She Calls Her Movies 'Afro Bubble Gum Art'
Wanuri Kahiu doesn't want to make films about suffering Africans. Her movies celebrate happiness — with a sci-fi twist.
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'Obit' Follows The 'Times' Team Charged With Turning Lives Into History
A documentarian spent six days filming The New York Times obit desk at work. One staffer describes the process of writing an obituary as "equal parts exhilaration and terror."
A Haunting '60s Film About Mental Illness And Incarceration Becomes A Ballet
Frederick Wiseman's controversial 1967 documentary Titicut Follies exposed conditions at Bridgewater State Hospital in Massachusetts. Fifty years later, the filmmaker, now 87, has adapted it to dance.
'Obit' Documentary Follows Journalists Who Tell Lively Stories Of Death
NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews Obit, a documentary about obituary writing at The New York Times.
Listening Back To A 2009 Conversation With Director Jonathan Demme
The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who died Wednesday, directed The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Married to the Mob and Stop Making Sense. We'll hear a clip of his 2009 conversation with Dave Davies.
In 'The Circle', What We Give Up When We Share Ourselves
The film, based on the book by Dave Eggers, presents a dystopian view of where Silicon Valley is taking the world and captures the tech industry's failure to acknowledge the downside of its creations.
Film Adaptation Of 'The Circle' Is Part Satire, Part Moralistic Melodrama
Emma Watson and Tom Hanks star in the remake of Dave Eggers' novel about a giant social media company. Critic David Edelstein says he found much of the acting overheated and the ending confusing.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: Our Great Big Summer Movie Preview
Every year at this time, we sit down to make reckless box office predictions and talk up the films we're most excited to see. This time around, we're joined by Audie Cornish of All Things Considered.
An Israeli Couple Haltingly Navigate Grief Over 'One Week And A Day'
They've lost their son. The shiva is over. Now, Eyal (Shai Avivi) and Vicky (Jenya Dodina) "veer off on separate tracks of crazed non-coping" says critic Ella Taylor.
'BANG! The Bert Berns Story': The Complicated Man Behind 'Twist And Shout'
A new documentary examines the short life — and shady business practices — of the songwriter/producer behind hits like "Tell Him," "Here Comes the Night" and "Hang On Sloopy."