From Scar to James Bond enemy Safin, movie villains have long shared a harmful trope
The new James Bond film No Time To Die is providing an opportunity for advocates to push back on ways villains are portrayed with scars and other facial differences.
Velvet Underground documentary gets to the heart of the band’s radical magic
Todd Haynes’ inventive, immersive movie is full of interesting ideas. The Velvet Underground neatly sidesteps the usual rock-doc banalities as it plunges us into the Velvets and their world.
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‘Genius’ actor Cynthia Erivo opens up her voice on ‘Ch. 1 Vs. 1’
The British actor and singer played abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Harriet, and Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha. Now Erivo has a debut album. “I sing often with a bit of a smile,” she says.
Behind-the-scenes workers in Hollywood avert a strike
Crew members in the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees have reached a deal. A strike would have shut down much of the film and TV production across the country.
‘The Last Duel’ was inspired by a real trial by combat in medieval France
NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to film critic Kenneth Turan about The Last Duel, directed by Ridley Scott. The story takes place in 14th century France, based on true events about a trial by combat.
IATSE vice president believes tentative deal will be ‘overwhelmingly ratified’
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Michael Miller, of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, about a deal they struck with Hollywood studios, averting the threat of a labor strike.
How writer Nicole Holofcener told the true tale of ‘The Last Duel’
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to writer Nicole Holofcener about her new movie, The Last Duel.
It’s been 42 years since ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide’ answered the ultimate question
The first Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book was published in October 1979. Fans are looking back at how the series has endured in popularity and why it’s still relevant.
‘Dune’: A sweeping, spectacular spice-opera — half of one, anyway
Denis Villeneuve’s take on Frank Herbert’s novel of galactic intrigue and revolution manages to be both epic and introspective, though it doles out its story with gravid deliberateness.
Hollywood crew members reach a tentative deal with major studios, averting a strike
After months of negotiation and a strike on the horizon, Hollywood crew members in the union IATSE have agreed to a deal with the major studios.
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