by Scott Tobias

In the age of digital animation, Nick Park and his team at Aardman are still animating with their actual digits; this lovingly made tale of a prehistoric soccer rivalry is full of charm.

In Double Lover, Chloé (Marine Vacth) falls in love with her psychoanalyst Paul (Jeremie Reiner). As they get closer, Chloé starts to learn some insidious secrets about her lover.

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In The Sexy, Silly 'Double Lovers,' A Woman Steps Through The Looking Glass

5:00pm February 15, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

French director Francois Ozon's erotic thriller, an homage to the films of De Palma and Cronenberg, is all about mirrored surfaces, twinship and body horror.

Patricia Clarkson and Kristin Scott Thomas star in The Party, a dark comedy about a get-together that goes just a little bit off the rails.

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In 'The Party,' The Bourgeois Get Petty

5:00pm February 15, 2018

by Ella Taylor

Writer-director Sally Potter zeroes in on the hypocrisy of the British chattering-class but her aim wanders, so the characters stay flat and the satire never kicks in.

Director Ryan Coogler attends the Black Panther BFI preview screening on February 9, 2018 in London, England.

Arts

Director Ryan Coogler Says 'Black Panther' Brought Him Closer To His Roots

2:32pm February 15, 2018

by David Greene

The new film imagines an African nation, rich in minerals and unscarred by colonialism and slavery; Coogler says he traveled to the continent to dig into the question of what it means to be African.