MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: There are plenty of films that have kids in them, but how many of them are really about kids, what they think, how they feel? A new film by director Morrisa Maltz, “Jazzy,” really is about its…
I’m Still Here, starring Selton Mello and Fernanda Torres, has been nominated for a best picture Oscar. Alile Onawale/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption toggle caption Alile Onawale/Sony Pictures Classics It’s one measure of Latin America’s arduous history that it has…
SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Do you ever cringe when somebody talks about the movies they love? (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, “ANNIE HALL”) RUSSELL HORTON: (As Man In Theatre Line) Granted, “La Strada” was a great film, great in its use of negative…
The musician and documentary filmmaker Questlove says that music Sly Stone created in the 1960s and 1970s laid the foundation for the pop, R&B and funk sounds we hear today. Stephen Paley/Hulu hide caption toggle caption Stephen Paley/Hulu Even Ahmir…
Mike Leigh of ‘Hard Truths’ poses in the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb and IMDbPro during the Toronto International Film Festival at InterContinental Toronto Centre on September 06, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for IMDb hide…
TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. My guest, Sebastian Stan, is nominated for an Oscar for his starring role as Donald Trump in the film “The Apprentice.” It begins in 1973, when Trump is 27, still…
How do you adapt an “unadaptable” book? Today, host Brittany Luse finds out with RaMell Ross, director of the Oscar nominated adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys.The story, set in the Jim Crow South, follows two Black boys doing…
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Whatever you choose to call it, Elon Musk has captured the inner workings of the U.S. government on President Trump’s behalf. His operatives reportedly infiltrated the General Services Administration, gained access to the nation’s system for issuing payments like tax…
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, speaking at a Florida college on Tuesday, made pointed remarks about the limits of presidential power and her fear that government officials might flout court decisions. “Our founders were hellbent on ensuring that we didn’t have a…
