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From left, Bastian Wurbs (as Titus), Joel Basman (as Valentin) and Nikki Rappl (as Lukas) star in Keep Rollin', a coming-of-age drama featured in the seventh annual Reelabilities film festival.

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People With Disabilities, On Screen And Sans Clichés

10:43pm March 14, 2015

by NPR Staff

Films that focus on disability are frequently overlooked by festivals and audiences. Reelabilities, a 15-city festival, is bucking the trend, showcasing films by and about people with disabilities.

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'Midnight Rider' Director Gets Two-Year Sentence In Camera Assistant's Death

5:20pm March 14, 2015

NPR's Scott Simon talks with the Los Angeles Times' Richard Verrier about Sarah Jones, who died on the Midnight Rider set. Director Randall Miller will serve two years for involuntary manslaughter.

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Cinderella and her fairy godmother in the 1950 Disney cartoon.

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A Girl, A Shoe, A Prince: The Endlessly Evolving Cinderella

11:47pm March 13, 2015

by Linda Holmes

We take a stroll through just a little of the cultural history of Cinderella, the shoe-wearing, prince-finding, stepmother-vexing heroine who's been around for hundreds of years — at least.

It Follows "inverts the abstinence metaphor behind most teen horror flicks," says NPR film critic Bob Mondello.

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What's Familiar Becomes Unnerving In 'It Follows'

8:00pm March 13, 2015

by Bob Mondello

NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews It Follows, a film that he says works some interesting changes on the horror genre.

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Horror Film Fans Beware: 'It Follows' Isn't The Fun Kind Of Scare

1:37pm March 13, 2015

by David Edelstein

The film is about a teenage girl who sleeps with a boy and is suddenly under a curse. Critic David Edelstein says he didn't enjoy feeling "sick with dread," but the ending is unexpectedly moving.

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A scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens â not the movie you're looking for. Rogue One, the first stand-alone film in the Star Wars franchise, will be released Dec. 16, 2016.

Disney Announces Title Of Stand-Alone 'Star Wars' Film

6:18pm March 12, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

It'll be called Rogue One, and it's coming to theaters Dec. 16, 2016. The film stars Felicity Jones, most famous for her Academy Award-nominated performance in The Theory of Everything.

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'Gone Girl': A Gripping Film That's More Fun Than The Book

3:31pm March 12, 2015

by David Edelstein

Based on a screenplay by author Gillian Flynn, the movie is sensationally effective. It's made like a classic noir — evenly paced, with an elegance that in context is deeply perverse.

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Star Wars Lords Of The Sith will feature the first official LGBT character.

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Coming Out In A Galaxy Far Far Away: Star Wars Gets Its First LGBT Character

1:17pm March 11, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

Star Wars has had a complicated relationship with LGBT issues in the past. A new character, Moff Mors, might change that.

Sidney Poitier smolders — and swelters — in In the Heat of the Night.

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The Good, The Bad And The Hot: Movies To Warm Winter's Bite

3:18pm March 09, 2015

by Bob Mondello

As much of the country shivers in the grip of a nasty winter, NPR movie critic Bob Mondello ponders cinematic heat — the movies that smolder, swelter and sizzle no matter what the mercury says.

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No Joke: Hollywood Comedy Producer Finds Career In Prison Reform

10:03pm March 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

Scott Budnick hit it big in Hollywood as an executive producer of the Hangover movies. Then, in 2013, he decided to leave it all behind and focus full time on helping young people in prison.

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