Movies

Matthew McConaughey plays an astronaut explorer in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar.

Science
Arts

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Separates Fact From Fiction In 'Interstellar'

8:14pm November 23, 2014

by NPR Staff

The astrophysicist has been tweeting about the science behind the film. In an interview with NPR, Tyson goes beyond those tweets, into wormholes, relativity and even some spoilers.

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"I want it to be folksy, but surrounded by madness," director Tommy Lee Jones told The Homesman's composers.

In 'The Homesman,' Wind Is The Sound Of Insanity

11:21am November 22, 2014

by Tim Greiving

Two composers became instrument builders to score the film, set in the pioneer days of the American West. "We both knew what the movie sounded like. We just had to find it," Tommy Lee Jones says.

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A drawing of two clinking martini glasses.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Foxcatcher' And The Art Of The Trailer

8:40am November 21, 2014

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, we look at the eerie film Foxcatcher, the world of trailers, and what's making us happy this week.

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Arts

Director Mike Nichols Remembered As A Comedian, Raconteur, Charmer

6:30pm November 20, 2014

Robert Siegel remembers director and film icon Mike Nichols, who died Wednesday of a heart attack at 83.

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Arts

Mike Nichols: Remembering The Ellipses After The Story Ends

3:01pm November 20, 2014

by Linda Holmes

We consider the work of writer-director-performer Mike Nichols, who died Wednesday.

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Renowned Theater And Film Director Mike Nichols Dies

12:43pm November 20, 2014

by Bob Mondello

Nichols, perhaps best known for his 1967 classic film, The Graduate, won Emmy, Oscar, Tony and Grammy awards. He died Wednesday at age 83.

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Mike Nichols was an ultimate Hollywood insider who won every major show business award directing for stage, film and TV. But his life in America began as an immigrant from Germany. Nichols was honored with an AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2010.

Arts

Mike Nichols, Award-Winning Director Of 'The Graduate,' 'Silkwood,' Dies

11:31am November 20, 2014

by Eric Deggans

Mike Nichols was an ultimate Hollywood insider who won every major show business award directing for stage, film and TV. But his life in America began as an outsider immigrant from Germany.

National

Award-Winning Director Mike Nichols Dies At 83

10:08am November 20, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

Nichols died suddenly Wednesday, ABC News said in a statement. The director of The Graduate and Death of a Salesman was one of the few people to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.

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Arts

Bennett Miller On Making The True-Life Crime Film 'Foxcatcher'

4:22pm November 19, 2014

Foxcatcher is about wealthy heir John du Pont who hosted Olympic wrestlers on his estate. The director talks about casting Steve Carrell, the challenge of filming wrestling scenes and his film Capote.

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Introduced, issue #52 of the Fantastic Four as a would-be for, the Black Panther would come to be a long-time ally.

Arts

Marvel's 'Black Panther' Isn't Just Another Black Superhero

5:26pm November 17, 2014

by Charles Pulliam-Moore

The recently announced feature, scheduled for November 2017, may be the first Afrofuturist film with a shot of blockbuster success.