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Renowned Biographer Patricia Bosworth Writes A Chapter From Her Own Life

8:11am January 28, 2017

by NPR Staff

The Men in My Life chronicles a 10-year period during which Bosworth married, divorced, finished college, became an actress, and worked alongside some of the biggest movie stars of the 1950s.

Arts

The Hollywood Black List Turns Overlooked Scripts Into Oscar Movies

6:22pm January 27, 2017

The Black List is an anonymous survey of the year's best film scripts. It's generally an indicator of movies that will be critical successes. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to journalist Alex Wagner about her piece in The Atlantic on the Black List.

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Nose Thyself: Buddy (voiced by Josh Gad) and Ethan (Dennis Quaid) get existential in A Dog's Purpose.

Arts

Cliches And Sentimentality Hound 'A Dog's Purpose'

5:00pm January 26, 2017

by Scott Tobias

A dog cycles through several canine lifetimes while teaching a series of owners to live, laugh and love. Critic Scott Tobias found the film's repeated, mawkish depictions of doggy death "wearying."

Bryce Dallas Howard and Matthew McConaughey — yes, really — star in Gold.

Arts

Fool's 'Gold': As An '80s Huckster, McConaughey Outshines The Film Around Him

5:00pm January 26, 2017

by Ella Taylor

Matthew McConaughey gained weight and lost hair to throw himself into this tale of a real-life stock-market swindle. The film aches for us to admire his reckless, grasping selfishness; we don't.

L to R: James Franco and Zachary Quinto star in writer-director Justin Kelly's I Am Michael.

Arts

A Gay Activist's Journey To Christian Fundamentalism: 'I Am Michael'

5:00pm January 26, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

Director Justin Kelly documents the life of the inscrutable Michael Glatze (James Franco), who rejected his gay identity in favor of a strict Christian faith, without judging the man, or his choices.

Shahab Hosseini and Taraneh Alidoosti in Asghar Farhadi's The Salesman.

Arts

'The Salesman': A Violent Act Tests A Marriage, And One Actor's Humanity

5:00pm January 26, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

As a Tehran couple perform Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, troubling parallels emerge in their home life. Writer-director Asghar Farhadi's nuanced film is one to which attention must be paid.

Arts

'The Founder' Follows Salesman's Genius Idea To Franchise McDonald's

10:39pm January 25, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with screenwriter Robert Siegel about writing the screenplay for The Founder, which follows McDonald's chain founder Ray Kroc.

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(Left) Rachel Bloom as Rebecca and Donna Lynne Champlin as Paula in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. (Right) Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1971.

Arts

'A Funny Ingenue': Rachel Bloom On The Influence Of Mary Tyler Moore

10:13pm January 25, 2017

by Linda Holmes

Mary Tyler Moore died Wednesday at 80 years old. Host Linda Holmes talks to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star and co-creator Rachel Bloom about how one very funny woman of television influenced many others.

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new Apple TV app during a product launch event in Cupertino, Calif., in October. The company now plans to make original movies and TV programming, according to sources.

Economy

Apple Looks To Compete With Netflix Originals, But Making Hits Is Hard

12:10pm January 25, 2017

by Laura Sydell

Apple is about to join Amazon and Netflix and get into the content-making business, sources say. Apple stands to boost revenue, analysts say, but finding success in Hollywood isn't easy.

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The Standout Films At Sundance

5:03am January 25, 2017

Rachel Martin talks with film critic Kenneth Turan about some of the breakout movies at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

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