Biographical Films NPR's Entertainment Critic Bob Mondello ponders the art of the biographical film. It's a genre that is currently prevalent at the theaters -- from Iris, about British novelist Iris Murdoch, to Ali, about boxer Muhammad Ali, to Pinero, a new movie about the Puerto Rican New York poet Miguel Pinero.

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Biographical Films

January 21, 200212:00 AM ET

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NPR's Entertainment Critic Bob Mondello ponders the art of the biographical film. It's a genre that is currently prevalent at the theaters — from Iris, about British novelist Iris Murdoch, to Ali, about boxer Muhammad Ali, to Pinero, a new movie about the Puerto Rican New York poet Miguel Pinero.