British Playwright Peter Shaffer, Who Wrote 'Equus,' Dies At 90
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: British playwright Peter Shaffer, who wrote the plays "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died in Ireland. He was 90 years old. Shaffer was known for...
View Article'Swiss Army Man' Leaps From Realism To Fantasy
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: One of the stranger comedies at Sundance this year will soon be at a theater near you. It's casually known as Daniel Radcliffe's farting corpse...
View ArticleWhat's Worth Watching In Movie Theaters This Summer?
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RAY SUAREZ, HOST: Sometimes all you need on a hot summer's day is a sweet, cool trip to the movies. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GHOSTBUSTERS") UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As...
View ArticleWhat Do Contested Conventions Look Like? Ask Hollywood And Sinclair Lewis
This piece was inspired by NPR's summer recommendation series, Read, Watch, Binge! Over the next two weeks, Republicans and Democrats will gather in Cleveland and Philadelphia for a ritual that has...
View ArticleHollywood And The Middle Class: Selling Dreams Of 'Somewhere That's Green'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1TawOepKxE We don't call Hollywood a "Dream Factory" for nothing. Have a vision of the sort of place you'd like to live? Tinseltown can bring it to life, whether you're...
View ArticleGene Wilder Dies From Complications Of Alzheimer's At Age 83
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: The comedian Gene Wilder died yesterday of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 83 years old. Wilder often played neurotic, charming...
View ArticleHollywood Offers New Batch Of Likely Awards Contenders For Fall
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A forgetful fish named Dory turned out to be this summer's big movie star. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "FINDING NEMO") ELLEN DEGENERES: (As Dory)...
View ArticleToronto Film Festival Unveils Likely Awards Contenders
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Toronto International Film Festival wraps up this weekend. It's the largest film festival in North America - some 300 films in just 10...
View ArticleFilmmaker Andrzej Wajda Dies At 90, Celebrated Resistance To Authoritarianism
If you're looking for evidence of Andrzej Wajda's filmmaking smarts, it's right there in his first, black-and-white movie, made in 1955. A trench-coated young man races through Warsaw at the height of...
View ArticlePolish Filmmaker Andrzej Wajda Dies At 90
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We're going to remember one of the world's most celebrated film directors. Andrzej Wajda died Sunday evening at the age of 90. His films...
View ArticleWe've Seen This Election Before, In Classic Movies
We keep hearing that this election is like no other, but when I watch old movies, I often hear echoes of what's going on in the campaign. The guy who opines in A Face in the Crowd (1957), say, that in...
View ArticleIn 'Hacksaw Ridge,' A War Hero Changes Attitudes About Conscientious Objectors
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Mel Gibson's last directing project was the human sacrifice film "Apocalypto" in 2006. His new movie "Hacksaw Ridge" is also about human...
View ArticleHoliday Movie Preview: Lightsabers, Musicals And Jackie
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Among the many things to be thankful for today, let's include Hollywood, which has been working hard to distract us from real life. Movies...
View Article'Rogue One': The Force Will Be With Those Who Love Battle Scenes
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away — a slightly longer time ago, actually, than usual — there's a little girl named Jyn. She has a dad who was an important cog in the Empire's war machine until...
View ArticleHow A 1981 Sondheim Flop Turned Out To Be The 'Best Worst Thing'
Most Broadway musicals that close after 16 performances barely prompt memories, let alone documentaries. But in 1981, the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth opus, Merrily We Roll Along , rolled along so...
View Article'Wheeler' Follows Life And Career Of Little-Known Country Music Singer
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A new movie called "Wheeler" follows an aspiring country singer-songwriter who moves to Nashville looking for a break. The film eavesdrops...
View ArticleHollywood's Favorite Giant Ape Returns In 'Kong: Skull Island'
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's been two weeks since the Oscars, time enough for the film industry to reset from prestige mode to blockbuster. This week, Hollywood's...
View ArticleMovie Twins? Weirdly Similar Films That Came Out Within Months Of Each Other
The new movie Life, which opens March 24, is about astronauts who discover an alien life form and live to regret it. You could say exactly the same thing about Alien: Covenant, which was originally...
View ArticleProlific Playwright Neil Simon Dies On Sunday At Age 91
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: I remember in high school and college, I'd see other people reading books. And I was doing this odd thing. I was reading scripts for plays by...
View ArticleBurt Reynolds, Swaggering Star Actor, Has Died At 82
Actor Burt Reynolds, who played good ol' boys and rugged action heroes in an acting career that spanned seven decades, has died. Reynolds died Thursday morning at a Florida hospital following a heart...
View Article
