Movies

Original Godzilla actor Haruo Nakajima points a figure of the monster he made for the movie during a 2014 interview at his home in Sagamihara, near Tokyo.

Haruo Nakajima, The Original Godzilla Actor, Dies

1:04pm August 08, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Nakajima played the iconic giant reptile in a dozen films, donning the suit that he says weighed about 220 pounds and wreaking havoc on model cities and rival monsters. He was 88.

'Wonder Woman' Continues Hot Streak In Mediocre Summer For Hollywood

4:31pm August 07, 2017

by Ted Robbins

Wonder Woman continues to make progress at the box office in a summer dotted with hits and misses. While most movies stay in theaters for two weeks, Wonder Woman is still playing in more than 1,000 theaters after 10 weeks.

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Albert Brooks' 'Lost in America' Remains Piercingly Relevant 32 Years Later

1:46pm August 07, 2017

by John Powers

Newly released on DVD and Blu-ray, the 1985 film follows a well-heeled LA couple who decide to become free-spirited wanderers. Critic John Powers says Lost In America is a comedy for the ages.

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Sports

'Icarus' Filmmaker Talks Stumbling On International Doping Scandal

6:11pm August 06, 2017

Amateur cyclist Bryan Fogel set out to make a film about doping in international sports. What he found was an international scandal over a state-run Russian doping program, with links to the Russian government.

Arts

Not My Job: Jeffrey Tambor Gets Quizzed On The Timber Industry

11:51am August 05, 2017

Tambor's memoir, Are You Anybody?, is about his life as an actor. We'll make him play a game called "TAMBOOOOOOOORRRRR!" ... which has absolutely nothing to do with acting.

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Fresh Air Remembers Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright And Actor Sam Shepard

2:33pm August 04, 2017

Shepard, who died Sunday, penned more than 55 plays, including Buried Child. His breakthrough film role was as astronaut Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. Originally broadcast in 1998.

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John Cho On Acting And 'Columbus'

5:07am August 04, 2017

Actor John Cho talks about his new film, Columbus, where he takes on a new character trait: subtlety. He tells NPR's David Greene that this role allowed him to explore a Korean-American character.

Bon App-etit: Pierre (Pascal Cervo) is guided by Grindr in 4 Days In France.

Arts

When Sex Becomes A Grind(r): '4 Days In France'

5:00pm August 03, 2017

by Ella Taylor

A gay man saunters through the French countryside, pursued by his lover, in this loose meditation on the perks and pitfalls of hooking up.

68 Kill stars Matthew Gray Gubler as Chip, a hapless schmo who gets more than he bargained for after he and his girlfriend plan to steal $68,000.

Arts

Slick, Speedy And Ultra-Violent '68 Kill' Leaves A Bitter Aftertaste

5:00pm August 03, 2017

by Scott Tobias

Many noir thrillers play with misogynistic ideas, but "68 Kill keeps the hostility and loses the self-deprecation, which turns it into an example of misogyny rather than an examination of it."

Jin (John Cho) and Casey (Haley Lu Richardson) find respite in one another and the architecture that surrounds them.

Arts

'Columbus' Is Soulless, By Design

5:00pm August 03, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

This stark, cerebral not-quite-romance is set in a city known for its spare modernist architecture, and that sense of severity pervades the film.