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NPR reports, interviews and reviews about the movies -- and the people who make them. The best of Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning NPR programs.
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Download Now · | Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:16
1) A review of Revolutionary Road; 2) Isreali director, Ari Folman, chats about his new movie, Waltz with Bashir; 3) Actor Frank Langella discusses his role as Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon; 4) Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer speak with NPR's Scott Simon about their new movie, Valkyrie.
Download Now · | Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:39
1) A review of Revolutionary Road; 2) Isreali director, Ari Folman, chats about his new movie, Waltz with Bashir; 3) Actor Frank Langella discusses his role as Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon; 4) Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer speak with NPR's Scott Simon about their new movie, Valkyrie.
Download Now · | Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:53
Dysfunctional families, sitting in the dark and a NYE to do list. Interested? Tune in. The less than perfect family gathered around the table; Holidays at the movies; David Simon's best film moments of all time; the real life location of a new Christmas classic.
Download Now · | Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:23
Holiday blues, Holiday films and reviews This week Bob Mondello reviews three films in one review: Benicio del Toro on his latest revolutionary role; John Leguizamo talks about his new holiday film. Some of us find the holidays a bit emotionally challenging. Here's something that might help with that.
Download Now · | Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:05
Blues, Mos Def and a disgraced President. This week on the NPR Movie podcast: A slice of blues history from an impressive list of actors and writers; Rapper turned film star Mos Def adds another impressive film role to his resume; The state of Louisiana tries to draw film production to that state: NPR's Bob Mondelo on Frost/Nixon.
Download Now · | Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:00
Welcome again to NPR's movie podcast. This week film critic Ernest Hardy offers a take on favorite African American holiday titles. But first a holiday season blockbuster preview.
Download Now · | Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:33
Happy holidays and welcome to the NPR movie podcast for Thanksgiving week. This week we have a nice holiday spread of movie love laid out. Including: midnight madness for the film Twilight; Vampire movies for grown ups; And a film about a group of Liberian women who fought for their country. But first, Kenneth Turan goes Aussie.
NPR Movies: Novemeber 19, 2008
Download Now · | Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:17
Welcome to the NPR Movie podcast, our weekly round up of movie love. This week: Director Danny Boyle talks about his new film set in India; Also from India, films in 'Hinglish, that's Hindi and English'; We'll go to a Berlin for a visit with the German voice of American actors; Then we'll also have a word with Katherine Deneuve; And NPR's Kim Masters has the behind the scenes dish on the new epic film "Australia"; But first up: Critic Kenneth Turan takes a look at the two sides of a familiar French actor.
Download Now · | Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:55
Welcome to NPR's movie podcast, a look back at the week that was in movies. This week: A story of survival high in the Andes; a generic opera on film; and an interview with the director of a film about an unlikely millionaire. But first a tribute to Japanese film director Akira Kurasawa
Download Now · | Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:30
Hi and welcome to NPR's movie podcast. The pickin's were slim this week in movie coverage. We were probably all focused on things political. In fact this week NPR's Tell Me More explored films with a politics as the star. And we don't want to gloss over Halloween and a chance to look back at horror movies with an ethnic twist. But first NPR's Kenneth Turan offers a look at alternate realities.
Download Now · | Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:20
Welcome to NPR's Movie Podcast, a roundup of movie coverage from National Public radio. This week: actress Kristin Scott Thomas talks about her new film; NPR's Elizabeth Blair has the real life back story to a new murder film; actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman explains how to pronounce the title of his new film and commentator John Ridley wonders if Hollywood is recession proof. But first NPR film critic Bob Mondello revisits the ABC's of the movies.
Download Now · | Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:53
1) An interview with Queen Latifah 2) Singer and Actor Terrence Howard opens up to Scott Simon 3) Oliver Stone talks about his new move, "W." and 4) how Oliver Stone's 1987 movie "Wallstreet" is relevant today.
Download Now · | Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:25
It's that time again. Let's take a look back at the week that was in NPR movie coverage. This week; Ken Turan on Leonardo Di Caprio and Russell Crowe; We'll hear from two film critics with lots of experience watching and making movies; Director Jonathan Demme talks about his new film; And the manic pixie dream girls. Stay tuned to learn more about them. But first Groucho Marx on economic distress from another time that sounds very familiar.
NPR Movie Podcast: October 8, 2008
Download Now · | Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:03
Welcome to the NPR movie podcast, our weekly round up of NPR love for the movies. On deck this week: we hear why those cute little Chihuahuas are popular as film characters NPR's Bob Mondello weighs in on Nick and Norah; an African American film maker talks about chasing the American dream in South Africa; and actress Julianne Moore talks about her latest film. But first- a return to an indie spirit for a big name Hollywood director.
Download Now · | Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:35
Welcome once again to NPR's movie podcast, the best of this week's love to all things cinema. This week we're going to answer three questions: we've heard of Robert Downey Jr but who was Robert Downey Sr? why did Spike Lee make a movie about World War two? And why was Robert Wagner so cool? But first, an appreciation of one of our favorite Hollywood heroes, Paul Newman.
NPR Movies: Spetember 24, 2008
Download Now · | Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:11
Welcome to NPR's movie podcast. As usual we're sending you our weekly movie love. This week acclaimed film maker Wayne Wang talks about not one but two films he has coming outl; NPR's Kim Masters tells us we should pull out those funky 3D glasses; Ken Turan reviews Appaloosa and actor Ed Harris talks about making that movie. But first the 85th birthday of a classic movie studio.
NPR Movies: September 17, 2008
Download Now · | Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:43
Welcome to NPR's movie podcast, a weekly round up of the some of our movie coverage. In the line up this week: Kiera Knightly. that's it, Keira Kightly. For some that's enough to keep tuned in; we find out what makes a film a 'cult' favorite and Los Angeles Times film critic Ken Turan takes a look at the new Cohen Brotheres offering. But first, The Blob turns the big five-oh.
NPR Movies: September 10, 2008
Download Now · | Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:13
Welcome to the NPR movie podcast where we collect the best of our movie coverage for the week. This week: Just in time for the home stretch of the nation's political season, a profile of a fictional politician; new technology that will make copying DVD's easier; theaters look beyond movies to fill seats and a documentary about studio musicians who are part of your musical past. But first up: a film about young girl's who takes control of her destiny.
Download Now · | Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:44
Welcome to NPR's movie podcast featuring the best of our movie coverage for this week. This time we look forward with a preview of Fall movies that hope to generate Oscar buzz and box office gold; a look back at the tumultuous year 1968 through film; and a look at two films that will raise your temperature while sitting in your seat. But first - you may not know his name but you certainly knew his voice.
NPR Movie Podcast: August 27, 2008
Download Now · | Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:18
Welcome to NPR's movie podcast, a look back at all things film from NPR newsmagazines. This week we hear about a new documentary film redefines the term 'blacklist'; an independent film maker is arrested by Chinese authorities while trying to film a protest during the Beijing Olympics; it was a bad summer for minorities in the summer's blockbusters; NPR's Science Friday takes a look at technology and the movies- do you remember smell-o-vision??- but first film critic Kenneth Turan gets a few laughs from Hamlet- no, not THAT Hamlet!
Download Now · | Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:04
Go to Barcelona with Cristina and Vicky, go to Washington with films about politics, and Bollywood comes to theaters in the U.S..
Download Now · | Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:44
Welcome to NPR's Movie podcast for the week of August 13, 2008. This week a conversation with actor and director Ben Stiller about his new movie about the movies business; we take a look at the tough world of indie film making; NPR film critic Kenneth Turan says 'oui' to a French thriller and remembrances of an actor and a musician who made significant contributions to the big screen. But first Bob Mondello takes a look back at how the movie industry USED to police itself.
Download Now · | Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:41
An ode to MGM's Leo the Lion on his 80th birthday; are computers putting stunt men and women out of business?: immigration is the vehicle for a film about the lives of two unlikely desperate partners; a documentary film about American's obsession with beauty; and a film critic discusses archetypes in the summer's biggest film and a celebrated documentary.
Download Now · | Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:21
Kevin Costner's new film takes on a political theme; Bob Mondello says two films about young people offer insight in both fiction and non fiction; the FBI's birthday is reason to reflect on the G Men on the big screen; a critic asks the film Academy to consider popular movies for a change; a new documentary film takes a look at the life of an army recruiter; NPR's News and Notes' bloggers' roundtable discuss African American images images on screen and a controversial Disney decision.
Download Now · | Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:03
NPR's Bob Mondelo reviews "Mama Mia'; the story behind the discovery of missing footage from the classic German film, Metropolis; our favorite investigators of the unexplainable return this time to the big screen; Algeria's film festival attempts to revive that country's film industry; we hear from the director of "The Dark Knight"; and the story behind the one of the dedications at the end of the credits for "The Dark Knight".
