'Burnt' Tastes A Lot Like Last Year's Redemption Story
Bradley Cooper plays a chef who suffers no real consequences for acting like a jerk — an awfully common story in the world of movies about geniuses.
Movies
'Our Brand Is Crisis' Is A Satire Oddly Toothless About Politics
Director David Gordon Green's loose adaptation of a documentary about American political consultants meddling in other nations works as a comedic vehicle for Sandra Bullock, but sputters as satire.
Graphic Doesn't Mean Interesting, Particularly In 'Love'
Director Gaspar Noe manages to make his blandest feature to date despite — or as a result of — filling almost half its running time with raw, unsimulated sex.
Film Shines A 'Spotlight' On Boston's Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal
A new movie chronicles the team of journalists who uncovered the clergy sex abuse scandal in Boston. Director Tom McCarthy and former Globe editor Walter Robinson join Fresh Air to discuss Spotlight.
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell thinks "it's about dog-gone time" that horror is mainstreaming━and so do his fans.
'Birth Of A Race': The Obscure Demise Of A Would-Be Rebuttal To Racism
The Birth of a Nation, a Ku Klux Klan-glorifying epic, was America's first blockbuster film. It was also the spark for Emmett J. Scott, a black filmmaker who hoped to answer with a vision of his own.
Maureen O'Hara, Hollywood's 'Queen Of Technicolor,' Dies At 95
The Irish-American actress, known for her cascading red hair and sea-green eyes and who often starred opposite John Wayne, passed away at her home in Boise, Idaho, Saturday.
Bill Murray Talks The 'Kasbah' — And The Merits Of A Life Lived Phoneless
In Rock the Kasbah, he plays a tough-luck talent agent who finds a special voice in Afghanistan. In real life, the agentless Murray found something else after losing a phone: a "vacation from myself."
From Shirley Bassey To Sam Smith, Bond Songs Remain A Pop Oddity
Scott Simon speaks with the authors of a new book about the two dozen theme songs produced by the James Bond films, and what they say about the times in which they were written.
The Bonnets Come Off In 'Suffragette'
Screenwriter Abi Morgan's new movie focuses on the working-class women who fought for votes in the U.K. before World War I. She tells NPR she had no intention of making a polite British costume drama.