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Actress Octavia Spencer Says 'Hidden Figures' Is A Movie Anyone Can Get Behind

6:00pm January 08, 2017

by NPR Staff

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Octavia Spencer about her latest film, Hidden Figures. It tells the story of the black, female mathematicians who helped launch the first American astronauts into space.

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'Hidden Figures' A Hit With Young Women Of Color Interested in STEM

6:00pm January 08, 2017

by NPR Staff

The film Hidden Figures is inspiring a new generation of young female coders of color. NPR checks in with some teenagers who like the movie.

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Actress Sigourney Weaver Talks About Redefining The Leading Lady Role

6:00pm January 08, 2017

by NPR Staff

Weaver talks about her new film, A Monster Calls, which tells the story of an adolescent boy who seeks solace in his imagination from the sadness and anger of losing his mother to a terminal illness.

Om Puri at the New York premiere of The Hundred-Foot Journey on Aug. 4, 2014.

Renowned Indian Actor Om Puri Dies At 66

6:27pm January 06, 2017

by Laura Wagner

Puri began acting in Indian art house cinema in the 1970s and soon branched into British and American films, including Gandhi in 1982 and Charlie Wilson's War in 2007.

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'Paterson' Paints A Delicate Portrait Of A Bus Driver Who Writes Poetry

2:01pm January 06, 2017

by David Edelstein

Jim Jarmusch's new film, Paterson, was loosely inspired by William Carlos Williams' epic poem of the same name. Critic David Edelstein says the film expertly evokes the inner state of an artist.

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L to R: Sylvie (Veerle Baetens), Kenneth (Kevin Jannsens) and Dave (Jeroen Perceval) in The Ardennes.

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Two Brothers Head Into 'The Ardennes' But Find Little That's Original

5:00pm January 05, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

Belgium's submission for the 2017 best-foreign-film Oscar is a visually stylish but highly derivative crime drama.

Joined At The Tragically Hip: Dianne (Olivia Thirlby) and Henry (Ben Feldman) in Between Us.

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Betwixt And 'Between Us': Hipster Newlyweds Struggle To Stay Cool

5:00pm January 05, 2017

by Scott Tobias

A couple takes pride in rejecting the trappings of a conventional married life — but the form their rejection takes is so marked by cliché that the film fails to sustain interest.

Agony Ent: A grieving Conor (Lewis MacDougall) confronts his local monster (voiced by Liam Neeson).

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In This Surprisingly Mature Kids' Movie, 'A Monster Calls' And A Boy Answers

5:00pm January 05, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

Screenwriter Patrick Ness adapts his YA novel about a monster who helps a boy deal with his mother's illness. The result is a film that confronts grief in a gratifyingly unsentimental way.

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are aspiring artists in the movie musical La La Land. The film has been nominated for seven Golden Globe awards.

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'La La Land' Director Aimed To Make A Film Even Musical Skeptics Would Love

2:44pm January 05, 2017

"Movies are kind of limited by what you see in front of the camera," says director Damien Chazelle. "Musicals find this wonderful way around that."

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Titanic Documentary Suggests Engine Room Fire Led To Sinking

8:48am January 05, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Senan Molony about his documentary, which presents evidence that a fire in the engine room could have also led to the sinking of the ship and the loss of 1,500 lives.

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