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'Florida Project' Tops David Edelstein's List Of The Year's Best Films

2:13pm December 26, 2017

by David Edelstein

In a year dominated by stories of sexual harassment and abuse, Fresh Air's movie critic says his favorite films featured voices that aren't heard from enough.

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Christopher Plummer's role in All the Money in the World was originally filled by Kevin Spacey.

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'All The Money' Re-Shoot Was Decided 'In A Heartbeat,' Ridley Scott Says

5:17pm December 25, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

After Kevin Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct, director Ridley Scott raced to save his film. He gathered the cast and crew and shot 22 scenes in nine days — this time with Christopher Plummer.

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'Downsizing' Presents A Comic Attempt To Solve Climate Change

6:40pm December 24, 2017

Hong Chau, star of the movie Downsizing, discusses her role and her background, which she said prepared her for a career in acting.

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I'm Dreaming Of A (Black And Brown And Native And) White Christmas

6:00am December 23, 2017

by Leah Donnella

In need of some racially diverse children's Christmas literature? Here's our holiday Code Switch sampler.

Idris Elba and Jessica Chastain star in Molly's Game.

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'Molly's Game' Is Aces

5:00am December 23, 2017

by Bob Mondello

Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut is a dense, complicated, frenetically paced movie about a woman who runs a high-stakes poker game; critic Bob Mondello is all-in.

Matt Damon as Paul Safranek and Jason Sudeikis as Dave Johnson in Downsizing from Paramount Pictures.

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In 'Downsizing,' A New Addition To The Large History Of Tiny People In Film

7:24pm December 22, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

Alexander Payne's new film is about a couple who are made tiny as part of a solution to overpopulation. It's the latest in a long line of movies that revel in the cinematic joy of people shrinking.

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With 'Phantom Thread,' Director Paul Thomas Anderson Offers Audiences An Intimate Film

4:34pm December 22, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with director Paul Thomas Anderson about his new film, Phantom Thread. The film is about a fastidious British dressmaker named Reynolds Woodcock, played by Daniel Day Lewis, whose life becomes upended when he finds a new muse, who begins to challenge him.

Jim Carrey stars as the title character the 2000 version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

Heart 2 Sizes Too Small? Mr. Grinch, See Your Cardiologist

4:34pm December 22, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

Not many patients have a heart that grows three sizes in a day. Cardiologist David Kass ponders what could have caused the Grinch's abrupt change of heart in the classic holiday story.

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'Phantom Thread' Is Deeply Weird And Marvelously Entertaining

1:48pm December 22, 2017

by David Edelstein

Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a British women's fashion designer in the 1950s. Critic David Edelstein says the film is an amusing portrait of artistic and marital anguish.

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Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) and Kay Graham (Meryl Streep) grapple with a big decision in The Post.

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'The Post': Pentagon Papers Put The Press Under Pressure

10:29am December 22, 2017

by Bob Mondello

Steven Spielberg's account of the publication of the Pentagon Papers in 1971 is melodrama, but Bob Mondello says it's urgent — and effective.

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