Review Movies Mike Tyson, The Damaged Everyman April 24, 2009 • James Toback has created a new documentary about Mike Tyson, the ex-boxing world champ. Movie critic David Edelstein says that Toback's mix of old and new footage "flows seamlessly" and that the stream-of-consciousness movie is "revelatory." Mike Tyson, The Damaged Everyman Listen · 5:36 5:36 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/103453930/103454635" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies Vast Conspiracies, Just Waiting To Be Exposed Fresh Air April 17, 2009 • Critic David Edelstein says the new newspapers-and-politicos thriller is stuck in the 1970s — but don't expect All the President's Men. This is one Beltway time bomb that never explodes. Vast Conspiracies, Just Waiting To Be Exposed Listen · 8:11 8:11 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/103206488/103212388" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies 'Observing' The Antics Of Officer Rogen Fresh Air April 10, 2009 • Seth Rogen stars as an eager mall cop in the new comedy Observe and Report. Film critic David Edelstein has a review. 'Observing' The Antics Of Officer Rogen Listen · 6:14 6:14 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102965755/102965864" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Adventureland': A Carnivalesque Comedy April 3, 2009 • Movie critic David Edelstein reviews Greg Mottola's new film Adventurelanda coming-of-age tale that's "quiet and forlorn, yet still somehow light on its feet." 'Adventureland': A Carnivalesque Comedy Listen · 6:09 6:09 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102702872/102703033" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies The Memorable Faces Of 'Goodbye Solo' Fresh Air March 27, 2009 • In Ramin Bahrani's new film, Goodbye Solo, a Senegalese immigrant cabdriver tries to save an elderly passenger who he suspects is suicidal. The Memorable Faces Of 'Goodbye Solo' Listen · 6:00 6:00 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102430554/102431058" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Choices At The Cinema: Romance Or 'Bromance'? Fresh Air March 20, 2009 • Critic-at-large David Edelstein considers Paul Rudd's search for "bromance" in I Love You Man and the spy-romance of Julia Roberts and Clive Owen in Duplicity. Choices At The Cinema: Romance Or 'Bromance'? Listen · 6:03 6:03 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102163810/102165030" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies The 'Everlasting Moments' Of Jan Troell March 13, 2009 • Fresh Air's film critic reviews Everlasting Moments, the latest from Jan Troell, the 77-year-old Swedish director best known in the U.S. for the '70s epics The Emigrants and The New Land. The 'Everlasting Moments' Of Jan Troell Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/101870749/101871044" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies From Page To Screen, 'Watchmen' Arrives DOA Fresh Air March 6, 2009 • Critic David Edelstein says Watchmen is the most faithful film adaptation of a comic book ever — which might not be a good thing. From Page To Screen, 'Watchmen' Arrives DOA Listen · 5:33 5:33 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/101536086/101540898" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Two Lovers': Love And Trouble, All In One Fresh Air February 19, 2009 • James Gray's new film stars Joaquin Phoenix as a Brighton Beach man with a chance at happiness with one woman, and a passion for another who'll almost certainly bring him heartache. 'Two Lovers': Love And Trouble, All In One Listen · 6:41 6:41 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/100911103/100911142" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies 'Slumdog' Director Danny Boyle On Filming In India Fresh Air February 13, 2009 • Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle says that although filming in India presented a variety of difficulties, working on-location also helped him capture an "incredibly rich and complex society." 'Slumdog' Director Danny Boyle On Filming In India Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/100671912/100673778" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies A Better Home And Garden, But For Those Buttons Fresh Air February 6, 2009 • With its exquisite visuals, Henry Selick's Coraline turns Neil Gaiman's dark fantasy into a stop-motion masterpiece — and one children's tale that's decidedly not just for the kids. A Better Home And Garden, But For Those Buttons Listen · 5:48 5:48 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/100243673/100332467" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies 'The Class' Offers Lessons In Cultural Identity February 2, 2009 • Film critic David Edelstein reviews The Class, the Oscar-nominated French film about a high school class in an impoverished Paris neighborhood. 'The Class' Offers Lessons In Cultural Identity Listen · 4:41 4:41 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/100139219/100139228" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Notorious': Hip-Hop History, Sweetened A Bit Fresh Air January 16, 2009 • Director George Tillman Jr.'s Notorious, which follows the life and death of the rapper Biggie Smalls, opens in theaters this weekend. David Edelstein has a review. 'Notorious': Hip-Hop History, Sweetened A Bit Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/99457587/99457586" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies In 'The Wrestler,' Rourke's Gory, Tragic Comeback Fresh Air December 18, 2008 • The Wrestler is predictable, corny and heavy-handed, says critic David Edelstein, but with Mickey Rourke acting his heart out, the sheer adrenaline-pumping violence of the film gets into your bloodstream. In 'The Wrestler,' Rourke's Gory, Tragic Comeback Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/98509883/98510714" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Revealing Virtue In The Anti-Absolutism of 'Doubt' Fresh Air December 12, 2008 • The film version of John Patrick Shanley play is a heavy slab of dramaturgy: It's dark, somber, yet unbelievably intense. Even on screen, it has the compressed quality of great theater. Revealing Virtue In The Anti-Absolutism of 'Doubt' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/98189316/98189982" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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