Technology 'Internetainers' Make Money Off YouTube Hits June 30, 2009 • Internet film producers Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal have produced more than 200 videos that have been watched by millions of online viewers. They are part of a growing number of filmmakers who are finding ways to profit off of the Internet. 'Internetainers' Make Money Off YouTube Hits Listen · 4:26 4:26 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105863364/106064951" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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What 'Do The Right Thing' Means 20 Years Later June 30, 2009 • In 1989, Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing captured the racial tensions of urban America. Chicago Tribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice explores to what extent the film still portrays the racial divide 20 years after its debut. What 'Do The Right Thing' Means 20 Years Later Listen · 17:16 17:16 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106099925/106099919" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Director Seeks To Capture Life In Modern Tibet June 30, 2009 • Pema Tseden is the first director in China ever to film movies entirely in the Tibetan language. His latest film, The Search, won the Grand Jury Prize at Shanghai's recent International Film Festival. He says Tibet has always been depicted by outsiders who pander to their own imagination. Director Seeks To Capture Life In Modern Tibet Listen · 5:34 5:34 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106089201/106114345" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Frears' 'Cheri' Both Sumptuous And Dark June 28, 2009 • Director Stephen Frears talks about his movie, Cheri, a romantic drama based on a book by Collette, set in 1920s Paris. In the movie, Michelle Pfeiffer plays a woman who is persuaded to look after a friend's son, and ends up having an affair with him. "People don't stop being human no matter how pretty their clothes are," Frears says. Frears' 'Cheri' Both Sumptuous And Dark Listen · 9:10 9:10 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106020990/106021533" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Pop Culture 'Deadline Hollywood' Does A Deal June 27, 2009 • Nikki Finke may be the hardest working person in show business. In the maelstrom of industry news that broke this week, it was announced that the founder of the Deadline Hollywood Daily blog has sold her site. Scott Simon talks with her about the deal. 'Deadline Hollywood' Does A Deal Listen · 3:49 3:49 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106007617/106008676" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews Spike Lee On Working With Michael Jackson June 27, 2009 • Spike Lee directed Michael Jackson on one of the late star's more controversial music videos, "They Don't Care About Us." Scott Simon talks to Lee about his work with Jackson, and about the singer's impact on American culture. Spike Lee On Working With Michael Jackson Listen · 7:30 7:30 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106007593/106007568" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Reviewing Science On The Big Screen June 26, 2009 • From sci-fi to documentaries, good science films tell the human story behind scientific ideas. Which films get the science right, and which don't? Physicist and movie critic Sidney Perkowitz runs through some of this summer's top science flicks. Reviewing Science On The Big Screen Listen · 47:47 47:47 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105962361/105962344" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Hurt Locker': American Bomb Squad In Baghdad Fresh Air June 26, 2009 • Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow knows how to get under your skin and control your responses — as she does in her latest feature, the Baghdad-set war movie The Hurt Locker. David Edelstein has a review. 'Hurt Locker': American Bomb Squad In Baghdad Listen · 10:56 10:56 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105964997/105965223" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Gabriel Byrne Gives The Listening 'Treatment' Fresh Air June 26, 2009 • Actor Gabriel Byrne may play a therapist on TV, but he's never actually been to therapy himself. Instead, he prepared for his role on HBO's In Treatment by drawing on his experience as observer. Gabriel Byrne Gives The Listening 'Treatment' Listen · 32:34 32:34 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105958154/105964988" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review 'Hurt Locker': An Explosive Look At The Iraq War June 26, 2009 • The adrenaline rush of war is front and center in Kathryn Bigelow's film — the first war movie in a while that feels as if it could have starred John Wayne. (Recommended) 'Hurt Locker': An Explosive Look At The Iraq War Listen · 4:16 4:16 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105755842/105988197" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review For 'Cheri' & Co., Liaisons Dangerous To The Soul June 26, 2009 • It's been 20 years since Michelle Pfeiffer, director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Christopher Hampton teamed up for Dangerous Liaisons. In Cheri, they tell a very different kind of love story. For 'Cheri' & Co., Liaisons Dangerous To The Soul Listen · 2:46 2:46 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105609793/105950458" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review The Stages Of Grief, With An Undertow Of Wonder June 26, 2009 • Antonello Grimaldi's Quiet Chaos lacks thematic complexity, but the subtly directed sequences, bitter and sweet alike, add up to a moving chronicle of sorrow, wonder and acceptance. (Recommended)
Review A Twisted 'Sister' That's Anything But A 'Keeper' June 26, 2009 • Even by Hollywood standards, My Sister's Keeper is shoddy goods. It's an arm-twisting weepie that panders to our reflexive need to blame someone for a no-fault tragedy. Critic Ella Taylor isn't buying.
Review 'Stoning of Soraya': No Escape, For Victim Or Viewer June 25, 2009 • Based on a true story, The Stoning of Soraya M. tells the tale of an Iranian woman falsely accused of adultery — and executed by her fellow villagers nonetheless. Mark Jenkins has a review.
Oscars Doubling Best Picture Nominees June 24, 2009 • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided Wednesday to double the number of Best Picture nominees from five to 10. Sid Ganis, president of the academy, explains the move. Oscars Doubling Best Picture Nominees Listen · 3:40 3:40 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105871250/105871227" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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