Movies

Armie Hammer, Nate Parker and Jayson Warner Smith in The Birth of A Nation

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A Man And An Amendment Are Re-Examined In 'The Birth Of A Nation' And '13th'

4:32pm October 07, 2016

by Bob Mondello

Nate Parker's rebellion film The Birth of A Nation and Ava DuVernay's documentary 13th tackle America's racial history, but intersect in complicated ways.

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'Birth Of A Nation' Conforms To Hollywood's Standard Revenge Template

1:41pm October 07, 2016

by David Edelstein

The new movie, which tells the story of Nat Turner's 1831 slave revolt, is a righteous-vigilante tale — and an answer to D.W. Griffith's 1915 film of the same name.

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Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in La La Land, which won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Fall Movie And TV Preview

1:16pm October 07, 2016

by Linda Holmes

Bob Mondello joins us for a look at the fall films from the Toronto International Film Festival, and we jump into our annual fall television pool.

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Avin Manshadi in Under the Shadow, a thriller by director Babak Anvari.

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In 'Under The Shadow,' The Horror Is Housebound

5:35pm October 06, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

Iranian-born director Babak Anvari's tale of motherhood and madness one-ups 2014's thematically similar The Babadook by bringing a larger sociopolitical context to the creepy goings-on.

Ok Commuter: Emily Blunt stars in The Girl on the Train.

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With 'The Girl On The Train,' A Best-Selling Novel Jumps The Track

5:00pm October 06, 2016

by Scott Tobias

In adapting Paula Hawkins' hugely popular novel, filmmakers never manage to make its twisty story register as anything more than an exercise in convoluted plot machinations.

Kacey Mottet Klein (left) and Corentin Fila in Being 17, a film by André Téchiné.

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Poignant Pangs In The Pyrenees: 2 Boys Come Of Age In 'Being 17'

5:00pm October 06, 2016

by Mark Jenkins

Director André Téchiné returns to a subject he famously explored in 1994's Wild Reeds: sexual awakening between teenage boys. This time, a stripped-down approach imbues his film with raw emotion.

Sarah Paulson and Mark Duplass in Blue Jay, a film written by Duplass and directed by Alex Lehrmann.

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High School Sweethearts Reconnect, And Reopen Old Wounds, In 'Blue Jay'

5:00pm October 06, 2016

by Ella Taylor

Sarah Paulson brings old-fashioned movie star charisma to this intimate two-character film that comes alive when the camera captures the emotions that flicker across her face from scene to scene.

'Denial' Recounts Professor's Legal Battle With Holocaust Denier

5:07pm October 02, 2016

Historian Deborah Lipstadt was the defendant in a British libel lawsuit brought by Holocaust denier David Irving. The new film Denial tells the story of that trial and the debate it ignited.

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Toledano on set, being made up for one of his fates.

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A Photographer Gets Old — Over And Over — In 'The Many Sad Fates'

7:30pm October 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

Photographer Phillip Toledano lost both his parents, an aunt and an uncle and began to wonder — what other dark turns did life have in store? He explores the possibilities in a new short film.

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Costume Designer Colleen Atwood Took Unlikely Path To Hollywood Royalty

4:44pm September 30, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood knows tough times. A single mom at 17 who once worked at a French fry factory to make ends meet is Hollywood royalty today. A favorite of director Tim Burton, Atwood is now costume designer for his adaptation of the darkly comic, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children and the upcoming Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

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