Movies

Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner).

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Bigger And Louder Than Ever, Can The Avengers Still Satisfy?

7:13pm April 30, 2015

by Andrew Lapin

Avengers: Age Of Ultron continues the march of the Marvel Cinematic Universe toward more and more and more of everything. But that's not the same thing as making the movies better.

Matthias Schoenaerts and Carey Mulligan in Far From The Madding Crowd.

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Revisiting The Melodrama Of 'Far From The Madding Crowd'

5:33pm April 30, 2015

by Ella Taylor

Carey Mulligan plays the role once occupied by Julie Christie, but her very different take may be too controlled for its own good.

A woman walks past a memorial for some of the victims who are said to have died at the hands of the serial killer dubbed the "Grim Sleeper."

Too Scared To Talk To Police, Stalker's Victims Open Up In 'Grim Sleeper'

2:24pm April 28, 2015

by Mandalit del Barco

From 1985 to 2002, a series of killings struck South Central Los Angeles. A new documentary, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, explores the 25 years it took for police to arrest a man they say is the killer.

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Richard Corliss, 'Time' Film Critic, Dies At 71

5:54pm April 26, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The magazine said Corliss died Thursday night in New York following a stroke he suffered a week ago. Corliss reviewed films for the magazine for 35 years.

In Adult Beginners, Nick Kroll plays a failed tech entrepreneur who moves in with his older sister (Rose Byrne) and starts looking after her young son (Caleb and Matthew Paddock).

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Actor Nick Kroll: 'I'm A Real Solid Uncle The First Hour'

10:47am April 26, 2015

by NPR Staff

"By hour three," Kroll says, "I'm either on my phone or taking a nap." He tells NPR how being a youngest sibling and uncle of 12 informed his new film, Adult Beginners.

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The 1956 film Giant was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won a Best Director Oscar for George Stevens. Above, James Dean sits on set with Robert Marquez, left, and Joe Vasquez of Marfa, Texas.

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Marfa's Mexican-Americans Remember 'Giant' And Southwest Segregation

2:15am April 25, 2015

by Tom Michael

The documentary Children of Giant tells the story of some of the people in the 1956 film — not James Dean or Rock Hudson, but rather the Mexican community that appeared in it.

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A drawing of two clinking martini glasses.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Food In Pop Culture And Going Back To College

2:30pm April 24, 2015

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, we talk about competitive cooking shows, delicious food in the movies, and all the things we've learned about pop culture representations of college.

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Deception And Suspense By The Sea In The Iranian Mystery 'About Elly'

1:58pm April 24, 2015

by David Edelstein

Recently released in the U.S., Asghar Farhadi's 2009 film follows a teacher invited on a beach trip by the mother of one of her students. David Edelstein calls the film "Hitchockian" in its suspense.

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Zabou Breitman plays Ruth Halimi in 24 Days.

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'24 Days' Retells A Brutal Crime With Little Explanation

12:58pm April 24, 2015

by Mark Jenkins

The docudrama 24 Days doesn't try to explain the thinking of those who abducted and killed a Jewish Parisian. Instead, it considers what can be known about the motives of others.

Blackbird is about a gay interracial romance set in the deep South.

A Look At 'Blackbird,' The First Film On The New 'Black Netflix'

12:27pm April 24, 2015

by Neda Ulaby

The Urban Movie Channel, created by BET founder Robert L. Johnson, is being touted as the black Netflix. Its first original movie, Blackbird, is about a gay interracial romance in the Deep South.

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