Movie Interviews

Actress Bria Vinaite plays 20-something single mom Halley in The Florida Project. Her daughter, Moonee, is played by Brooklynn Prince.

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In 'Florida Project,' A First-Time Actress Plays A Single Mom Doing Her Best

5:11pm October 08, 2017

by Michel Martin

Bria Vinaite landed the role after director Sean Baker discovered her on Instagram. "It was my first time reading a script," she says, "and it made me cry the first time I read it."

Fifty years after playing newlyweds in Barefoot In The Park, Robert Redford and Jane Fonda are co-starring again in the new film Our Souls At Night.

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In 'Our Souls At Night,' Robert Redford And Jane Fonda Stage A Twilight Reunion

10:53am October 01, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Fifty years after playing newlyweds in Barefoot In The Park, the actors portray a different pair of bedfellows in a film adaptation of a Kent Haruf novel.

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'Battle Of The Sexes' Takes Center Court

6:28am September 21, 2017

Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris had a hit with the quirky comedy Little Miss Sunshine. David Greene talks to the husband and wife team about their new movie: Battle of the Sexes.

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A team of elite runners acted as pacers and decreased wind resistance for Eliud Kipchoge (right) as he attempted a sub-two-hour marathon in Monza, Italy, on May 6.

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Film Chronicles The Road To The 2-Hour Marathon: It's 'Just 25 Seconds Away'

11:52am September 20, 2017

by Mary Louise Kelly

The documentary Breaking2 follows three elite runners as they attempt to break one of the most famous barriers in sports — maintaining 26.2 four-minute, 34-second miles.

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Dolores Huerta: The Civil Rights Icon Who Showed Farmworkers 'Sí Se Puede'

7:36pm September 17, 2017

by Maria Godoy

A key architect of the nationwide grape boycott that galvanized the farmworkers' rights movement, her legacy has long been overshadowed. A new film aims to change that. Huerta speaks with NPR.

Lakeith Stanfield stars as Colin Warner in the film Crown Heights. Warner was 18 when he was wrongfully convicted of murdering 16-year-old Mario Hamilton. He served 20 years in prison before being exonerated.

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'Crown Heights' Seeks To Do Justice To A Saga Of Wrongful Conviction

5:56pm September 17, 2017

by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi

Colin Warner served 20 years for a murder he didn't commit. A childhood friend fought tirelessly to get him exonerated. The story was featured on This American Life and is now the focus of a new film.

Movie Review: Darren Aronofsky's 'Mother!'

6:40am September 14, 2017

Mary Louise Kelly talks to Angelica Jade Bastien of the entertainment news site Vulture, about what to expect from Darren Aronofsky's new horror movie: Mother!

Sareum Srey Moch plays a young Loung Ung in Netflix's First They Killed My Father.

'This Is Their Film': Angelina Jolie Tells A Story Of Khmer Rouge Survival

10:57pm September 13, 2017

by Kelly McEvers

Jolie's new film, First They Killed My Father, is based on a memoir by Loung Ung, who was 5 years old when the Khmer Rouge rose to power in Cambodia.

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In Brad's Status, a father (Ben Stiller, right) takes his son (Austin Abrams) on a college tour and starts thinking about his own college friends, who are much more successful that he is.

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Director Mike White Unpacks The Impulse To Compare In 'Brad's Status'

5:26pm September 07, 2017

by Terry Gross

In White's new film, a father starts to experience status anxiety while taking his son on a college tour. White says it's a universal situation, "but it's definitely a waste of time and energy."

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Home Again stars Reese Witherspoon as a freshly separated woman who opens her home to three young filmmakers. "She can make any word relatable," Meyers-Shyer says of the actress. "She can really say anything and you are with her."

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Mother-Daughter Filmmakers Continue Rom-Com Family Tradition In 'Home Again'

6:00am September 06, 2017

by Linda Holmes

Hallie Meyers-Shyer says she doesn't mind being compared to her mom, Nancy Meyers (Something's Gotta Give, The Intern). "She's synonymous with the genre and I think it's been a positive influence."

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