Culture 'Capote' Plumbs a Legend Fresh Air September 30, 2005 • Capote, the new film about Truman Capote, details the writer's life at the time around his breakthrough book, In Cold Blood. The film, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, tells the story of how Capote came to tell of the murder of a Holcomb, Kan., family. 'Capote' Plumbs a Legend Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4930755/4930756" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Culture 'A History of Violence' Through a Man's Story Fresh Air September 23, 2005 • The new film A History of Violence stars Viggo Mortenson. Director David Cronenberg has made a movie that many viewers will likely find easier to approach than his other movies. 'A History of Violence' Through a Man's Story Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4860692/4860693" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Culture 'A History of Violence': A Ticking Timebomb September 23, 2005 • Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews director David Cronenberg's latest work, A History of Violence. Cronenberg directed films that many consider bizarre, such as Crash, The Fly and Naked Lunch. Turan says this film is less strange, but more disturbing. 'A History of Violence': A Ticking Timebomb Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4860479/4860480" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Family Quest: 'Everything Is Illuminated' Fresh Air September 22, 2005 • Adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer's novel, the film follows a young man trying to decipher family history. Elijah Wood plays the fictional Foer, who traces his grandfather's life in a Ukrainian village. Family Quest: 'Everything Is Illuminated' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4857405/4859117" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Fresh Air Renoir's 'Boudo' Newly Preserved on DVD Fresh Air September 21, 2005 • Critic-at-Large John Powers looks at a new Criterion edition DVD of the 1932 Jean Renoir film Boudo Saved From Drowning. Renoir's 'Boudo' Newly Preserved on DVD Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4857584/4857585" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Culture 'Proof' Makes Winning Jump from Stage to Screen September 19, 2005 • Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the movie Proof Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, Jake Gyllenhaal star in the film version of this Tony and Pulitzer-winning play about a mad mathematician whose daughter may have written his most celebrated proof. 'Proof' Makes Winning Jump from Stage to Screen Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4853784/4853785" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Fall Movies: Adaptations Abound September 16, 2005 • Summer is over, and the start of the serious movie season has begun. NPR's Bob Mondello reports that a number of adaptations are coming to the big screen, including another installment of the Harry Potter series. Fall Movies: Adaptations Abound Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4851771/4851772" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies The Horror of 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose' Fresh Air September 9, 2005 • Film critic David Edelstein reviews The Exorcism of Emily Rose. The movie is loosely based on a true story from the 1970s about a priest on trial for the death of a young woman from an exorcism he performed. It stars Laura Linney and Tom Wilkinson. The Horror of 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4838962/4838963" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Potent Mix Drives the 'Constant Gardener' September 5, 2005 • One of the infallible signs of the end of summer is the appearance in theaters of serious motion pictures. First out of the box this fall is The Constant Gardener, and Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan says it's the real thing.
Movies Love, Loss and Le Carre: 'Constant Gardener' Fresh Air August 31, 2005 • Film critic David Edelstein reviews The Constant Gardener, the new thriller based on the John Le Carre novel. The film is directed by City of God's Fernando Meirelles and stars Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. Love, Loss and Le Carre: 'Constant Gardener' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4826262/4826263" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Culture Dutch Noir: 'Memory of a Killer' August 26, 2005 • Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Memory of a Killer, a Dutch noir thriller about a hit man who's developed Alzheimer's disease. The film is based on the much-praised crime novel series by Jef Geeraerts. Dutch Noir: 'Memory of a Killer' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4816958/4816959" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Past and Future Love: Wong Kar-Wai's '2046' August 24, 2005 • Hong Kong's Wong Kar-Wai is a visual stylist: witness In the Mood for Love and Days of Being Wild. His latest film, 2046, runs riot with color, texture -- and beautiful people. Past and Future Love: Wong Kar-Wai's '2046' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4814337/4814338" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Taking a Look at 'Red Eye,' '40-Year-Old Virgin' Fresh Air August 19, 2005 • Film critic David Edelstein reviews this weekend's new releases: thriller Red Eye and the comedy The 40-Year-Old Virgin, starring Steve Carell of The Office. Taking a Look at 'Red Eye,' '40-Year-Old Virgin' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4807401/4807402" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Movies Sleuthing and Imbibing with Style in 'Thin Man' DVDs Fresh Air August 18, 2005 • Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz steps outside his usual arena to review The Thin Man films of the 1930s and '40s. They have just been released on DVD. Sleuthing and Imbibing with Style in 'Thin Man' DVDs Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4805580/4805581" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Culture 'Junebug' Fresh Air August 12, 2005 • In Junebug, a story of characters and culture clashes, Embeth Davidtz plays a Chicago art dealer who meets her new in-laws on a business trip to North Carolina, including a very pregnant Amy Adams. 'Junebug' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4797609/4797610" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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