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News Articles: Movies

Composer Jonny Greenwood arrives for the Academy Awards on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, Calif. Greenwood was nominated for an Oscar his work on  <em>Phantom Thread.</em>

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  • Music Interviews

For Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, there are no rules to composing for film

Greenwood says writing the music for The Power of the Dog allowed him to experiment by mixing a banjo and a string quartet. He also recently scored Spencer and Licorice Pizza.

February 07, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
Naturally, <em>Encanto</em> has become a phenomenon — particularly on the strength of those chart-topping blockbuster songs, which I'd said "fell really flat."

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  • Pop Culture

I thought Encanto's songs were forgettable. So I went back to see what I was missing

After watching Encanto for the first time, I called the soundtrack "forgettable." So I went back and tried to figure out what I was missing.

February 07, 2022
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  • Stephen Thompson
GPB  NPR

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  • Sports

Shawn Harrington of 'Hoop Dreams' fame is back on the court, teaching young players

Scott Simon speaks to Shawn Harrington, who appeared in the 1994 basketball documentary "Hoop Dreams." He began teaching in Chicago this week after being the victim of a drive-by-shooting in 2014.

February 06, 2022
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  • Scott Simon
GPB  NPR

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  • Pop Culture

Actor Thandiwe Newton addresses colorism in the casting of films

While promoting her new movie God's Country, Newton talked about wanting to "apologize every day to darker-skinned actresses" for being chosen for roles.

February 04, 2022
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Julie (Renate Reinsve) overlooks the many life-choices she's about to make in <em>The Worst Person in the World</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

'The Worst Person In The World' is an achingly precise portrait of young adulthood

In Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier's film, Julie (Renate Reinsve) is a young woman who can't decide who she is. As she finds out, she makes mistakes that inspire an ache of rueful recognition.

February 04, 2022
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  • Glen Weldon
A screenshot of the trailer for the new Netflix film, Perfect Stangers.

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  • Movies

How a new Netflix film exposed a simmering tension in Egyptian society

Netflix's first ever Arabic language film, Perfect Strangers, sparked controversy in Egypt. In doing so, it highlighted a tug of war happening inside the country.

February 03, 2022
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  • Michael Levitt,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 1 more
The Colombia premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios' <em>Encanto</em> in Bogotá in November. The song "We Don't Talk About Bruno" reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on Monday.

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  • Movies

Let's talk about 'We Don't Talk About Bruno'

The catchy song by Lin-Manuel Miranda from Disney's Encanto reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, only the second from a Disney animated film to reach those heights.

February 02, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, shown here in 2018, has been fascinated with monsters since he was a child.

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  • Movie Interviews

Guillermo del Toro says his future was set the first time he saw 'Frankenstein'

The Mexican filmmaker says seeing the 1931 Frankenstein as a child was like being "struck by a lightning bolt." Del Toro's latest film, Nightmare Alley, stars Bradley Cooper as a carnival grifter.

February 01, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
On March 3, Hulu will premiere the series <em>The Dropout</em>, starring Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos founder recently convicted of defrauding her investors.

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  • Pop Culture

Your favorite celebrity could be playing your least favorite tech villain on TV

There's a lot that unites these projects: high-profile stars playing people who fell from grace. Specifically, people who shared the trait of having been being ambitious when it came to money.

January 31, 2022
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  • Linda Holmes
Ady Barkan and Nicholas Bruckman during the making of the documentary <em>Not Going Quietly</em>.

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  • Movie Interviews

Progressive activist Ady Barkan says his ALS has increased his platform

Activist Ady Barkan and director Nicholas Bruckman talked with NPR about the new documentary Not Going Quietly. It follows Barkan as he deals with ALS while also maintaining his activism.

January 30, 2022
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By:
  • Kira Wakeam and
  • Michel Martin
Peter Dinklage attends the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater in 2019 in Los Angeles.

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  • Movies

Disney defends its 'Snow White' remake after criticism from Peter Dinklage

The actor was "taken aback" by the studio's plan to revisit a story with problematic representation of dwarfs. Disney says it is taking "a different approach" to the live version.

January 27, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Singer Meat Loaf performs in support of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at the football stadium at Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012.

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  • Music

Meat Loaf, Grammy-winning singer famous for 'I'd Do Anything For Love,' dies at 74

Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, was best known for Bat Out Of Hell, one of the best selling albums of all time.

January 21, 2022
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  • Harrison Jacobs
Seidi Haarla plays a Finnish archaeology student traveling by train through Russia in <em>Compartment No. 6.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Strangers on a train share a bumpy ride in the Finnish film 'Compartment No. 6'

At times, Juho Kuosmanen's film plays like a scruffier, less romantic version of Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise. There's tension to every scene, a sense that anything could go wrong at any moment.

January 20, 2022
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  • Justin Chang
"[The West is] about as far from my lived experience as you can imagine," Cumberbatch says. He plays a cattle rancher in Jane Campion's film, <em>The Power of the Dog. </em>

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  • Movie Interviews

Benedict Cumberbatch digs into toxic masculinity in 'The Power of the Dog'

The British actor says the American West is "about as far from my lived experience as you can imagine." Cumberbatch got into his role for The Power of the Dog by spending time with real ranchers.

January 19, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
Actor Gaspard Ulliel at a Chanel fashion show in 2015. Ulliel died Wednesday after a skiing accident in the Alps, according to officials in Albertville, France.

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  • Arts & Life

'Hannibal' actor Gaspard Ulliel has died in a ski accident at age 37

Ulliel, known for playing fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent in a 2007 biopic and alongside Audrey Tatou in A Very Long Engagement, will be featured in Marvel's Moon Knight.

January 19, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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