In the Movies Headlines

At the movies: the case for and against musicals
Sun Jan 18 5:22 pm
Since the first sound film came out, Hollywood musicals have provided some of the most iconic movie moments. Three NPR movie fans discuss the merits and drawbacks of the genre.
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Jodie Foster plans more French roles after 'A Private Life'
Fri Jan 16 5:00 am
Jodie Foster has spoken French since she was a child. But it's only now that she's taken on a lead role scripted almost entirely in the language of Molière, for A Private Life.
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'I want to make tiny little movies that don't seem tiny,' says Kristen Stewart
Thu Jan 15 5:00 am
In her feature-length directorial debut, actor Kristen Stewart adapts The Chronology of Water, the memoir of Lidia Yuknavitch, a competitive swimmer-turned-author who was abused as a child.
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'My role was making movies that mattered,' says Jodie Foster, as 'Taxi Driver' turns 50
Tue Jan 13 2:01 pm
Foster was just 12 years old when she starred in the 1976 film. "What luck to have been part of that, our golden age of cinema in the '70s," she says. Her latest film is Vie Privée (A Private Life).
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These are the 2026 Golden Globe winners
Sun Jan 11 7:41 pm
Timothée Chalamet, Teyana Taylor, Jessie Buckley and Noah Wyle all took home acting prizes at Sunday night's awards.
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Why we're hooked on documentaries
Sun Jan 11 5:00 pm
NPR's Linda Holmes and Sarah Handel discuss why they are hooked on documentaries and some of the best ones you may not yet have seen.
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Veteran actor T.K. Carter, known for 'The Thing' and 'Punky Brewster,' dies at 69
Sat Jan 10 7:35 pm
T.K. Carter gained fame as Nauls the cook in John Carpenter's 1982 horror classic, "The Thing."
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In 'No Other Choice,' a loyal worker gets the ax — and starts chopping
Fri Jan 09 7:00 am
In the latest movie from Park Chan-wook, the director behind The Handmaiden and Decision to Leave, a paper factory worker loses his job — and resolves to kill his competition for a new one.
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Michael B. Jordan expands his cinematic universe
Fri Jan 09 5:00 am
From child actor to "Sexiest Man Alive" leading man status, Jordan takes on Hollywood as director-producer and soon may win awards for his performance in Sinners.
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'Hedda' star Tessa Thompson wrestles with cynicism but chooses optimism
Thu Jan 08 11:56 am
Thompson has the words "yes" and "no" tattooed on opposite arms. "I'm constantly wrestling with ... my cynicism and my optimism," she says. In addition to Hedda, she stars in the series His & Hers.
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