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Lampooners Garry Goodrow, Alice Peyton, Christopher Guest, John Belushi, Peter Elbling, Chevy Chase and Tony Hendra in this undated photo from Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead.

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Quest For Fun: Looking Back At 'National Lampoon'

7:43am September 26, 2015

by NPR Staff

Director Douglas Tirola's new film, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead, chronicles the rise and fall of National Lampoon. Tirola tells NPR the magazine's power came from its willingness to go after anyone.

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The Crisis Behind '99 Homes' — And How It Fueled The Film's Script

5:27pm September 25, 2015

The new film 99 Homes follows a realtor and an evictee during the 2010 housing crisis in Florida. Writer and director Ramin Bahrani tells NPR's Kelly McEvers of his firsthand research for the movie.

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In Stonewall, actor Jeremy Irvine (right) plays a fictional high school student from Indiana who throws the brick that starts the Stonewall riots.

The Big Question Behind 'Stonewall' Backlash: Who Threw The First Brick?

2:17pm September 25, 2015

by Hansi Lo Wang

In reality, no one knows who threw the brick that started the riots; but in a new film, it's a white teenager from Indiana. One activist says that "whitewashes" the history of Stonewall.

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Linda and Glen look forward to watching Supergirl, the new CBS series starring Melissa Benoist.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: The Toronto International Film Festival And Our Fall TV Pool

10:53am September 25, 2015

by Linda Holmes

This week, a big fall movie update from Toronto, plus our annual futile effort to predict the future of fall shows.

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Anne Hathaway is the CEO and Robert De Niro is the intern in Nancy Meyers' new comedy, The Intern.

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Director Nancy Meyers Makes Peace With Millennials In 'The Intern'

7:36pm September 24, 2015

by NPR Staff

Meyers' new comedy stars Anne Hathaway as a CEO and Robert De Niro as her intern — she tells NPR that while there's a big difference between generations, her movie's message is "Be less judgmental."

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John Wood is the surprising subject of a stranger-than-fiction story documented in Finders Keepers.

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Two Men, One Foot, One Film: 'Finders Keepers'

5:08pm September 24, 2015

by Mark Jenkins

A new documentary follows the story of two men arguing over ownership of a foot long separated from its owner.

Eli Roth's latest torture flick takes down young activists who crash into the Amazon jungle.

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Horror Tries To Have It Both Ways In 'Green Inferno'

5:03pm September 24, 2015

by Scott Tobias

Horror auteur Eli Roth tries to both tease political correctness and salute old exploitation films, but it's not always possible to thread the needle.

Members of the Black Panthers line up at a rally at DeFremery Park in Oakland, Calif.

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'Policing The Police': How The Black Panthers Got Their Start

8:11am September 24, 2015

In The Black Panthers, director Stanley Nelson explores the group's rise to prominence, including early efforts to address police brutality in Oakland, Calif.

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The new 3-D IMAX film Everest recounts a 1996 mountaineering disaster that claimed the lives of eight people. In it, Josh Brolin plays Beck Weathers, a Texan climber who was left for dead on the mountain.

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For Josh Brolin, 'Everest' Was A Test Of Acting Limits

2:30pm September 23, 2015

by NPR Staff

During filming, the crew shoveled salt in front of 100 mph fans to look like a snowstorm. "We were getting the great exfoliation of our lives," Brolin says. "And it was just horrible."

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'Black Mass,' Starring Johnny Depp, Leads Off Fall Movie Season

10:06pm September 21, 2015

by Kenneth Turan

Black Mass is based on the life of Whitey Bulger, the notorious South Boston organized crime boss. Johnny Depp's portrayal is described as "some of the best, most chilling work he's done in awhile."

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