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Comedian Tig Notaro poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival.

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My Big Break

Amid Devastation, Tig Notaro Searched For A Sense Of Humor

Days after the comedian was diagnosed with breast cancer, she performed at the Largo nightclub in Los Angeles. Her stand-up routine, which became an album titled Live, was an instant hit.

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Irrational Man is a Hitchcock-style mystery wrapped in a Woody Allen romance.

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Movie Reviews

Sleuthing With Offbeat Variations In 'Irrational Man' And 'Mr. Holmes'

NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews two crime movies — Irrational Man and Mr. Holmes — that have different philosophies on logic.

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Amy Schumer and Bill Hader in Trainwreck.

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Monkey See

'I Really Like You': Amy Schumer Makes A Fine 'Trainwreck'

The comedy Trainwreck, written by Amy Schumer and directed by Judd Apatow, takes a few risks with the romantic comedy formula on which it ultimately relies. Plus: LeBron James!

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Visual effects supervisor Jake Morrison wanted Ant-Man's titular insects to be both accurate and relatable.

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Movie Interviews

Little Hero, Big Screen: The Entomology Of 'Ant-Man'

In Ant-Man, the latest Marvel Studios superhero movie, filmmakers had to portray the tiny insects as realistic, yet relatable. Two ant scientists weigh in on whether the attempt was successful.

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It has been 20 years since Stacey Dash as Dionne (left) and Alicia Silverstone as Cher walked and talked though the halls of their Beverly Hills high school — on their own mobile phones.

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Movie Interviews

20 Years Ago, 'Clueless' Like Totally Changed '90s Fashion And Vernacular

Jen Chaney, author of As If!, says the film challenged stereotypes about young women and the way they speak. (And Cher's yellow miniskirts were a change of pace from baggy '90s flannel.)

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Trainwreck, written by Amy Schumer and directed by Judd Apatow, stars Schumer as a woman who lives her life without apologies.

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Movie Interviews

Amy Schumer And Judd Apatow Talk Storytelling, Commitment And Spooning

In 2011, Apatow heard Schumer on the radio and was struck by her candor. The two went on to collaborate on the film Trainwreck, about a woman who doesn't want a relationship.

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In The Look of Silence, Indonesian optician Adi Rukun, pictured here in a scene from the film with his mother, investigates the murder of his older brother in mass violence following a 1965 coup. Perpetrators and their relatives "would taunt us for being their victims," he says.

In The Look of Silence, Indonesian optician Adi Rukun, pictured here in a scene from the film with his mother, investigates the murder of his older brother in mass violence following a 1965 coup. Perpetrators and their relatives "would taunt us for being their victims," he says. Courtesy of Drafthouse Films and Participant Media hide caption

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Parallels

Opening Indonesia's Eyes In 'The Look Of Silence' KUNC-FM

Joshua Oppenheimer's sequel to the award-winning documentary The Act of Killing follows an optician seeking to confront the men who killed his brother during the Indonesian genocide.

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