Judi Dench on a career and friendship forged by Shakespeare
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Judi Dench and director Brendan O’Hea about their new book Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent and a career and friendship forged by the Bard.
Kevin Bacon visits ‘Footloose’ school before it’s torn down — and in time for prom
The Utah high school where Footloose was filmed invited Kevin Bacon to visit for their prom on the 40th anniversary of the film’s release.
A.I. and the movies
A look at some of the news and controversies surrounding several uses of generative AI in the movie industry this week, including a trailer for a nonexistent James Bond film starring Margot Robbie.
USC cancels filmmaker’s keynote amid controversy over canceled valedictorian speech
USC announced the cancellation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the choice to keep the student valedictorian, who expressed support for Palestinians, from speaking.
Remembering documentary filmmaker Eleanor Coppola
Coppola, who died April 12, was an assistant art director on the 1963 film Dementia 13 when she met, and soon married, its director, Francis Ford Coppola. Originally broadcast in 1992.
‘We Grown Now’ imbues hope in a coming-of-age story in a Chicago housing project
A gently poetic coming-of-age story, We Grown Now chronicles an adolescent friendship in Chicago’s Cabrini Green housing project in the early 1990s.
What makes a good courtroom drama
With former president Trump’s real-life legal drama unfolding in New York, here are some of Hollywood’s best courtroom dramas for some low-stakes intrigue.
Journalist says we’re ‘basically guinea pigs’ for a new form of industrialized food
Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser says mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies that are inefficient, barely regulated and sometimes dangerous. His new documentary is Food, Inc. 2.
‘The Beast’ jumps from 1910, to 2014, to 2044, tracking fear through the ages
This wildly original adaptation of the Henry James novella The Beast in the Jungle follows human alienation and anxiety, asking why, in every era, we disengage from life and the people around us.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM, celebrates its 100th anniversary
The Hollywood Heritage Museum is showcasing the studio’s history. Highlights include personal items and costumes worn by Golden Age stars including Humphrey Bogart, Mae West and Clark Gable.
‘The Long Game’: Story of Mexican American high schoolers who became golf champs
In 1957, a group of Mexican American high school students overcame racist barriers to win the Texas state golf championship. The story is told in the new film The Long Game.
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