Movies

Marchánt Davis stars as Moses Al Shabaz in The Day Shall Come, a farcical story of a Miami preacher who is set up as a terrorist by the FBI.

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In Anti-Terror Satire 'The Day Shall Come,' Whimsy Blunts The Cutting Edge

5:00pm September 26, 2019

by Scott Tobias

A Miami preacher becomes the target of an FBI sting operation in director Christopher Morris' disappointing follow-up to his blistering comedy Four Lions.

In a small Alabama town where everybody is in everybody's business, Zeke (Andre Hyland, right) and Earl (Michael Abbott Jr., middle) scramble to hide how their bandmate died.

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Yokels Attempt To Hide A Deadly Mistake In 'The Death Of Dick Long'

5:00pm September 26, 2019

by Andrew Lapin

Daniel Scheinert — half of the team behind 2016's Swiss Army Man — directs this sweet but "lumpy and formless" dark comedy.

Based on the Funny or Die Web series, Between Two Ferns: The Movie sees Zach Galifianakis embarking on a road trip packed with celebrity cameos.

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6 1/2 Reasons 'Between Two Ferns: The Movie' Defies The Sketch-Into-Movie Curse

12:00pm September 26, 2019

by Glen Weldon

The Between Two Ferns movie that dropped last week on Netflix expands on the Web series' proven formula, but its sheer joke density rewards repeat viewings.

Bob Iger, CEO and chairman of The Walt Disney Co., and Mickey Mouse rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in November 2017. Iger's new book is an account of what he has learned running Disney.

Books
Arts

Disney CEO Bob Iger Has Lessons On Fostering Creativity — And Acquiring It

9:11am September 26, 2019

by Elizabeth Blair

The head of The Walt Disney Co. has a new book, The Ride of a Lifetime. It's a memoir of what he has learned in 15 years there — encompassing the purchases of Pixar, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox.

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Sports

Kapadia's Latest Film 'Diego Maradona' Examines Soccer Legend

5:43am September 26, 2019

Constructed from over 500 hours of footage, director Asif Kapadia tells NPR's David Greene his new documentary centers around one of the most celebrated, and hated, soccer players: Diego Maradona.

Audrey Hepburn appears as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. In a letter to director George Cukor, she raved about the script.

Books
Arts

In Golden Age Hollywood, Film Stars Slid Into Each Others' Telegrams

5:03am September 25, 2019

by Susan Stamberg

The new book Letters from Hollywood offers a peek inside the inner workings of the film industry through 137 communiques from luminaries like Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis and a very young Jane Fonda.

Brad Pitt stars in Ad Astra as an astronaut in search of his father, who disappeared on a mission many years prior.

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Brad Pitt On Making 'Ad Astra,' Processing Trauma And Channeling David Bowie

8:31am September 22, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The actor stars in a new science-fiction blockbuster about more than just an astronaut on a space mission: "We wanted to do something very sincere and raw and painfully honest," he says.

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'Downton Abbey' Actresses On Recapturing Their TV Roles In New Film

8:31am September 22, 2019

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Michelle Dockery and Elizabeth McGovern from the movie "Downton Abbey," based on the award-winning series about the owners and workers at a great English estate.

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'Cine Mexico Now' Brings Mexican Films To Winston-Salem

10:55am September 21, 2019

by Eddie Garcia

Cine Mexico Now is a six-part film series celebrating Spanish-language

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'Ad Astra' Approaches The Sublime With Its Portrait Of Masculinity In Crisis

1:49pm September 20, 2019

by Justin Chang

Brad Pitt is an astronaut who saves the world by traveling millions of miles to reunite with his long-absent dad. It's an unabashedly ridiculous premise, but somehow Ad Astra manages to pull it off.

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