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Arts

In 'Two Days,' A Mother Lobbies Coworkers For Her Job

1:01pm December 21, 2014

by Howie Movshovitz

The latest movie from filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne stars Marion Cotillard as a young mother who fights to keep from getting screwed over by her colleagues at work.

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A banner for The Interview is posted outside Arclight Cinemas, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The theatrical release of the film has been cancelled following cyber attacks and threats believed to originate in North Korea.

North Korea Has An Interesting Offer. And Another Threat

4:34pm December 20, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The secretive regime denies any involvement with the Sony Pictures hack and says the U.S. must allow it to help find the real culprit. Or else.

Hollywood Pros Fear A Chilling Effect After Sony Bows To Hackers

12:05pm December 20, 2014

by Nathan Rott

Some in the entertainment industry are wondering if they'll have to be careful now about the stories they tell or the jokes they make in the wake of Sony's withdrawal of The Interview.

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Emily Blunt and James Corden star as a baker and his wife in Rob Marshall's new adaptation of Into the Woods.

Arts

Sondheim's Songs Go 'Into The Woods' And Onto The Big Screen

11:39am December 20, 2014

by NPR Staff

Director Rob Marshall is no stranger to the movie musical — and now, he's taking on the challenge of adapting Stephen Sondheim's knotty, complicated songs to the big screen with Into the Woods.

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Responding to criticism over the handling of The Interview, Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton says his studio "very much wanted to keep the picture in release."

CEO Says Sony Pictures 'Did Not Capitulate,' Is Exploring Options

7:33pm December 19, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Melissa Block talks to Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton about the cyber attack against his company and the cancellation of the Christmas Day release of The Interview.

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Timothy Spall finds beauty in the unlikeliest places as painter J.M.W. Turner.

Arts

'Mr. Turner' Is A Snuffling, Growling Work Of Art

6:58pm December 19, 2014

by Bob Mondello

Critic Bob Mondello says Mike Leigh's earthy new biopic about the famed British painter J.M.W Turner shows viewers the incandescent beauty of the world as Turner himself must have seen it.

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Arts

The Strange World — And Life — Of 'Mr. Turner'

1:48pm December 19, 2014

by David Edelstein

The biopic of landscape painter J. M. W. Turner depicts a man whose mind is barely engaged by anything other than his work. He's a mystery, and his art is magically indefinite — just like the movie.

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National

Sony Cancels Christmas Day Release Of 'The Interview' Amid Threats

12:32pm December 19, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The move follows the decision by major U.S. theater chains not to screen the comedy that centers on a plot to assassinate North Korea's leader.

Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhane Wallis star in the latest incarnation of the musical Annie.

Arts

A Different 'Annie,' But Still A Good Kid

12:19pm December 19, 2014

by Linda Holmes

The new adaptation of Annie, starring Quvenzhane Wallis and Jamie Foxx, isn't the same Annie some of us knew in childhood. But on her own terms, she's still a charmer.

Risky Comedies Could Be In Jeopardy After 'Interview' Is Pulled

6:32pm December 18, 2014

Audie Cornish talks with John Horn of KPCC's The Frame, about what Sony's decision to cancel The Interview means for Hollywood, freedom of speech and future artistic expression.

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