NPR: Movies
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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NPR: 04-16-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) Disney Animator Ollie Johnston Remembered 2) Murder Ensnares Surfer Gang Documentary 3) Hannibal Lecter: A Psycho with an Unlikely Soft Spot 4) Learning to Drum and Live in 'The Visitor' 5) 'The Visitor,' Finding a Welcome in His Own Home 6) In Paris, a 'Red Balloon' with an Eastern A ...
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NPR: 04-11-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) 'The Visitor,' Finding a Welcome in His Own Home 2) In Paris, a 'Red Balloon' with an Eastern Air 3) Sarah Jessica Parker, from 'Sex' to Sensibility 4) But Will 'We' Like You Sarah Marshall? 5) Oliver Stone's 'W': The NPR Interpretation 6) Summary Judgment: From Smarties to Kings
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NPR: 04-04-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) Bette Davis: In Those Eyes, Always a Glint of Fire 2) A Little 'Light' Music: Scorsese on the Stones 3) Gender Inequity in 'Whoville' 4) Filmmaker Jules Dassin, 96, Dies 5) 'Stop Loss' Inspired by Real Soldier Stories 6) Helen Mirren Traces Her Regal Russian Roots
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NPR: 03-28-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) Card by Card, Stride by Stride, It's an Unthrilling Run 2) In 'Stop Loss,' a Soldier's Rocky Return from War 3) 'Persepolis' Strikes a Chord with Young Iranians 4) Dutch Film Criticizing Islam, Quran Angers Muslims 5) 'Stop Loss': Not Another Anti-War Movie
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NPR: 03-21-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) Anthony Minghella, an Outsider Who Found a Way In 2) Oscar-Winning Actor Paul Scofield Dies 3) George Clooney Takes Premiere to Kentucky 4) Director Anthony Minghella Dies 5) Hollywood Makeovers, Frame by Frame 6) Black Players' Struggles Find Voice in 'Black Magic'
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NPR: 03-14-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) Audience is Loser in Haneke's Unfunny 'Games' 2) Summary Judgment: 'Funny Games' Not So Funny 3) Johnson & Johnson Heir Makes Film on Income Gap 4) In 'Horton' Movie, Abortion Foes Hear an Ally 5) You Can't Lose with a Dr. Seuss Flick 6) A Thriller of a Documentary: 'The Unforseen'
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NPR: 03-08-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) 'Bank Job,' 'Miss Pettigrew': Old Forms, Well Turned 2) Van Sant's 'Paranoid Park,' a Tragic Triumph 3) Summary Judgment: Tripping on '10,000 BC' 4) Into the Past, and the Preposterous, in '10,000 B.C.' 5) Kasi Lemmons Loves 'Harold and Maude,' 'Tango' 6) Extreme Skiers Take Risky Runs ...
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Behind the Scenes with an Oscars Show Writer
Story: With the Oscars days away, Melissa Block chats with writer Bruce Vilanch, who has been on the Academy Awards staff for 20 years. The host, Jon Stewart, has his own writers from Comedy Central furiously working on his material. But other writers are coming up with copy for the presenters -- an ...
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NPR: 03-01-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) Taking the Measure of 'The Other Boleyn Girl' 2) Summary Judgment: Film Romance and Ridiculousness 3) 'Chicago 10' Re-Animates a Protest Story 4) Color, Pageantry Can't Save 'Boleyn Girl' 5) New Life for a School Film on Gay Tolerance 6) I Drink Your Catchphrase
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NPR: 02-22-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) In 'Charlie Bartlett,' the Teen Therapist Is In 2) Hollywood Jobs: You Thought Actors Were Trouble? 3) When Continuity Counts, Call a Script Girl -- Er, Guy 4) Writers Had Little Time to Craft Oscars Show 5) Oscar-Nominated Films Not Necessarily Popular 6) Plot Tricks in 'Vantage Point' ...
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NPR: 02-15-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) Lupita Tovar, Mexico's Sultry Screen 'Sweetheart' 2) Hopping Bad: Liman's 'Jumper,' Going Nowhere Fast 3) The Little Tramp: Frequently Down, Never Out 4) Romance in Film, Not What It Used to Be 5) Lost, Artfully, in Israel: 'The Band's Visit' 6) 'Definitely, Maybe': Hardly the Charmer I ...
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NPR: 02-08-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) In 'Bruges,' Medieval Charms (Plus Small-Arms Fire) 2) On Screen and Off, Producer Scott Rudin Adapts 3) Scientists One Step Closer to Holographic Movies 4) Summary Judgment: Not So 'Wild' for 'Fools' 5) Colin Firth: 'Pride' Goeth Before the Fame 6) Paris Hilton Makes Movie, Critic Obje ...
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NPR: 02-01-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) Summary Judgment: Films Too Scary for Reviews 2) In Beirut, a Beauty Salon that Feels Like Home 3) Films in 3-D Expand Concert Audiences 4) A 'Caramel'-Coated Version of Beirut 5) Has Hollywood Helped Pave Way for Obama? 6) Wesley Snipes Awaits Court Ruling
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NPR: 01-25-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) Sundance Pits Filmmakers, Studios in Fiscal Tango 2) New 007 Movie Named for Story by Bond's Creator 3) Collegians Act as Sundance Film Scouts for Sony 4) Summary Judgment: 'Rambo' is Almost 'Untraceable' 5) Must-See Films at the Sundance Festival 6) '4 Months' Raises the Iron Curtain o ...
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NPR: 01-18-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) 'Marketplace' Report: Directors in Deal with Studios 2) 'Taxi to the Dark Side' Examines Torture by U.S. 3) Summary Judgment: 'Cloverfield, 'Mad Money' 4) PBS to Air Adaptations of Jane Austen Novels 5) Golden Globes Awarded Without Stars, Glitz 6) Film Captures Annual Swim of Elephant ...
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NPR: 01-12-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) 'Cloverfield' Release Will Be Test of Online Hype 2) Director Lumet 'Knows You're Dead' 3) Craven Peddles Low-Budget Films with Deep Roots
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NPR: 01-04-2008 Movies
Stories: 1) In 2007, 'Top 10' Doesn't Do Hollywood Justice 2) Movie Attendance Flat in 2007 Despite Blockbusters 3) The Ones That Got Away: Patrick Tam 4) Holidays Bring Movie Madness for Critic
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NPR: 12-28-2007 Movies
Stories: 1) Summary Judgment: 'Water' or 'Bucket'? 2) In 'Blood,' Day-Lewis Revisits His Darker Side 3) Charlie Wilson Still Wants to Fix Afghanistan 4) Oil, Money, Religion and 'Blood' in California 5) Debating the Merits of the Underdog Movie Formula 6) 'Walk Hard' Sends Up Bio-Pics
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NPR: 12-21-2007 Movies
Stories: 1) 'Charlie Wilson's War' a Satirical Spin on History 2) Sondheim & Co., Taking 'Todd' from Stage to Screen 3) In 'Sweeney Todd,' Blood Will Most Certainly Flow 4) Summary Judgment: 'Charlie Wilson,' 'Dewey Cox' 5) 'Charlie Wilson's War' Was Unlikely, But True 6) Ridley Scott Refines His V ...
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NPR: 12-14-2007 Movies
Stories: 1) Francis Ford Coppola Seeks Answers in 'Youth' 2) 'I Am Legend' a One-Man American Metaphor 3) Film Version of 'Kite Runner' Faithful to Book 4) 'Atonement', 'Gangster' Up for Golden Globe 5) Child Star, Now Grown Up, Re-releases 'Red Balloon' 6) Summary Judgment: 'Kite Runner,' 'I Am Le ...
NPR: Movies
