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Reinaldo Marcus Green drew inspiration for his new movie Monsters and Men from the 2014 death of Eric Garner at the hands of an arresting officer. The film deals with a police killing and its aftermath. from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2ycBC5g

Bradley Cooper's directorial debut, in which he plays a singer battling addiction opposite Lady Gaga as an up-and-coming talent, is precisely the deeply felt musical melodrama it should be. (Image credit: Clay Enos/Warner Bros. ) from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2OrKu1a

Taron Egerton stars as Elton John in a movie directed by Dexter Fletcher and developed by the Rocket Man himself. (Image credit: YouTube) from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2Ow1T9a

In Roger Michell's delightful, delicate, crustless-finger-sandwich of a film, four legends of the British stage and screen gather to reminisce and complain and joke. Which one are you? (Image credit: Mark Johnson/IFC Films) from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2NdhPbp

Molly Ringwald, 1980s movie darling, discusses the impact of the era's pop culture concerning Brett Kavanaugh's alleged assault of Christine Blasey Ford with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro. from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2y1K47t

Reinaldo Marcus Green's haunting new film tells the story of three Brooklyn men whose lives are impacted by the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer in their neighborhood. from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2NPRc1k

Redford has announced that he's retiring from acting, and that his role in the new film The Old Man and the Gun , will be his last. In 2013, he said it was "sort of weird" being known for his looks. from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2OXPrfl

In the hopes of becoming an Oscar contender, the Kenyan film board allowed the movie to play in Nairobi for a week. Director Wanuri Kahiu sees it as the beginning of a fight for freedom of expression. (Image credit: Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images) from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2zC8w15

Reinaldo Marcus Green's exquisite drama examines, from three perspectives, the aftermath of the slaying of an unarmed black man; the film offers "neither unalloyed despair nor implausible hope." (Image credit: Christina Zisa/NEON) from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2xTPQbm

Mary Elizabeth Winstead's bracingly mercurial performance drives this film about a New York stand-up who moves to Los Angeles for her career — and to sort out her private life. (Image credit: Thomas Scott Stanton/The Orchard) from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2xIZnmi

In what may be his final screen performance, Robert Redford amiably cakewalks through David Lowery's old-school, old-fashioned cops-and-robbers yarn. (Image credit: Eric Zachanowich/Fox Searchlight Pictures) from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2xTyKdp

Actor John C. Reilly talks with NPR's Rachel Martin about his new film The Sisters Brothers. He plays one of an infamous duo of assassins who journey through the gold rush land of California. from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2zvtNtp

The actress, activist and fitness icon is the subject of the documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts. Married three times, she says, " It took me into my 60s and 70s to begin to say: I deserve respect." (Image credit: Arthur Mola/Arthur Mola/Invision/AP) from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2OJrqIC

The Sisters Brothers is about a Wild West on the verge of being tamed. The biopic Colette is about a French novelist who refused to be tamed. from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2OLWxTS

Love, Gilda , explores the life of one of the original SNL cast members, Gilda Radner. NPR's Melissa Block speaks to the director, Lisa D'Apolito, about the struggles Radner faced off camera. from Movies : NPR https://ift.tt/2xIl317