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News Articles: Movies

 Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga star in <em>Joker: Folie à Deux.</em>

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'I didn't want it to end.' Why director Todd Phillips came back with another 'Joker'

After the 2019 Joker wrapped, Phillips knew he wanted to do more with Batman's archnemesis. Joker: Folie à Deux is a musical sequel, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.

September 23, 2024
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  • Terry Gross
 Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle in <em>The Substance.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

‘The Substance’ is imaginary, but feminine self-hatred is real in this body horror

In The Substance, Demi Moore plays an aerobics TV star who turns 50 and is promptly ousted from her gig in Hollywood. She and Margaret Qualley duke it out in this excruciating body horror tale.

September 18, 2024
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
<em>¡Casa Bonita, Mi Amor!</em> follows Trey Parker and Matt Stone as they renovate a dilapidated, inauthentic, 1970s Mexican restaurant. The labor of love becomes a money-pit as they chase the landmark's former glory.

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  • Movie Reviews

'South Park' creators renovate a beloved restaurant, and find nostalgia is pricey

A new film follows Trey Parker and Matt Stone as they renovate a dilapidated, inauthentic, 1970s Mexican restaurant. The labor of love becomes a money-pit as they chase the landmark's former glory.

September 16, 2024
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By:
  • John Powers
Ian McKellen, left, plays a powerful and reviled theater critic in <em>The Critic</em>, alongside Gemma Arterton, in the role of an actress who was once one of his targets.

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  • Movie Interviews

Ian McKellen relishes Machiavellian role in new film 'The Critic'

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with actor Ian McKellen about his starring role as a powerful London theater critic who savages "bad performance" in Anand Tucker's new film The Critic.

September 14, 2024
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By:
  • Olivia Hampton
His Three Daughters. (L-R) Natasha Lyonne as Rachel, Elizabeth Olsen as Christina and Carrie Coon as Katie in His Three Daughters. Cr. Sam Levy/Netflix © 2024.

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  • Movie Reviews

A dying father brings 'His Three Daughters' together, in a sharply written film

Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon play estranged sisters saying farewell to their terminally ill dad. It's a familiar plot, but writer-director Azazel Jacobs manages to sidesteps cliché.

September 13, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
 Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza in <em>My Old Ass</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

A teen meets her middle-aged self in 'My Old Ass' and finds hindsight isn't 20/20

Imagine camping out in the woods, taking mushrooms, and meeting your future self ... played by Aubrey Plaza. That's what happens to 18-year-old Elliott (Maisy Stella) in this charming, quirky comedy.

September 11, 2024
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
Irene Maiorino, left, and Alba Rohrwacher, right, play the adult versions of protagonists Lila and Lenù in the fourth season of <em>My Brilliant Friend</em>.

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  • Television

'My Brilliant Friend' returns for final season with two new stars

Alba Rohrwacher and Irene Maiorino discuss their roles as leads in the fourth and final season of the HBO series My Brilliant Friend, based on Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet novels.

September 10, 2024
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  • Olivia Hampton
James Earl Jones, pictured here in 2014, followed in the footsteps of actors like Sidney Poitier, Paul Robeson and Canada Lee, all of whom refused to be limited by stereotypical roles.

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  • Obituaries

Actor and beloved baritone James Earl Jones dies at 93

Everything about Jones was big: his stage presence, the intensity of his glance and the brilliance of his craft. From Star Wars to The Lion King to CNN, his voice pervaded popular culture.

September 09, 2024
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  • Allison Keyes
Turns out Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) hasn't changed much in 30-odd years — he's less of a villain, but still a pain in the neck.

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  • Movie Reviews

Beetlejuice is back, in a supernatural screwball sequel

Director Tim Burton seems more interested in updating than duplicating his 1988 hit. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice demonstrates affection for the characters and genuine curiosity in how they’re doing now.

September 06, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
GPB  NPR

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  • Movie Reviews

Here are 25 movies we can't wait to watch this fall

Here are the new releases coming your way between now and Thanksgiving — we've got award contenders, goofy comedies, a smattering of romance, plenty of anti-heroes, and a musical documentary in LEGOs.

September 06, 2024
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By:
  • Aisha Harris,
  • Bob Mondello,
  • and 2 more
GPB  NPR

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  • Movie Reviews

Here are 25 movies we can't wait to watch this fall

Here are the new releases coming your way between now and Thanksgiving — we've got award contenders, goofy comedies, a smattering of romance, plenty of anti-heroes, and a musical documentary in LEGOs.

September 06, 2024
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By:
  • Aisha Harris,
  • Bob Mondello,
  • and 2 more
Critics have said the promotional materials for the film <em>It Ends With Us</em> glamorize domestic violence.

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  • National

The movie 'It Ends With Us' faces criticism for glamorizing domestic abuse

Critics say the film, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel of the same title, paints a love story — not a picture of domestic abuse as portrayed in the original work.

August 28, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
José Coronado as Julio Arenas in <em>Close Your Eyes.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Quietly transcendent 'Close Your Eyes' may be among the best films you see all year

Over the past 50 years or so, Spanish filmmaker Víctor Erice has directed just four features. His latest, about a filmmaker who revisits a past project, has the pull of a well-crafted detective story.

August 23, 2024
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By:
  • Justin Chang
Director Francis Ford Coppola at the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif. on March 27, 2022.

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  • Arts & Life

Lionsgate apologizes to Coppola for now-pulled 'Megalopolis’ trailer

“We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error,” a Lionsgate spokesperson said in a statement.

August 22, 2024
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco

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  • National

Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood is on borrowed time. A film is documenting it all

Mountains, the first feature by filmmaker Monica Sorelle, focuses on a Haitian American family struggling to get ahead in a South Florida neighborhood targeted by developers.

August 22, 2024
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  • Greg Allen
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