In A ‘Berserk’ Biopic, A 57-Year-Old Plays Celine Dion At Nearly Every Age — Even 12
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rachel Handler, features writer for Vulture and New York Magazine, about the unofficial Celine Dione biopic, Aline, which just screened at Cannes Festival.
The Only ‘New’ Thing About Cross-Cultural Casting Is Who’s Getting The Roles
Dev Patel as a knight of the Round Table, Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn, the mostly nonwhite casts of Bridgerton and Hamilton — all belong to a tradition that has its roots in live theater.
After Attending Cannes From Afar, Justin Chang Recommends 7 Bold Festival Films
Reviewer Justin Chang didn’t travel to the Cannes Film Festival this year, but he managed to see a number of the movies in Los Angeles. His favorites include The Souvenir Part II and Stillwater.
Best Actor Or Actress? Gender-Expansive Performers Are Forced To Choose
There’s a growing call for entertainment award categories to no longer be split by gender. Some nonbinary performers say these gendered divisions erase their identity.
After A Violent Winter, The ‘Summer Of Soul’ Was A Musical Moment Of Healing
Music writer Carol Cooper reflects on the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival documented in the new film Summer of Soul as a necessary catharsis for Black America from the collective losses of the 1960s.
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
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Casanova, Last Love (2021)
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How to Deter a Robber (2021)
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The Best Of James Baldwin: Favorite Pieces From The NPR Archive
We are marking 50 years of NPR with a look back at stories from the archive. For this collection, we take a look at our best stories on novelist, poet and activist James Baldwin.
‘Less Lethal’ Doc Details An Undercover Pursuit For Justice For Injured Protesters
Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with student filmmaker Jaime Wilken about her documentary short “Less Lethal,” about a tech worker using video of a protest to uncover how a teenage boy was shot there.
Documentaries ‘Summer Of Soul’ And ‘McCartney 3-2-1’ Celebrate The Sound Of The ’60s
Summer of Soul reveals never-before-seen film from a ’69 Harlem concert series known as the Black Woodstock. McCartney 3-2-1 is a six-part series in which Paul McCartney talks to producer Rick Rubin.
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