David Mamet Shows off his 'Redbelt' April 30, 2008 • You don't want to cross celebrated playwright, screen writer, and film director David Mamet. Although he's 59, he's remarkably fit and an accomplished practitioner of jujitsu. Alex Chadwick visited with him and they talked about his new film, Redbelt. David Mamet Shows off his 'Redbelt' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90067938/90067912" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sly Stallone's Got Nothing on 'Rambow' April 30, 2008 • A conversation with Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith, the filmmakers behind the new film Son of Rambow. Sly Stallone's Got Nothing on 'Rambow' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90060585/90060553" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Baghdad High' Depicts Teen Lives Defined by War April 29, 2008 • A new documentary features the stories of four boys in their senior year of high school in Baghdad. The students — one Kurdish, one Christian, one Shia and one mixed Sunni and Shia — shot footage of their families, friends and teachers to craft the documentary, a portrait of adolescence in a time of war. Listen to this 'Talk of the Nation' topic Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90035561/90035546" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Film Brings Dalai Lama to You April 28, 2008 • A new documentary captures the Dalai Lama's 2007 appearance at New York Radio City Music Hall. Nicholas Vreeland, director of New York's Tibet Center and executive producer of The Dalai Lama: Peace and Prosperity, talks about the making of his movie. Film Brings Dalai Lama to You Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89990944/89990889" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Nothing 'Standard' About Eye-Opening Prison Film April 25, 2008 • Asian-American stoners Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay while a new Errol Morris film, Standard Operating Procedure, documents the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal in Iraq. Bob Mondello says the latter is an eye-opener. Nothing 'Standard' About Eye-Opening Prison Film Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89953777/89955410" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Summary Judgement: Movies Worth $10 April 25, 2008 • Mark Jordan Legan examines Tina Fey's Baby Mama, Hugh Jackman's Deception, and the long-awaited Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Summary Judgement: Movies Worth $10 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89941784/89941764" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Standard Operating Procedure' April 25, 2008 • Errol Morris presents a disturbing documentary look at the prisoner-abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib. With photographs and reenactments, the film shows where the military draws the line on abuse — which isn't where you might think.
Review Arts & Life 'Baby Mama' April 25, 2008 • Saturday Night Live's DNA is all over this surrogate-pregnancy comedy, in which a sophisticated single businesswoman recruits a South Philly dim-bulb to bear the child she can't carry herself.
Review Arts & Life Documentary Investigates Abu Ghraib Conditions Fresh Air April 25, 2008 • Fresh Air film critic David Edelstein reviews Standard Operating Procedure, a documentary from Errol Morris about the treatment of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib detention center in Iraq in 2003. Documentary Investigates Abu Ghraib Conditions Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89938960/89940840" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Arts & Life The Younger Affleck Steps into the Spotlight Fresh Air April 25, 2008 • Last year, actor Casey Affleck starred in two major Hollywood films: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Gone Baby Gone. Affleck discusses his most recent films, his famous older brother, and his early entrance to the world of acting. The Younger Affleck Steps into the Spotlight Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89922886/89940009" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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John Cusack Outsources 'War Inc.' April 25, 2008 • A dark comedy about the business of combat debuts today at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. War Inc. stars John Cusack. Director Josh Seftel talks about his first scripted feature film. John Cusack Outsources 'War Inc.' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89933934/89933875" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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New Movies Tina Fey Goes Big in 'Baby Mama' April 25, 2008 • Get prepped for the cineplex with reviews from Metro critic Daniel Holloway. This week he looks at a Deception, a new movie from Errol Morris about Abu Ghraib and Tina Fey's leap to the big screen. Tina Fey Goes Big in 'Baby Mama' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89933904/89933867" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Filmmaker: Pacific War Hero Deserved Higher Honor April 25, 2008 • In 1944, a U.S. Marine single-handedly captured more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers on a Pacific island. Guy Gabaldon's secret weapon? The diminutive Mexican American spoke Japanese. Two years after his death, a film questions why he didn't get a Medal of Honor. Filmmaker: Pacific War Hero Deserved Higher Honor Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89917992/89934222" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Deception' April 24, 2008 • A bored accountant finds excitement when an acquaintance's cell phone offers entree to an exclusive sex club. A promisingly mysterious beginning gives way to an increasingly preposterous plot.
Review Arts & Life 'Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay' April 24, 2008 • Hollywood's favorite stoners just want to get to Amsterdam, but a misheard comment puts them on the wrong side of homeland security. From there, it's one scrape after another as the two undertake a quest to prove their innocence.