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Japanese Anime, Made In China

Anime is a twenty-billion-dollar industry and it is growing fast. But traditionally, anime is produced in Japan. What happens when other countries try producing Japanese-style animation?

Japanese Anime, Made In China

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'Old Henry' Honors The Western Genre While Offering Surprises

The "elevated Western" Old Henry stars Tim Blake Nelson as a farmer in the Oklahoma Territory whose past comes back to haunt his adversaries.

'Old Henry' Honors The Western Genre While Offering Surprises

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Tommy Kirk, The Fresh-Scrubbed Face Of Disney As A Child Actor, Dies At 79

Tommy Kirk, here with his canine co-star in 1957's Old Yeller, has died. Kirk appeared in a string of hit Disney movies such as Swiss Family Robinson and The Absent-Minded Professor. LMPC via Getty Images hide caption

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Tommy Kirk, The Fresh-Scrubbed Face Of Disney As A Child Actor, Dies At 79

Generations of children, and more than a few adults, cried along with Kirk when his character Travis Coates tearfully pulled a rifle trigger in Old Yeller.

Latino Filmmakers Are The First Married Couple To Win MacArthur Grants In Same Year

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Latino Filmmakers Are The First Married Couple To Win MacArthur Grants In Same Year

Filmmakers Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra are both winners of MacArthur Genius grants this year. The married couple do separate but related work dealing with immigration and migrant labor.

Latino Filmmakers Are The First Married Couple To Win MacArthur Grants In Same Year

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'Dear Evan Hansen' Actor Ben Platt Escapes From Anxiety By Being In The Spotlight

Ben Platt won a Tony award in 2017 for his starring role in Dear Evan Hansen. Now he's starring in a new film adaptation of the musical. Brian Ach/Invision/AP hide caption

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'Dear Evan Hansen' Actor Ben Platt Escapes From Anxiety By Being In The Spotlight

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Platt frequently worries about the past and what's to come, but there's one place where his anxiety tends to subside. "Being on stage, for me, is kind of the antidote to that," he says.

'Dear Evan Hansen' Actor Ben Platt Escapes From Anxiety By Being In The Spotlight

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With 'Blue Bayou,' Filmmaker Justin Chon Asks: Who Decides Who Is American?

Justin Chon's new film Blue Bayou is about a Korean-born, American-raised adoptee who faces deportation back to Korea. Many adoptees without U.S. citizenship face that same problem in real life.

With 'Blue Bayou,' Filmmaker Justin Chon Asks: Who Decides Who Is American?

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Tom Skerritt Grapples With His Own Death In 'East Of The Mountains'

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Tom Skerritt, who stars in East of the Mountains, a film about a retired heart surgeon dying of cancer.

Tom Skerritt Grapples With His Own Death In 'East Of The Mountains'

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Heroism Exacts A Daunting Price In 'Wife Of A Spy' And 'Azor'

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Heroism Exacts A Daunting Price In 'Wife Of A Spy' And 'Azor'

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Two new films grapple with the complexity of moral courage. Wife of a Spy is set in Japan on the cusp of WWII. Azor follows a Swiss banker during the Argentine dictatorship of the 1980s.

Heroism Exacts A Daunting Price In 'Wife Of A Spy' And 'Azor'

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Daniel Craig Is Appointed An Honorary Commander By The Royal Navy

James Bond is also a commander in the Royal Navy. To mark the end of actor Daniel Craig's 15 years of portraying the secret agent on screen, he was given the honorary title.

Daniel Craig Is Appointed An Honorary Commander By The Royal Navy

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We Have Notes On 'Dear Evan Hansen'

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We Have Notes On 'Dear Evan Hansen'

The stage musical Dear Evan Hansen debuted on Broadway five years ago. It won six Tony Awards, including one for its star, Ben Platt. It's now a movie, and Platt, who's now 27, is back to play Evan, a deeply troubled high school student who tangles himself in a lie. There's still singing, there's still dancing, and there are still a lot of questions to struggle with in this story. Plus, we remember the work of filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles.

We Have Notes On 'Dear Evan Hansen'

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In 'I'm Your Man,' Failing At Romance Is Part Of The Algorithm

Tom (Dan Stevens) whisks a very skeptical Alma (Maren Eggert) around the dance floor as his precision-tooled algorithm tries to meet her every requirement for the perfect man. Bleecker Street hide caption

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In 'I'm Your Man,' Failing At Romance Is Part Of The Algorithm

Dan Stevens stars as the android of Maren Eggert's dreams in the German romantic comedy "I'm Your Man."

In 'I'm Your Man,' Failing At Romance Is Part Of The Algorithm

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At 91, Clint Eastwood Isn't Slowing Down. 'Cry Macho' Is His Latest Film

NPR's A Martínez talks to film critic Kenneth Turan about Cry Macho — the latest film from director and actor Clint Eastwood. The nonagenarian started directing films 50 years ago.

At 91, Clint Eastwood Isn't Slowing Down. 'Cry Macho' Is His Latest Film

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