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The WNBA is having a moment. A new documentary highlights off-court player activism

11:00am July 01, 2024

by Alan Chazaro

Power of the Dream takes viewers behind the scenes to show how WNBA players took a stand during racial justice protests in 2020, helped elect a senator and negotiated historic pay raises.

Lupita Nyong'o in A Quiet Place: Day One.

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In 'A Quiet Place: Day One', Lupita Nyong'o makes silence golden

8:02am July 01, 2024

In the post-apocalyptic world of A Quiet Place, aliens kill anyone who makes a sound, forcing humans into a near-silent existence. The new movie A Quiet Place: Day One takes us back to the beginning, but this time through the eyes of a terminally ill cancer patient played by the excellent Lupita Nyong'o.

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20 years later, 'The Notebook' still resonates with audiences

9:40pm June 30, 2024

by Scott Detrow

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Monica Castillo, senior film programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center, about the 20th anniversary of the film "The Notebook."

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Horror film icons get starts on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

4:15pm June 30, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

Some horror greats will be added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year: "Halloween" director John Carpenter and actor Robert Englund - famous for playing Freddy Krueger.

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Hallmark teams up with the NFL and Kansas City Chiefs to release a holiday romance

4:15pm June 29, 2024

Hallmark is teaming up with the NFL and the Kansas City Chiefs to make a holiday romance movie, capitalizing on Travis Kelce's relationship with Taylor Swift.

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Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker on her directorial debut with 'Janet Planet'

8:06am June 29, 2024

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker tells NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben about her screenplay and directorial debut, "Janet Planet."

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In 'Kinds of Kindness,' the cruelty is the point

8:03pm June 28, 2024

Kinds of Kindness is a weird, dark, and bleak film. It's directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) and it re-teams him with Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe, along with Jesse Plemons. Each actor plays different characters in three different stories — which all involve someone going to extreme measures to regain something they've lost.

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Actor Kevin Costner has been thinking about making his latest movie for decades

5:16pm June 27, 2024

by Ashley Brown

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with actor and director Kevin Costner about his new western movie, "Horizon."

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The Bear's Lionel Boyce dishes on acting, growth, and the romance on fans' minds

3:57pm June 27, 2024

by Juana Summers

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with actor Lionel Boyce, from FX's Emmy-winning show The Bear, about the debut of season three and his character's development.

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Sharply funny 'Janet Planet' perfectly captures the feel of a long, hot summer

1:01pm June 27, 2024

by Justin Chang

Writing and directing her first film, playwright Annie Baker exhibits uncanny powers of observation. Not much happens in this mother-daughter movie, but something momentous seems to have taken place.