Arts & Life Favorites from the Sundance Festival January 26, 2007 As the Sundance Film Festival wraps up, several films stand out. Among them are Once, a love story from Ireland and Away from Her, directed by the actress Sarah Polley. Favorites from the Sundance Festival Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7029381/7029390" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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79th Annual Academy Awards 'Dreamgirls,' 'Babel' Top Oscar Nominees January 23, 2007 Dreamgirls is nominated for eight Academy Awards, but not for Best Picture. Babel, which is among five nominees for the top film, earns seven nominations. 'Dreamgirls,' 'Babel' Top Oscar Nominees Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6953468/6953469" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Pan's Labyrinth' Is Realer than Reality Itself December 29, 2006 What Guillermo del Toro has accomplished in Pan's Labyrinth cannot easily be put into words. That's because the Mexican-born director is a master creator of images, atmosphere and mood. 'Pan's Labyrinth' Is Realer than Reality Itself Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6694926/6694927" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Letters from Iwo Jima' Astonishes with Empathy December 20, 2006 Clint Eastwood continues to astonish. His latest film, Letters from Iwo Jima parallels his recent Flags of Our Fathers, but it takes audiences to a place that would seem unimaginable for an American director. 'Letters from Iwo Jima' Astonishes with Empathy Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6652212/6652213" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review Arts & Life 'Dreamgirls' Is a Triumph of Old School Glamour December 15, 2006 Based loosely on the career of Diana Ross and the Supremes, Dreamgirls is alive with the sound of music. It's a love song two times over, a tribute to both a vibrant period of American popular music and the big-budget Hollywood musical. 'Dreamgirls' Is a Triumph of Old School Glamour Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6629693/6629694" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Apocalypto' is Trademark Mel Gibson Gore December 8, 2006 Who knows what violence lurks in the hearts of men? Mel Gibson knows. And like he did in The Passion of the Christ, Gibson just can't resist putting every last ounce of it on screen in Apocalypto. 'Apocalypto' is Trademark Mel Gibson Gore Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6597177/6597178" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'The Nativity Story' Stands on Familiar Ground December 1, 2006 The advertising for The Nativity Story has gotten this film's essence exactly wrong. This is not a chance to "experience the most timeless of stories as you've never seen it before." It's just the opposite. It's an opportunity, for those who want it, to encounter this story exactly the way its almost always been told. 'The Nativity Story' Stands on Familiar Ground Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6564615/6564616" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Deja Vu' is First-Class Fun November 22, 2006 Deja Vu is in the business of confounding expectations. It's not the routine potboiler starring Denzel Washington that the advertising indicates. The film makes little sense, but that hardly matters because it's some first-class genre fun. 'Deja Vu' is First-Class Fun Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6523764/6523765" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life The New James Bond Bets on a New Attitude November 17, 2006 James Bond first appeared on the big screen 44 years ago. Up until today, the 20 James Bond features have been as predictable as the shaken-not-stirred martini preference of their protagonist. Now, with Casino Royale, the hero with a thousand smirks has been given a shrewd, and largely successful, attitude adjustment. The New James Bond Bets on a New Attitude Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6501477/6501478" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'A Good Year' Provides Few Good Reasons to Watch November 10, 2006 The last time director Ridley Scott and star Russell Crowe got together, the Oscar-winning action epic Gladiator was the result. This time it's a romantic comedy, and the results are not nearly so successful. 'A Good Year' Provides Few Good Reasons to Watch Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6466925/6466926" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Borat' Offends, Entertains While Mirroring Society November 3, 2006 Borat features British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as a fictional television journalist from Kazakhstan on a tour of the United States. The satire is biting and discomforting. But it's also funny and well-suited for our times. 'Borat' Offends, Entertains While Mirroring Society Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6427400/6427401" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Catch a Fire' Breathes New Life into an Old Story October 27, 2006 Catch a Fire sounds like an awfully familiar story. And, in some ways, it is. Movies on how South Africa suffered under apartheid, and the heroic efforts made to resist that repressive system, are hardly new. So it's tempting to write off this newest look at that era as too familiar and too late. That would be a mistake. 'Catch a Fire' Breathes New Life into an Old Story Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6391281/6391282" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Infamous' Fails Where 'Capote' Succeeded October 13, 2006 Infamous tells the story of Truman Capote as he wrote In Cold Blood. If that sounds familiar, it's because a movie about the exact same thing came out a year ago, and it was a better film. 'Infamous' Fails Where 'Capote' Succeeded Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6259809/6259810" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'King's Men' a Masterful Retelling of an Old Favorite September 22, 2006 All the King's Men is a Hollywood remake that may be even better than its Oscar-winning predecessor of 1949. Sean Penn, Jude Law and Kate Winslet star in this wrenching tale of populist politics based loosely on the life of Louisiana Gov. Huey P. Long. 'King's Men' a Masterful Retelling of an Old Favorite Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6123025/6123026" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life Documentaries View the Iraq War from Two Sides September 15, 2006 Two new documentaries are out about the Iraq war: The Ground Truth and My Country, My Country. My Country shows what the war has been like for Iraqis, while Ground Truth concentrates on the personal traumas U.S. soldiers have to deal with when they return home. Both movies offer compelling views of the costs of war. Documentaries View the Iraq War from Two Sides Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6080566/6080567" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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