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'Fresh Air' Remembers Film Star Burt Reynolds

1:32pm September 07, 2018

by Terry Gross

Reynolds, who died Thursday, appeared in scores of films, including Deliverance and Boogie Nights. He spoke to Terry Gross in 1994 about growing up the son of a sheriff in a small Florida town.

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Singer-songwriter Blaze Foley (Ben Dickey) met Sybil Rosen (Alia Shawkat) in 1975. Later, the two lived together in a tree house in the woods.

The Music Soars As A Singer Burns Out In A Muddled 'Blaze'

11:12am September 07, 2018

by David Edelstein

Critic David Edelstein says Ethan Hawke's new film about country singer-songwriter Blaze Foley is best at its simplest: "When [star Ben] Dickey performs, the movie is great."

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"You can't see me I'm not here!": Jennifer Garner and a leather jacket co-star in the revenge thriller Peppermint.

Arts

'Peppermint': A Revenge Thriller That's Neither Cool Nor Refreshing

5:36am September 07, 2018

by Chris Klimek

The director of Taken tries out the formula with Jennifer Garner, but the result is a "desultory drag" of cliched emotional stakes and dark, muddy action scenes.

Arts

Burt Reynolds, Swaggering Star Actor, Has Died At 82

7:44pm September 06, 2018

by Bob Mondello

In a film career that spanned seven decades, Reynolds played good ol' boys and rugged action heroes. He died Thursday following a heart attack.

Oscars Drops 'Popular Film' Category

7:35pm September 06, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has dropped the widely criticized new award it introduced less than a month ago, saying the idea needs "further study."

Burt Reynolds, 'Smokey And The Bandit' Star, Dies At 82

5:54pm September 06, 2018

by Alex Cohen

Burt Reynolds was one of the biggest stars of the 1970s and '80s. He was a leading man with thick black hair, a mustache, and a swagger. He died at 82 on Thursday, following a heart attack.

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Arts

WarnerMedia Announces New Inclusion Rider Policy To Promote Diversity

5:54pm September 06, 2018

by Mandalit del Barco

The parent company of Warner Brothers, WarnerMedia, announced a new policy for including women and underrepresented groups in all areas of production. It's also known as an inclusion rider.

A still from Robert Greene's Bisbee '17, which combines re-enactment with interviews (and songs!) to relate a dark chapter in American labor history.

Arts

'Bisbee '17': A Rich, Compelling Documentary Evokes The Brutal Past Of An Arizona Town

5:00pm September 06, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

Filmmaker Robert Greene combines documentary and theatrical performance to tell the tale of a deadly mass deportation of copper miners in 1917.

(Clockwise from top left) Steve Carell, Timothee Chalamet, Christian Convery, Oakley Bull and Maura Tierney star in Beautiful Boy, which is featured at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Arts

What We're Looking Forward To At The Toronto International Film Festival

1:15pm September 06, 2018

The NPR Movies team is off to Toronto, where they'll sit in the dark for days at a time watching films that you'll get to see in the coming weeks and months. Here's some of what they're excited about.

The FBI says it has recovered a pair of ruby slippers worn in The Wizard of Oz that were stolen from a Minnesota museum in 2005. One of several pairs of slippers worn by Judy Garland in the movie are seen here in 1996.

National

FBI Says It Has Recovered Stolen Ruby Slippers, Missing For 13 Years

1:17pm September 04, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The sequined shoes were pilfered from the Judy Garland Museum in 2005. Investigators had pursued a range of leads — including an abandoned Minnesota mine — ever since.