Remembering Melvin Van Peebles, the ‘Godfather’ of Black cinema
Van Peebles, who died Sept. 21, was best known for his 1971 film, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song. He spoke with Fresh Air in 1990. His son Mario, also an actor/director, was interviewed in 2004.
‘Old Henry’ Honors The Western Genre While Offering Surprises
The “elevated Western” Old Henry stars Tim Blake Nelson as a farmer in the Oklahoma Territory whose past comes back to haunt his adversaries.
Latino Filmmakers Are The First Married Couple To Win MacArthur Grants In Same Year
Filmmakers Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra are both winners of MacArthur Genius grants this year. The married couple do separate but related work dealing with immigration and migrant labor.
What New Netflix And Hulu Documentaries Reveal About Britney Spears’ Conservatorship
Netflix’s Britney vs Spears and Hulu’s Controlling Britney Spears — released right before an important hearing on the singer’s conservatorship — piece together how Spears lost control of her life.
The Addams Family 2 (2021)
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Karen Dalton: In My Own Time (2021)
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With ‘Blue Bayou,’ Filmmaker Justin Chon Asks: Who Decides Who Is American?
Justin Chon’s new film Blue Bayou is about a Korean-born, American-raised adoptee who faces deportation back to Korea. Many adoptees without U.S. citizenship face that same problem in real life.
Tom Skerritt Grapples With His Own Death In ‘East Of The Mountains’
NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Tom Skerritt, who stars in East of the Mountains, a film about a retired heart surgeon dying of cancer.
Heroism Exacts A Daunting Price In ‘Wife Of A Spy’ And ‘Azor’
Two new films grapple with the complexity of moral courage. Wife of a Spy is set in Japan on the cusp of WWII. Azor follows a Swiss banker during the Argentine dictatorship of the 1980s.
Daniel Craig Is Appointed An Honorary Commander By The Royal Navy
James Bond is also a commander in the Royal Navy. To mark the end of actor Daniel Craig’s 15 years of portraying the secret agent on screen, he was given the honorary title.
In ‘I’m Your Man,’ Failing At Romance Is Part Of The Algorithm
Dan Stevens stars as the android of Maren Eggert’s dreams in the German romantic comedy “I’m Your Man.”
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