Glen Weldon

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NPR's Movie Preview: 15 New Films To Watch — And Watch Out For — This Fall

Wednesday, October 03, 2018

From the big studio flicks to the festival favorites, here are some of the best and otherwise noteworthy films coming to theaters.

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Tag Yourself (I'm A Maggie): A 'Tea With The Dames' Taxonomy

Monday, October 01, 2018

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?

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'The Old Man & The Gun': Redford's (Possible) Swan Song Makes For Easy Listening

Thursday, September 27, 2018

In what may be his final screen performance, Robert Redford amiably cakewalks through David Lowery's old-school, old-fashioned cops-and-robbers yarn.

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How To Defend Season 2 Of 'American Vandal' Against Its Naysayers

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Now that enough people have seen the second season of Netflix's comedy/drama/true crime parody, your weekend will be full of people comparing it unfavorably to season one. Here's why they're wrong.

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'Colette' Is A Thoroughly Modern Fille

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Wash Westmoreland's biopic of a French literary lioness is well-acted, gorgeously mounted and weighed down with incongruously modern speeches about sexuality and gender.

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'Forever': A Couple's Comfortable Coexistence Comes To A Crossroads

Friday, September 14, 2018

Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen play a reasonably happy couple whose relationship undergoes a series of big changes in this low-key, 8-episode meditation on love, life and roads not taken.

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In The Odd, Inscrutable 'Kidding,' Jim Carrey Is A Kids' Show Host In Meltdown

Friday, September 07, 2018

Carrey tempers his reputation for broad comedy by playing a placid puppet-show host whose world is crumbling. The series can't settle on a tone, but it's weirdly fascinating — and just weird.

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What We're Looking Forward To At The Toronto International Film Festival

Thursday, September 06, 2018

The NPR Movies team is off to Toronto, where they'll sit in the dark for days at a time watching films that you'll get to see in the coming weeks and months. Here's some of what they're excited about.

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NPR's Fall TV Preview: 20 Shows To Watch Out For

Monday, August 27, 2018

Broadcast, cable and streaming networks have a lot on tap for the remainder of 2018. Our television and pop culture team has assembled a list of the most promising shows coming your way.

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'What Keeps You Alive': When You Marry A Killer, The Anniversary Gifts Are Murder

Thursday, August 23, 2018

In writer/director Colin Minihan's slack but stylish horror thriller, two women visit a remote cabin to celebrate their anniversary; a deadly cat-and-mouse game ensues.

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In Matt Groening's Fantasy Series 'Disenchantment,' The Humor Is Elf-Referential

Thursday, August 16, 2018

The Netflix series features lush animation and strong voice work, but its three core characters are so reminiscent of Futurama's central trio they struggle to stand on their own.

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What's Included In The Latest MoviePass Plan To Save Its Business

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

As MoviePass is struggling and trying to launch its latest plan, Dealflicks, another movie ticket subscription service, is calling it quits.

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Changes Are Coming To The Oscars

Wednesday, August 08, 2018

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is making three major changes, a move that on its face looks like a tie to weak ratings.

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Remembering Charlotte Rae: Her Voice Quavered, Her Comic Timing Didn't

Monday, August 06, 2018

Charlotte Rae snagged the role of Mrs. Garrett in 1978, a time when sitcoms were driven by catchphrases. But it was her delivery that turned a stock matronly character into a starring role.

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If You're Patient, 'Lodge 49' Is Worth A Lengthy Visit

Monday, August 06, 2018

AMC's new series about a dim but genial drifter's discovery of a not-so-secret society takes its time getting started, but its intricate narrative structure proves hugely satisfying ... eventually.

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'Teen Titans GO! To The Movies': Joke! Gag! DC Films Aren't Just For Mopes Anymore!

Thursday, July 26, 2018

This bright, silly and breezily funny film finds the Cartoon Network heroes going Hollywood, bringing deep-cut DC Comics references — and fart jokes — with them.

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Ladies With An Attitude Make For A Striking 'Pose' Finale

Monday, July 23, 2018

The first season wrapped up with a come-from-behind victory that surprised no one — but the appeal of the series isn't about who wins. The greatest thing about Pose is that it exists at all.

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ABBA Silver: 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again'

Thursday, July 19, 2018

Return with us now to the enchanted isle of Kalokairi, where the sun shines, the water gleams and the populace is unnervingly obsessed with '70s Swedish power-pop — albeit the B-sides, this time out.

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Emmy Nominations Analysis: Lots Of Old, But Something New

Thursday, July 12, 2018

For the first time in years, the venerable Modern Family and its cast failed to nab a nomination, making room for several freshman comedies — and new faces.

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Hollywood And Tab Hunter: The Marriage That Ended Amicably

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

The '50s heartthrob who lived a closeted life during the peak of popularity survived the end of the Hollywood studio system by refusing to make many of the compromises his fellow gay actors did.

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