Movies

Peter Sarsgaard plays social scientist Stanley Milgram in Experimenter.

Arts

'Experimenter' Revisits A Decades-Old Trial Of Free Will And Compassion

1:29pm October 23, 2015

by David Edelstein

A new film revisits a controversial 1961 social science experiment in which volunteer subjects were asked to administer electrical shocks to other human beings. David Edelstein reviews Experimenter.

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Tom Hanks as lawyer James Donovan in Bridge of Spies.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Bridge Of Spies' And Lots More Tom Hanks

9:05am October 23, 2015

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, Audie Cornish is with us to talk about the latest Steven Spielberg project and about the long career of its star.

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Movie Review: 'Suffragette' Has A Weakness For Earnestness And Contrivance

5:01am October 23, 2015

Suffragette reminds us of the angry and savage battle over women's right to vote was in Britain in the early years of the 20th century.

Artist Laurie Anderson offers a personal essay centering on her beloved rat terrier Lolabelle in Heart of a Dog.

Arts

Feeling Sad Without Being Sad In 'Heart Of A Dog'

6:56pm October 22, 2015

by Ella Taylor

Performance artist Laurie Anderson creates a feature-length, mixed-media collage dedicated to the peculiar qualities of grief.

Aja (Hayley Kiyoko, from left), Jem (Aubrey Peeples) and Kimber (Stefanie Scott) in a scene from Jem and the Holograms.

Arts

Something Is Happening On The Internet, And 'Jem' Is Not Really On It

6:43pm October 22, 2015

by Scott Tobias

The live-action adaptation of Christy Marx's '80s cartoon staple wants desperately to appeal to teenagers who live online, but it has neither the energy nor the knowledge of the landscape to do it.

Richie Lanz (Bill Murray) is a passe rock manager who, while stranded in Kabul, discovers Salima Khan (Leem Lubany), a Pashtun teenager with a beautiful voice.

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Bill Murray Can't Bring The Rhythm To 'Rock The Kasbah'

5:36pm October 22, 2015

by Mark Jenkins

There could be some subversion in a comedy about a music manager trying to get a singer on the American Idol counterpart, Afghan Star, but in the end, there isn't.

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New Film Follows Talent Agent From L.A. To Kabul

5:17pm October 22, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with director Barry Levinson about making his movie Rock the Kasbah. It's set mostly in Afghanistan, and stars Bill Murray as a hapless music manager who stumbles upon a Pashtun woman with a golden voice.

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Vin Diesel as Kaulder in a scene from The Last Witch Hunter.

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There's Goofy Fun To Be Had In 'The Last Witch Hunter'

5:03pm October 22, 2015

by Andrew Lapin

If you can't appreciate Vin Diesel removing an evil bug from the face of Michael Caine, what do you have left to be happy about?

Sarah Silverman plays a profoundly depressed woman who has gone off her medication in the film I Smile Back.

Sarah Silverman Opens Up About Depression, Comedy And Troublemaking

2:38pm October 22, 2015

Throughout her life, comedian Sarah Silverman has experienced varying degrees of depression, which she likens to a "chemical change." She plays a profoundly depressed woman in the film I Smile Back.

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The Heat, The Pressure, The Violence: Cooking Films Are The New Boxing Movies

2:15pm October 21, 2015

by Neda Ulaby

When you go to boxing movies, you can count on training montages, high-stakes dramatic moments, and the way a scrappy outsider always seems to have to prove him or herself in the ring. Many of these traits are showing up in a new group of movies — this time about chefs.

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