Movies

Blake Jenner, at left, plays Jake in Everybody Wants Some!!, but he's also a stand-in for director Richard Linklater.

Arts

Richard Linklater Goes To College — 22 Years Later — In 'Everybody Wants Some!!'

4:27pm April 17, 2016

by NPR Staff

The director's new film follows a young baseball player through his first days of college; it's kind of an informal sequel to Linklater's 1993 last-days-of-high-school hit Dazed and Confused.

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3 Years After Boston Marathon Bombing, The Story Of A Wrongly Accused Student

8:28am April 17, 2016

by Anders Kelto

Brown University student Sunil Tripathi disappeared just before the Boston Marathon bombing, and was accused of being involved in the attack. A new documentary looks at the effects of the allegation.

Arts

Tribeca Film Festival Kicks Off, Flaunting More Than Movies

8:06am April 17, 2016

The Tribeca Film festival starts this week and it's going to showcase a lot more than films.

Arts

'Barbershop' Returns, With Shears In Hand And New Twists In Mind

5:28pm April 16, 2016

The latest in the Barbershop movie franchise is out this weekend. Screenwriter Tracy Oliver, who co-wrote the screenplay, talks with NPR's Michel Martin.

10-year-old Neel Sethi does persuasive work in The Jungle Book's digitized world.

Arts

Mowgli Takes Convincing Lumps In The Digital World Of 'The Jungle Book'

8:43pm April 15, 2016

by Bob Mondello

A new version of the classic Disney animated movie The Jungle Book features a live-action Mowgli in a digital jungle.

National

AMC Backtracks On Experiment To Allow Texting In Theaters After Outcry

7:11pm April 15, 2016

by Bob Mondello

AMC said on Thursday it was considering allowing texting in some of its movie theaters. The outrage was immediate and loud, and on Friday, the company announced that it had reconsidered.

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Arts

Feats Of Technical Magic Bring Disney's New 'Jungle Book' To Life

5:49pm April 15, 2016

A new version of the classic Disney animated movie features a live-action Mowgli and digitally created animals. It's feat of animation and technical magic — the new smoke and mirrors of Hollywood.

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Should texting be allowed at some movie screenings?

Clash Of The Screens: Should Movie Theaters Allow Texting? AMC Says Maybe

3:38pm April 15, 2016

The CEO of AMC Entertainment says he is considering allowing texting during some movie showings at AMC Theaters. A good thing? Our pop culture blogger and movie critic weigh in.

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Thrilling And Kinetic, Updated 'Jungle Book' Is 'A Triumph'

1:41pm April 15, 2016

by David Edelstein

Jon Favreau's adaptation of the Disney classic reprises the story of a little boy raised by wolves. Critic David Edelstein says The Jungle Book seamlessly blends computer animation and storytelling.

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Mindy Kaling as Dr. Mindy Lahiri in The Mindy Project.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'The Mindy Project' And Romantic Comedies

10:27am April 15, 2016

by Linda Holmes

This week's show brings in Audie Cornish and Margaret Willison to talk about Mindy Kaling's just-returning OB/GYN comedy and about the state and ways of romantic comedy in general.

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