Movies

John Boyega plays security guard Melvin Dismukes in Detroit.

Arts

In Harrowing 'Detroit,' Kathryn Bigelow Mixes Brutal Facts With Fiction

5:00pm August 03, 2017

by Chris Klimek

A skilled director of visceral, real-world horrors, Bigelow dramatizes a 1967 incident that left 3 young black men dead at the hands of the police. The result is unflinching and effective.

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Md. Teens' 'Step' Journey Unfolds Amid Aftermath Of Freddie Gray's Death

4:15pm August 03, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

The documentary Step tracks a group of dancers at a Baltimore high school. It traces the journey of individual step dancers and what they go through to make their way to the next step in their lives.

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A Killing On A Native American Reservation Propels The Mystery-Thriller 'Wind River'

1:59pm August 03, 2017

by David Edelstein

Law enforcement agents confront a grim scene on the frozen Wyoming landscape in Taylor Sheridan's new film. Critic David Edelstein says that despite some clumsy plotting, Wind River hits home.

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When a Native American teenager is found dead, FBI agent Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olson, center) works with local police (Graham Greene, right, Hugh Dillon) to figure out what happened.

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Loss Piles Up Deep As Wyoming Snow Drifts In 'Wind River'

5:00am August 03, 2017

by Bob Mondello

The police procedural/Western centers on the death of a Native American teenage girl. Critic Bob Mondello says the film paints a searing portrait of life on society's margins.

Former Vice President Al Gore shared a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his work on climate change.

Al Gore Warns That Trump Is A 'Distraction' From The Issue Of Climate Change

6:52pm August 02, 2017

by Terry Gross

"I have no illusions about the possibility of changing Donald Trump's mind," he says. Instead, the former vice president wants to build bipartisan consensus to address the crisis.

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Charlize Theron plays Agent Lorraine Broughton in Atomic Blonde, the tagline of which is not — repeat, NOT — "It Gets Broughton!" because nobody thought to ask us.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Atomic Blonde'

6:00am August 02, 2017

by Glen Weldon

This episode we talk Atomic Blonde, a stylish and visceral spy thriller set in 1989 Berlin. It co-stars Charlize Theron and a really impressive wig.

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Actor Ed Harris Says Sam Shepard Was 'Iconically American'

10:17am August 01, 2017

Playwright/actor Sam Shepard died Thursday at the age of 73. Actor Ed Harris worked with him on many different project on the stage and screen; he offers his memories.

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Celebrated Playwright And Actor Sam Shepard Dies

4:43pm July 31, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

Sam Shepard was both a prize-winning playwright and an an acclaimed actor. He won a Pulitzer for Drama for Buried Child in 1979 and wrote more than 40 other plays as well as short stories and essays. He died Thursday at his home in Kentucky of complications from Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 73.

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Remembering Actress Jeanne Moreau, Icon Of French New Wave Cinema

3:17pm July 31, 2017

by Terry Gross

Moreau pursued acting despite her father's disapproval. She told Fresh Air, "I led a double life. ... He discovered it when he saw my picture on the front page." Moreau died Monday at the age of 89.

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Sam Shepard, 'Poet Laureate Of America's Emotional Badlands,' Dies At 73

1:44pm July 31, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, Shepard cut a towering presence in theater and cinema. He died last week of complications from ALS, a family spokesman says.