Documentary filmmaker Julia Reichert dies at 76
The Academy Award-winner and activist was known as the “godmother of American independent documentaries.” She saw herself as a feminist and the curator of Midwestern stories.
Director Laura Poitras on her new documentary ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’
NPR’s Sarah McCammon speaks with director Laura Poitras about her new documentary, “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” a chronicle of photographer Nan Goldin’s activism in the opioid epidemic.
Tilda Swinton stars twice in ‘The Eternal Daughter’ — as both parent and child
Swinton plays a mother and a daughter who have gone to spend a winter holiday at a hotel in Wales. The double casting is much more than a stunt in this smart, subtle film — it is magical.
Movie Review: ‘Women Talking’
Director Sarah Polley’s adaptation of the novel “Women Talking” by Miriam Toews is about women in an isolated religious colony who break the silence about abuse at the hands of the colony’s men.
Violent Night (2022)
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The Eternal Daughter (2022)
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Will Smith opens up to Trevor Noah about the ‘rage’ behind his Oscar slap
A teary Will Smith gave his first major interview since he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars to Trevor Noah of the Daily Show. Smith described how he lost it over Rock’s joke about his wife’s hair.
Actress Dolly De Leon was surprised she got the lead in ‘Triangle of Sadness’
NPR’s A Martinez speaks with Filipina actor Dolly De Leon about her role in the widely acclaimed movie: Triangle of Sadness.
An Israeli director sparks outrage in India over a film about Hindu persecution
Controversy has erupted at one of India’s top film festivals over the screening of a movie with Hindu nationalist themes. Were the jury head’s comments an artistic critique or political commentary?
‘Armageddon Time’ director explores how the world is ruined by ‘well-meaning people’
James Gray’s new film was inspired by his childhood in Queens in the 1980s. Though his grandparents had fled antisemitism in Ukraine, his family didn’t recognize their own biases against Black people.
‘EO’ is a Polish film about a donkey that leaves the circus
Scott Simon talks to Polish film director Jerzy Skolimowski about his new film “EO”, the story of a donkey once it leaves the circus.
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