Two Tom Hardys Give A Boost To 'Legend'
Tom Hardy plays both of the London-gangster Kray brothers and gives both palpable menace that helps boost a sometimes too-Hollywood story.
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In 'Just Eat It,' Filmmakers Feast For 6 Months On Discarded Food
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.
In 'Good Dinosaur,' Director Peter Sohn Helps An Herbivore Conquer His Fears
Arlo the dinosaur is scared of a lot things, and that's something Sohn says he can relate to. "That test has been with me my whole life — trying to find ways to get through these little fears."
'Misery,' 'Misery' And 'Misery,' From Page To Screen To Stage
A new stage play finds Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf at the controls of an oddly horror-free version of the Stephen King novel.
'Brooklyn' Chronicles The Heartache Of The Irish-American Immigrant Experience
Director John Crowley and actress Saoirse Ronan join Fresh Air to discuss Brooklyn, a film about a homesick immigrant forced to choose between her familiar hometown and an unpredictable new life.
Arrested Development Meets Adulthood In 'James White'
James White is an indie drama about a slacker dealing with the death of one parent and the decline of another. NPR film critic Bob Mondello says it's both intimate and intense.
No Christmas Cheer For 'The Coopers'
The Coopers are yet another family who've gift-wrapped their dysfunction and brought it home for Christmas.
Indie Filmmaker Brings Story Of Chile's '33' Miners To The Big Screen
Before making the film, Patricia Riggen met with the real miners and heard their stories. She says she aimed to "portray the heart of these guys and what they went through emotionally."
Old And New Worlds Collide In An Unpredictable, Lovely 'Brooklyn'
Saoirse Ronan plays a homesick Irish immigrant forced to choose between two suitors – and two countries — in the new film, Brooklyn. Critic David Edelstein says the movie "plays like a dream."
A Pointless Portrait Of A Suffering Marriage 'By The Sea'
Angelina Jolie Pitt writes and directs herself and her real-life husband, Brad Pitt, as moody artists who drive to the coast to salvage their marriage in a vapid homage to 1970s European art films.