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Saturday, January 26, 2013
Movies I've Seen A Million Times
The Movie Jeffrey Wright Has 'Seen A Million Times'
January 26, 2013 Actor Jeffrey Wright could watch Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now a million times. "It probably features the most effective narration of any film in the history of cinema," he says.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Oscars 2013: The 85th Annual Academy Awards
Filmmaker Holds Up A Mirror In Interviews With Israel's 'Gatekeepers'
January 24, 2013 Dror Moreh's Oscar-nominated documentary, The Gatekeepers, is built around the confessions and ruminations of the six surviving heads of the Shin Bet — Israel's domestic security service.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Mel Brooks, 'Unhinged' And Loving It
January 23, 2013 NPR's Renee Montagne talks to actor, comedian, director, writer and all-around funny guy Mel Brooks, the man behind such cracked classics as Blazing Saddles and Spaceballs. He has a new DVD set out that covers his career from the 1950s to today.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
'Quartet': Dustin Hoffman, Behind The Camera
January 16, 2013 The veteran actor makes his directorial debut with a film about four aging opera singers who stage a concert at their retirement home. Starring Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay, the film explores friendship, memory and the time that remains.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Affleck On 'Argo' And The 1979 Hostage Crisis
January 15, 2013 Fresh off Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, where he won for best director and his film won for best motion picture/drama, the actor and director talks about his approach to the story of six diplomats who managed to escape a hostile Iran — and the CIA operative who helped them do so.
Monday, January 14, 2013
In 'Barbara,' A New Look At Life Behind The Wall
January 14, 2013 Already an awards-season staple, German historical dramas are moving beyond the horrors of the Third Reich and delving into the nuanced past of the former East Germany. Films like Christian Petzold's Barbara, a quiet story about a troubled young doctor, tell a different kind of history.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Ann Dowd's One-Woman Oscar-Nomination Campaign
January 12, 2013 Actress Ann Dowd received huge acclaim for her role in the indie film Compliance. But the studio told her it didn't have money to lobby the Academy for a best supporting actress award for her. So Dowd did something exceedingly rare in Hollywood: She spent $13,000 on her own campaign.
Monday, January 07, 2013
Saturday, January 05, 2013
Movies I've Seen A Million Times
The Movie Alan Cumming Has 'Seen A Million Times'
January 5, 2013 Actor Alan Cumming could watch Christopher Guest's comedy Waiting for Guffman a million times. "I feel like I could go on and on and on even about the DVD extras," he says.
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Oscars 2013: The 85th Annual Academy Awards
Quentin Tarantino, 'Unchained' And Unruly
January 2, 2013 With his latest film, director Quentin Tarantino was inspired both by spaghetti Westerns and the drama of slavery and the Civil War. The movie is extremely violent — but, says Tarantino, "What happened during slavery times is a thousand times worse. ... If you can't take it, you can't take it."
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
The Fresh Air Interview
Jack Black: On Music, Mayhem And Murder
January 1, 2013 Actor Jack Black plays a kindly small-town funeral director who murders a millionaire in the film Bernie. Black is also one-half of the comedy folk-rock group Tenacious D. In May, they released an album in the style of heavy metal bands from the 1980s.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Matt Damon On His Promising New Film
December 29, 2012 Linda Wertheimer talks with Matt Damon, who co-wrote and stars in the new film Promised Land. The movie tells the story of a salesman for a natural gas company who seeks drilling rights in a small Pennsylvania farming town.
