Chris Pine tells us where he ranks on the list of Hollywood Chrises
This week, Chris Pine joins us to talk his new movie Poolman, imitating William Shatner, and where he ranks on the list of Hollywood Chrises.
Unlikely heroes stand up to corruption in ‘The Old Oak’ and ‘Monkey Man’
Dev Patel’s feature directing debut Monkey Man, and what may be Ken Loach’s swan song, The Old Oak, offer two views of people doing the right thing in combatting hatred and corruption.
In ‘Monkey Man,’ Dev Patel gets revenge through gorilla warfare
The new action film Monkey Man is Dev Patel’s film – he serves as star, director, and co-writer. He plays a young man whose village was destroyed and mother murdered by elite members of society. He sets out to infiltrate their corrupt, rarified existence and seek his bloody, bloody revenge. There’s plenty of gunplay, knife-play, ax-play, bone-crunching, tuk-tuk chases, and gouts of blood.
Rudy Mancuso’s ‘Musica’ brings viewers inside the sensation of rhythmic synesthesia
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Rudy Mancuso about his new movie, Musica. It’s his semi-autobiographical film about living with synesthesia and falling in love.
‘Coup de Chance’ is a typical Woody Allen film — with one appalling final detail
Set in France, Allen’s latest film covers familiar territory, including an adulterous romance, a premeditated murder and a darkly cynical consideration of the role that luck plays in human affairs.
Black girls have the spotlight in horror anthology ‘The Black Girl Survives This One’
NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Desiree Evans and Saraciea Fennell about their anthology of horror stories from Black writers with the racial and gender representation they’ve longed for in the genre.
Revisiting the movies of 1999
Movies had a big year in 1999. Today, we’re going back 25 years to talk about some of the most interesting movies released in 1999 — including Drop Dead Gorgeous, Office Space, and The Talented Mr. Ripley. In this encore episode, we’ll talk about what …
Graverobbers find more than what is physically lost in new film ‘La Chimera’
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Italian director Alice Rohrwacher about her new film, “La Chimera,” about a group of grave robbers in the 1980s. Lilia Pino Blouin translates.
Harvard’s TikTok strategy; plus, Shirley Chisholm, the coalition diva
TikTok has come under fire for its addictive algorithm and for being a place where misinformation spreads. But still, there is one institution that thinks TikTok actually has the potential to be a source of good in our world: Harvard. To be more specif…
Louis Gossett Jr., first black man to win Best Support Actor Oscar, dies
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a gunnery sergeant in An Officer and a Gentleman, has died. He was 87.
2 filmmakers capture a young Nigerian ballet dancer’s journey in ‘Madu’
NPR’s Debbie Elliott speaks to Anthony Madu, a young Nigerian ballet dancer who’s featured in a new Disney+ documentary about his discovery, and move to a prestigious ballet school in England.
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