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‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ Asks: Where Does A Society Go After War Ends?

Jasmila Zbanic’s Oscar-nominated film dramatizes the genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995. Aida is a former teacher working as a translator for U.N. forces.

Starring As A Starlet, Amanda Seyfried Shines As Marion Davies In ‘Mank’

To get into the role, Seyfried watched Davies’ old movies, read her autobiography and listened to old scratchy recordings. She says playing the silver screen star was the ultimate dress-up dream.

Cinerama Dome Among ArcLight, Pacific Theaters To Close Due To Pandemic Losses

With the closing of 300 screens, Hollywood laments the loss of the iconic Cinerama Dome; it opened in 1963 with the premiere of Stanley Kramer’s wide-screen comedy It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.

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Leslie Odom Jr. Finds Sam Cooke’s Voice In ‘One Night In Miami’

Odom Jr. landed his first Broadway role at 16, and later starred as Aaron Burr in Hamilton. Now he’s up for two Oscars, one for his role as Cooke in One Night in Miami.

Emerald Fennell’s ‘Promising Young Woman’ Doesn’t Let Anyone Off The Hook

Writer-director Fennell describes her Oscar-nominated film about a woman who hunts down sexual predators as “a kind of fantasy” but also as something “much darker and, I hope, more honest than that.”

‘Emancipation’ Moving Production Out Of Georgia Due To New Voting Laws

Actor Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua, who are producing the Civil War-era film Emancipation, announced Monday that they are pulling the movie’s production from Georgia.

In ‘Moffie,’ A Gay Soldier Comes Of Age During Apartheid In South Africa

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to director Oliver Hermanus about his new movie, Moffie, set in 1981 apartheid-era South Africa.

‘Ma Rainey’ Hairstylist Talks Horsehair Wigs, Historic Oscar Nomination

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Jamika Wilson, who is currently nominated for an Oscar in the hairstyling and makeup category for their work on the film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Filmmaker Finds An Unlikely Underwater Friend In ‘My Octopus Teacher’

Craig Foster spent a year diving — without oxygen or a wetsuit — into the frigid sea near Cape Town, South Africa. His documentary is now nominated for an Oscar. Originally broadcast Oct. 20, 2020.

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