What To Watch For After Cannes Film Festival
Rachel Martin talks with film critic Kenneth Turan about some of the movies to watch for coming out of this year's Cannes Film Festival.
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The Saint Before The Spy: Actor Roger Moore Dies At 89
Though most came to know him in the James Bond films, Roger Moore first displayed his brand of undercover suave in the TV series, The Saint. Moore died Tuesday at the age of 89.
He Called Himself 'One Lucky Bastard': Sir Roger Moore Dies At 89
British actor Sir Roger Moore began his career as a model and small-time MGM studio player but was best known for stepping into the role of James Bond in the 1970s and 1980s.
Dina Merrill, Actress, Heiress And Philanthropist, Dies At 93
Merrill, the daughter of Wall Street broker E.F. Hutton and cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, went on to become a leading lady in movies. She died Monday at her home in East Hampton, N.Y.
Danish Filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg Gets Deeply Personal In 'The Commune'
NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews The Commune, a Danish drama about a living arrangement that doesn't turn out the way its organizers expected.
'Alien: Covenant' Mixes Blood And Guts With Existential Questions
Ridley Scott's new installment of the Aliens franchise is a face-grabbing prequel featuring two androids. Critic David Edelstein says that though plodding at times, Alien: Covenant does deliver.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Master Of None' And 'Snatched'
On this week's show, Gene Demby from NPR's Code Switch and NPR TV critic Eric Deggans join us for a conversation about the second season of Master Of None and the very silly film Snatched.
'Abacus': The Small Chinatown Bank That Paid A High Price
In Abacus: Too Small To Jail, Steve James, who made Hoop Dreams, tells the story of a very small bank that really was prosecuted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
The Device Of Illness Disappoints In 'Everything, Everything'
Based on Nicola Yoon's YA novel, Everything, Everything has some of the ingredients it needs to be satisfying, but the way it uses illness only as a plot device makes that satisfaction elusive.
Bryan Cranston Hides And Watches In 'Wakefield'
Bryan Cranston plays a man who settles in to spy on his own family in Wakefield, a story with roots going all the way back to Nathaniel Hawthorne.