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That Time Wyclef Jean Ran For President Of Haiti

5:24pm November 21, 2015

Haitian-American musician Pras Michel talks about his new documentary, Sweet Micky for President, which chronicles an unconventional presidential election in post-earthquake Haiti.

Brothers Mychael and Jeff Danna composed the music for the new Pixar film The Good Dinosaur. "The entire process of making a music score is additive, so every little detail becomes part of the whole," Mychael says.

The Good Dino-Score: Behind The Music Of Pixar's Latest

8:53am November 21, 2015

by Tim Greiving

Writing music for The Good Dinosaur was a seven-month journey for brothers Mychael and Jeff Danna, not all of it glamorous.

'Mockingjay — Part 2' Ends The 'Hunger Games' Series With A Potent Anti-War Message

1:33pm November 20, 2015

by David Edelstein

Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss in the final film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' dystopian Hunger Games novels. Critic David Edelstein says that the saga ends "less with a bang than a whimper."

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Laurie Anderson Reflects On Life And Loss In 'Heart Of A Dog'

10:15pm November 19, 2015

Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson talks to Fresh Air's Terry Gross about her late dog, Lolabelle, her mother's death and the accident that nearly killed her. Anderson's new film is Heart of a Dog.

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Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2.

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'Mockingjay — Part 2' Sees A Franchise Sputter To A Stop

5:48pm November 19, 2015

by Andrew Lapin

The final installment of the Hunger Games story has little left to say and few visual delights left to offer.

Peter "Stoney" Emshwiller tells his 18-year-old self, "I'm old, I'm fat and, in your mind, I'm a failure. I know that. Why do you think I've been avoiding talking to you for 38 years?"

Arts

A Writer Gets Grilled By His 18-Year-Old Self In 'Later That Same Life'

5:07pm November 19, 2015

by NPR Staff

In 1977, Peter "Stoney" Emshwiller filmed himself asking questions meant for his future self; 38 years later, he sat down to answer them. The resulting film looks like one seamless interview.

Dean Norris and Chiwetel Ejiofor in a scene from Secret in Their Eyes.

Arts

'Secret In Their Eyes' Brings A Brutal Story To A New Home

5:03pm November 19, 2015

by Scott Tobias

The American remake of an Argentinian Oscar winner doesn't do enough to distinguish itself from the original, though it finds a few interesting angles.

Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett in a scene from Carol.

Arts

Women In Love In The Ravishing 'Carol'

5:03pm November 19, 2015

by Ella Taylor

Director Todd Haynes adapts a 1952 Patricia Highsmith novel about a divorcing woman who meets a young shop assistant.

Twin gangster brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray are played by Tom Hardy in Legend.

Arts

Two Tom Hardys Give A Boost To 'Legend'

5:03pm November 19, 2015

by Mark Jenkins

Tom Hardy plays both of the London-gangster Kray brothers and gives both palpable menace that helps boost a sometimes too-Hollywood story.

For six months, filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer vowed to eat only food entering the waste stream. They document their experiment, and the problem of food waste, in Just Eat It.

In 'Just Eat It,' Filmmakers Feast For 6 Months On Discarded Food

6:24pm November 18, 2015

by NPR Staff

Roughly 133 billion pounds of food go uneaten each year — much of it still edible. So for a half-year, the two filmmakers behind Just Eat It vowed to eat nothing but food entering the waste stream.

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