Daniel Day-Lewis 'Simply Becomes Lincoln'
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: This year, we've had not one, but two movies about the sixteenth president of the United States. This spring, "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter" slashed its way into...
View ArticleHow 'Sound City' Changed The Face Of Rock 'N Roll
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: One of the most entertaining documentaries to come out of this year's Sundance Film Festival is "Sound City." The rock musician Dave Grohl, of the band Foo Fighters, is...
View ArticleMovie Review: 'Gimme The Loot'
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: "Gimme The Loot" is a new independent film that's had a charmed life, including winning the Best Narrative prize at South by Southwest and an appearance at the Cannes...
View ArticleRoger Ebert: More Than A Thumbs-Up, Thumbs-Down Guy
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert died Thursday. He was known for his thumbs-up, thumbs-down TV reviews that influenced moviegoers across the nation. On Wednesday, he had announced on his blog that he...
View ArticleMovie Review: 'Trance'
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: The director Danny Boyle is best known for the Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire." His latest film is called "Trance," but Los Angeles Times and MORNING EDITION film...
View Article'Pacific Rim' Is Filled To The Brim With Special Effects
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: Another movie opening is "Pacific Rim." Critic Kenneth Turan says it has plenty of explosions and special effects, but he says there's actually more to it than most of...
View ArticleSoulless 'Counselor' Is Terminally Bleak
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: OK. The writer Cormac McCarthy has won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. He has never written an original screenplay produced until now. That film, "The...
View ArticleAnimator Hayao Miyazaki's 'Wind Rises' Is 'Special'
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: A legendary Japanese animator has a new film out this week. It's only in select theaters for one week only, just enough to qualify for the Oscars. Our film critic Kenneth...
View Article'Child's Pose' Feels 'Terrifyingly Authentic'
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film will be handed out in a couple weeks. And though Romania's "Child's Pose" is not one of the...
View Article'Ida': A Young Woman's Search For Identity In 1962 Poland
Ida is a Polish film about a young woman who was raised as an orphan in a convent. She's planning to take her vows as a nun when she discovers she's Jewish and her parents were killed by the Nazis.
View Article'Equalizer' Devotes Time To Character Development, Graphic Violence
When star Denzel Washington and director Anton Fuqua collaborated on 2001's Training Day, the film won Washington an Oscar and changed the trajectory of his career. Now they are together again. The...
View ArticleReview: Gyllenhaal's 'Nightcrawler' Is Pulp With A Purpose
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And now to a movie review. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal has been in many memorable films - "Brokeback Mountain," "End Of Watch" - film critic...
View ArticleStalked By A Fiend Worse Than Any Elm Street Nightmare
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: One of the most talked-about movie performances of the year involves a woman facing a disease commonly associated with older Americans,...
View Article'A Most Violent Year' Captures You And Doesn't Let Go
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View ArticleMovie Review: 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation'
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Another "Mission: Impossible" movie opens today. The franchise has been good to Tom Cruise, raking in more than $2 billion in worldwide box...
View Article'Steve Jobs' Is Not A Standard Biopic
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The movie about Steve Jobs opens today. It is inspired by a best-selling biography of the Apple cofounder that came out in 2011, right around...
View ArticleMovie Review: 'Hail, Caesar!'
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: "Fargo," "Raising Arizona," "The Big Lebowski," "No Country For Old Men" - Joel and Ethan Coen, better known as the Coen brothers, have...
View ArticleTheaters Welcome Another Superhero Movie: 'Captain America: Civil War'
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View ArticleMovie Review: Paramount Remakes The MGM Classic 'Ben-Hur'
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit MONTAGNE, HOST: The new Ben-Hur opens today, which can't help but put moviegoers in mind of the 1959 MGM blockbuster. That classic starred Charlton Heston and won...
View ArticleMovie Review: Oliver Stone's 'Snowden'
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit GREENE, HOST: While the real life Edward Snowden remains exiled in Moscow and human rights advocates seek a presidential pardon for him, Oliver Stone has produced...
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