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Filmmaker Lulu Wang Based 'The Farewell' On Her Family's Real-Life Lie

1:25pm July 24, 2019

by Terry Gross

When Wang's grandmother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, the family flew to China to see her, but decided not to tell her the prognosis. "I turned out to be a surprisingly good liar," Wang says.

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'Avengers: Endgame' Surpasses 'Avatar' To Become Box Office King

6:56am July 23, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Kevin Fallon of "The Daily Beast" about "Avengers: Endgame" overtaking "Avatar" as the highest grossing movie of all time — a record "Avatar" held for a decade.

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Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats, And A Trailer For The Internet To Talk About

8:00am July 20, 2019

People on social media are mesmerized by the preview for the movie that is based on the Broadway musical. And they just kept watching it again and again.

Neil Armstrong tests out his spacesuit and camera in April 1969, three months before he would actually set foot on the moon.

Arts

Hollywood Shoots The Moon: 117 Years Of Lunar Landings At The Movies

4:09pm July 19, 2019

by Bob Mondello

Motion pictures went to the moon long before Apollo 11 did, and they keep going back. Critic Bob Mondello reflects on the many films, from 1902 to today, that have made the journey.

Godzilla Comes To Comic-Con In San Diego

6:59am July 19, 2019

by Beth Accomando

Japan's cinema legend Godzilla turns 65 this year. And for the first time, Japan's Toho Studios will have a booth at Comic-Con to celebrate the giant monster.

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A sophisticated mix of digital imagery and virtual-reality techniques give Disney's Lion King remake the feel of a live-action film. The result plays like a Hollywood blockbuster disguised as a National Geographic documentary.

Arts

New 'Lion King' Remake Is More Creative Dead End Than Circle Of Life

5:44pm July 18, 2019

by Justin Chang

Disney's Lion King is so realistic-looking that, paradoxically, you can't believe a moment of it. The computer-generated blockbuster feels like the world's most expensive safari-themed karaoke video.

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David Crosby (center) with Neil Young (l) and Stephen Stills (r) during a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young concert in Texas in 1974.

Wasted On The Way: A Musician Looks Back In 'David Crosby: Remember My Name'

5:31pm July 18, 2019

by Ella Taylor

In A.J. Eaton's documentary, Crosby proves a "passionate, wry, often bellicose" storyteller who "often seems to be writing his own self-lacerating obituary."

Louis Garrel (right), directs, co-wrote, and stars with Laetitia Casta (left) in this French romantic comedy about a complicated love triangle.

Arts

Mon Petit, Choose: In The Deft, Whimsical 'A Faithful Man,' A Couple's Bond Is Tested

5:00pm July 18, 2019

by Scott Tobias

Louis Garrel's second film as a director is a dry romantic comedy that involves a love triangle, and "watching it unfold can feel at times like an anthropological study of the French species."

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, pictured here in 2014, has announced this year's class of Kennedy Center Honors recipients.

Kennedy Center Announces 2019 Honorees

2:03pm July 18, 2019

by Patrick Jarenwattananon

Earth, Wind & Fire, Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, Sesame Street and Michael Tilson Thomas will be recognized for their lifetime contributions to the performing arts at a gala in December.

James Earl Jones Returns As Mufasa In 'Lion King' Remake

7:12am July 18, 2019

Noel King talks with film reviewer Claudia Puig, president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, about Disney's latest live-action remake: "The Lion King."

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