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Mark Wahlberg in Peter Berg's Patriots Day.

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'Patriots Day': A Painful, Painstaking Depiction Of The Boston Marathon Bombing

5:00pm January 12, 2017

by Chris Klimek

The third collaboration between director Peter Berg and actor Mark Wahlberg offers a detail-rich and nuanced examination of the 2013 bombing and its chaotic aftermath.

Emily (Gemma Aterton) and Max (Idris Elba) in 100 Streets.

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'100 Streets' Tells Familiar Stories That Cross Race, Class And Generational Lines

5:00pm January 12, 2017

by Ella Taylor

Idris Elba stars in a London-set ensemble drama our critic calls "soapy, rote stuff," but it's representative of the new generation of filmmakers taking Britain's multiracial society as their subject.

Otto (Brendan Gleeson) and Anna (Emma Thompson) are Alone in Berlin.

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'Alone In Berlin': A Grieving German Couple Sets Out To Undermine The Nazi Movement

5:00pm January 12, 2017

by Scott Tobias

Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson deliver strong performances, but director Vincent Perez's staid historical drama swathes its subjects' radical actions in too much art-house-reverence.

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'20th Century Women' Mixes Comedy With Disappointment And Loss

1:28pm January 12, 2017

by John Powers

Set in 1979 Santa Barbara, Mike Mills' new film is the story of a teenage boy and the three women who teach him about life. Critic John Powers calls it an "amusing, deeply-felt work."

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Encore: 'La La Land' Invokes Nostalgia For 1930s Hollywood

4:38pm January 09, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to director Damien Chazelle about his latest film, La La Land, which is a modern version of 1930s Hollywood musicals.

This image released by NBC shows Meryl Streep accepting the Cecil B. deMille Award at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

At Golden Globes, Meryl Streep Takes On Donald Trump

3:01pm January 09, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Streep, a prominent progressive in the arts world, did not mention Trump by name when she criticized his remarks about a disabled reporter during the campaign, but her target was clear.

Jeff Bridges (shown with Gil Birmingham) plays an aging Texas ranger investigating a series of small-town bank robberies in Hell or High Water.

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Jeff Bridges Abides By His Actor Dad's Example: Bring Joy To The Set

1:55pm January 09, 2017

"He really wanted all his kids to go into acting because he loved it so much," Bridges says of his father. In Hell or High Water, Bridges plays an aging Texas ranger tracking two bank robbers.

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Tracee Ellis Ross won the award for Best Actress in a Comedy TV series for her role in Black-ish, at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.

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Small Batch Edition: The Golden Globes

1:39pm January 09, 2017

by Linda Holmes

In this brief edition of Pop Culture Happy Hour, we talk about speeches, awards, Donald Glover's suit, Jimmy Fallon's monologue, and lots more.

'La La Land' Breaks Golden Globe Record; Trump Mentioned Often

8:31am January 09, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

La La Land was a big winner at Sunday night's Golden Globe awards. So was Moonlight, and the TV series The People v. O.J. Simpson. Plus, the stars had plenty to say about President-elect Trump.

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Actress Octavia Spencer Says 'Hidden Figures' Is A Movie Anyone Can Get Behind

6:00pm January 08, 2017

by NPR Staff

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Octavia Spencer about her latest film, Hidden Figures. It tells the story of the black, female mathematicians who helped launch the first American astronauts into space.