Movies

Henry Cavill (left) and Armie Hammer star as CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin in Guy Ritchie's reboot of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

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'60s Spies Hit The Big Screen, With Guy Ritchie Flair

11:19am August 17, 2015

by NPR Staff

The British director has rebooted The Man from U.N.C.L.E., the much loved television show from the 1960s. His new film gives American agent Napoleon Solo and Soviet spy Illya Kuryakin new backstories.

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A first movie, like Disney's Sleeping Beauty, can have a big impact on little kids. It might even turn them into movie reviewers one day.

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Discovering Movies, And How Visions Are Seldom All They Seem

6:21pm August 14, 2015

by Bob Mondello

NPR film critic Bob Mondello remembers the first movie he ever saw in a theater — Sleeping Beauty — and what it meant to him.

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Letters: Greek Migrants, Summer Movies

6:21pm August 14, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel and Melissa Block read listener letters, including reaction to an interview about boatloads of migrants washing up on the Greek Island of Chios, and a Bob Mondello piece about good movies to cool you off on a hot summer's day.

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Jason Segel On Breakups, Bromances And 'Freaks And Geeks'

2:13pm August 14, 2015

The star of the The End of the Tour may be best known for his "bromance" films. "These kind of buddy movies are allowing men to open up a little bit," Segel says. Originally broadcast March 23, 2009.

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Bel Powley stars as Minnie Goetze in The Diary of a Teenage Girl. Directed by Marielle Heller, the film is based on a semi-autobiographical graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner.

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A 'Diary' Unlocked: A Teenage Coming-Of-Age Story Put On Film

8:59am August 14, 2015

When she was 15, Phoebe Gloeckner lost her virginity to her mother's boyfriend. Gloeckner wrote about the experience in The Diary of a Teenage Girl, which Marielle Heller adapted into a film.

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Gaby Teller (Alicia Vikander,) Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer,) and Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) in a scene from The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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A Funny And Sexy Adaptation Of 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

5:06pm August 13, 2015

by Chris Klimek

Guy Ritchie's reworking of the 60's television show is a winning, action-packed summer blockbuster.

Brooke (Greta Gerwig) takes Tracy (Lola Kirke) under her wing in Mistress America.

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Generation Y Satire Meets Screwball Comedy In 'Mistress America'

5:03pm August 13, 2015

by Mark Jenkins

The latest film from Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig is a jumbled tale of a college student and her future stepsister.

On Screen, 'Diary Of A Teenage Girl' Packs The Punch Of A Good Graphic Novel

2:09pm August 13, 2015

by David Edelstein

The new film directed by Marielle Heller is a sexual coming-of-age story about a 15- year-old girl who loses her virginity to her mother's boyfriend. Critic David Edelstein has a review.

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