In The Conversation About Diversity In Hollywood, Where Does Sundance Fit In?
Sundance may be just one part of a much bigger puzzle, but filmmakers of color say it has an important role to play.
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The Real Goal For These Cricket-Crazy Maasai Men? Ending 'The Cut'
In the movie "Warriors," they use their status from playing cricket to speak out against FGM. And the game's fun, too.
Superlatives Notwithstanding, Even 'The Force' Has Its Limits
NPR film critic Bob Mondello's been listening to the Star Wars hype train. Here's why he isn't climbing aboard.
Old-School Projection Fans Are Grateful For 'Hateful Eight' In 70-Millimeter
Quentin Tarantino's new film is helping revive a nearly obsolete extra-wide film format. Theaters are being retrofitted with old reels and lenses to screen the 70mm version of the movie.
Triad-Area Lucas Biographer Excited For New Star Wars Film
In case you hadn't noticed, the Star Wars franchise is back in theaters, and one local expert is among the throngs seeing it opening night.
WATCH: Long-Lost Parachuting Beaver Footage From 1950
Circa 1950, Idaho Fish and Game tried a new way to handle beaver overpopulation: relocate some by dropping them from planes. A film was made to document the practice, but it was lost — until now.
Science Of Sadness And Joy: 'Inside Out' Gets Childhood Emotions Right
Pixar's animated fantasy takes viewers inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl named Riley. Psychologists say the film offers an accurate picture of how emotions and memories help make us who we are.
100 Years Later, What's The Legacy Of 'Birth Of A Nation'?
D.W. Griffith's film premiered in Los Angeles a century ago Sunday. In many ways, the movie — three hours of racist propaganda — was the beginning of Hollywood.
King Of Condensed Films: Meet Chuck Workman, The Oscars' Montage Master
It's a classic element of the Oscars telecast: that sequence of clips paying tribute to film industry greats. Chuck Workman created them for 20 years, and likens his craft to making a fruitcake.
'Selma' Backlash Misses The Point
Historian Peniel Joseph says Selma is the first major film about civil rights history that properly honors the contributions of the movement's African-American foot soldiers.