Movies

Allison Williams and Daniel Kaluuya star in Jordan Peele's Get Out. Click here for a review.

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50 Years After 'Loving,' Hollywood Still Struggles With Interracial Romance

6:36pm June 12, 2017

by Bob Mondello

Hollywood's long history of not putting interracial romance on-screen goes all the way back to the Hays Code, which prohibited the depiction of "sex relationships between the white and black races."

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In 'The Hero,' Sam Elliott Continues His Career Renaissance

5:46pm June 11, 2017

NPR's Lakshmi Singh speaks with actor Sam Elliott about his new film, "The Hero." Sam Elliott plays an aging actor, coming to terms with his mortality and a career as a typecast cowboy.

In Beatriz at Dinner, Salma Hayek plays Beatriz, a massage therapist who attends a dinner party at the home of her wealthy clients.

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Landing Starring Roles At 50, Salma Hayek Enjoys 'Proving Everyone Wrong'

8:12am June 11, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Hayek's career hasn't been easy, but she's not complaining: "I'd rather have the hard road into excellence than the easy road into mediocrity," she says. Her current film is called Beatriz at Dinner.

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'Beatriz at Dinner' And 'Megan Leavey' Celebrate Women Warriors

4:51pm June 09, 2017

by Bob Mondello

NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews two movies centered on women warriors — Beatriz at Dinner starring Salma Hayek, and Megan Leavey starring Kate Mara.

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'Becoming Cary Grant' Reveals The Self-Invention Of A Hollywood Icon

2:05pm June 09, 2017

by John Powers

Mark Kidel's new Showtime documentary tells the story of the man behind the debonair star. Off screen, Grant was "lonely, insecure and haunted by fears of being abandoned," says critic John Powers.

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'My Cousin Rachel' Spins A 19th-Century Melodrama About A Mysterious Young Widow

1:58pm June 09, 2017

by David Edelstein

Rachel Weisz plays a widow who might have designs on her cousin's fortune in a new adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's 1951 novel. Critic David Edelstein says the film will keep viewers in suspense.

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Peter Sallis, Voice Behind 'Wallace And Gromit' Films, Dies At 96

4:34pm June 08, 2017

Peter Sallis, who was the voice of Wallace in the beloved Wallace and Gromit films, died last week. He was 96 years old.

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'Beatriz At Dinner' Serves Up A Barbed Satire About Race, Class And Culture

3:03pm June 08, 2017

by Justin Chang

Salma Hayek plays a Mexican-American massage therapist who attends the dinner party of a wealthy client in Beatriz At Dinner. Reviewer Justin Chang calls the film an "elegantly acerbic new comedy."

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How Alan Alda Makes Science Understandable

2:04pm June 07, 2017

How do you communicate complex ideas effectively? How do scientists and doctors get their findings across to a needing public?

British actor Peter Sallis, who voiced the part of Wallace in the Wallace and Gromit clay animation films, posed in 2005 with a person dressed as that character at the movie premiere of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

Peter Sallis Of 'Wallace And Gromit' Fame Dies At 96

8:28am June 06, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

Before the British actor voiced Wallace in the animated films, he starred in the long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. He was the only actor to appear in all 295 episodes.