Movie Interviews

Greta Gerwig Takes On Mother-Daughter Love (And Angst) In 'Lady Bird'

2:18pm February 02, 2018

"I don't know any woman who has a simple relationship with their mother or with their daughter," Gerwig says. Her film centers on a teen preparing to leave home. Originally broadcast Nov. 16, 2017.

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Director Dee Rees Explores Racism In Post-War Mississippi In 'Mudbound'

2:18pm February 02, 2018

Mudbound follows two families — one white and one black — just before, during and after WWII. Rees' experiences growing up in Nashville, Tenn., informed her film. Originally broadcast Nov. 14, 2017.

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What A Classic '50s Western Can Teach Us About The Hollywood Blacklist

2:44pm January 30, 2018

Author Glenn Frankel says the 1952 film High Noon was inspired by the toxic political climate of the time. Originally broadcast Feb. 21, 2017.

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Daniel Day-Lewis (left) plays a renown fashion designer, and Vicky Krieps is his muse, in Phantom Thread.

Oscar-Nominated 'Phantom Thread' Focuses On Fashion's 'Most Obsessive'

1:55pm January 23, 2018

by Terry Gross

Paul Thomas Anderson's new film stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a renowned fashion designer. Phantom Thread landed six Oscar nominations, but Anderson says making sewing look dramatic wasn't easy.

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Wes Studi, pictured here in 2014, says he got into acting through community theater.

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Wes Studi On His Cherokee Nation Childhood And How He Discovered Acting

7:29am January 18, 2018

by Steve Inskeep

Studi says he was a Vietnam veteran looking for a rush when he got into community theater and "rediscovered that huge wall of fear." He plays a Cheyenne chief in the new film Hostiles.

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'Coco' Filmmakers Explore The 'Connection To Loved Ones Past'

2:45pm January 10, 2018

by Terry Gross

Co-writers and co-directors Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina spent six years creating their animated film about the Day of the Dead, the Mexican holiday Unkrich calls a time of "joyously remembering."

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The Real Molly Bloom

6:04pm January 07, 2018

Aaron Sorkin's new movie Molly's Game tells the story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic skier who ends up in the world of underground poker. NPR's Michel Martin talks to the real-life Bloom about her story.

Jessica Chastain plays Molly Bloom and Idris Elba plays her attorney in Molly's Game.

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Molly Bloom And Aaron Sorkin On The Real Story Behind 'Molly's Game'

6:10pm January 06, 2018

by Nicole Cohen

After a bad crash, Molly Bloom went from competitive skier to high-stakes poker game runner. "I was looking for this thing that would make me feel validated," she says. " ... And I sort of found it."

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'Get Out' Sprang From An Effort To Master Fear, Says Director Jordan Peele

1:59pm January 05, 2018

Peele says that his turn as the director of a horror/thriller film comes from a "deeper place in my soul" than his previous comic work. Originally broadcast March 15, 2017.

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Are Harassment Scandals Overshadowing Hollywood's Award Season?

8:26am January 05, 2018

Voting for Academy Awards nominations begins Friday, and the Golden Globes are Sunday. Rachel Martin talks to Kim Masters, editor-at-large at The Hollywood Reporter and host of KCRW's The Business.

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