Film

Rossellini talked about being the daughter of movie icons Ingrid Bergman and director Roberto Rossellini and about playing playing an abused woman in Blue Velvet.

Hopper, who died in 2010, became famous for the 1969 hippie biker road trip movie, Easy Rider. "There was a lot of smoking grass on that picture. ... I didn’t do it. But I drank," he said in 1990.

In this 2000 interview, Poitier talked about his disastrous first audition, why reading was a struggle and how he went on to become the most famous Black actor of his generation.

In 2012, the Oscar-winning actor talked about shifting accents for various roles, including her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady: "It's work, but it's not a struggle; it's fun."

Ringwald represented teen angst in '80s films like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. She's also worked as a jazz musician, an author and a translator. Originally broadcast Feb. 12, 2024.

As a kid, Foster appeared in both the Disney film Freaky Friday and as a child prostitute in Taxi Driver. She later won an Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs. Originally broadcast June 17, 2002.

Hopkins won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the cannibalizing serial killer Hannibal Lector The Silence of the Lambs. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1991 about the character's distinctive voice.

Duvall has starred in epic movies and intimate dramas. In 1996, he reflected on playing the Corleone family lawyer in The Godfather films, and about delivering the most famous line in Apocalypse Now.

Over the course of his decades-long career, Caine has appeared in well over 100 films, including Alfie, The Ipcress File and The Dark Knight Batman films. Originally broadcast in 1992.

Rowlands, who died Aug. 14, was known for the raw and improvised independent films she made in the 1970s and 1980s with her husband, John Cassavetes. Originally broadcast in 1996.

Our film critic Justin Chang says "Close Your Eyes" is one of the best movies he's seen this year. It's the first feature in more than three decades from Spanish director Victor Erice, best known for his 1973 classic "The Spirit Of The Beehive." "Close Your Eyes" follows a retired filmmaker trying to solve a mystery surrounding an unfinished production from many years ago. Here is Justin's review.

In The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, Ellis-Taylor plays the outspoken ringleader among three women whose friendship spans several decades. Her previous films include Origin and King Richard.

Director Fede Álvarez is a strong director of action, and he riffs inventively on classic Alien beats. It’s an efficient and reasonably entertaining thriller that traffics more in nostalgia than novelty.

Our film critic Justin Chang recommends the independent drama "Good One," which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and opens in theaters August 9. It's the first feature written and directed by India Donaldson and stars James Le Gros and Lily Collias as father and daughter on a camping trip that goes gradually and suspensefully awry. Here's Justin's review.

Filmmaker Greg Kwedar and formerly incarcerated actor Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin discuss their new film about the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts program founded at Sing Sing prison.

In 1982, eight science fiction films were released within eight weeks of each other. In The Future Was Now, Chris Nashawaty chronicles how those movies shaped the genre and the movie industry.

Paul W. Downs co-created and stars in the HBO Max Series 'Hacks'. The series centers on Deborah Vance (played by Jean Smart), a veteran comedian whose career is waning. In response, Deborah's manager (played by Downs) brings in a Gen-Z comic named Ava (Hannah Einbinder) to help freshen up her act. Along the way, Hacks explores themes of sexism in comedy and the nuances of "cancel culture" — as when some of Deborah's old offensive jokes resurface.

In the new Marvel Comics-inspired movie "Deadpool And Wolverine," Ryan Reynolds revisits his role as the wise-cracking antihero Deadpool, while Hugh Jackman returns as the fiercely brooding Wolverine from the "X-Men" films. Our critic Justin Chang says the new movie is as rude and crude as its target audience will want and expect but that it also offers a few nuggets of nostalgia for old-school X-Men fans. Here's Justin's review.

After making the hit film "Crazy Rich Asians" and the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "In The Heights," my guest, Jon M. Chu, is now adapting "Crazy Rich Asians" into a Broadway musical. He's directing a film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical "Wicked," which is expected to open in November.

David Leitch, is a former stuntman, who directed the new film, "The Fall Guy," about a stuntman, who ends up having to execute spectacular stunts in his real life in order to save the film he's working on, regain the love of the woman who's directing it and save his life. Inspired by the '80s TV series, "The Fall Guy," Leitch's new film is a blend of action film and rom-com, starring Ryan Gosling as the stunt man, and Emily Blunt as the camera operator-turned-director.