Movies

Actor Josh Hartnett speaks with NPR's Juana Summers about his role in the new movie Verity and how he created a "much less Hollywood existence."

Tom Cruise plays an oil tycoon who causes, and must then fix, an ecological disaster in Alejandro González Iñárritu's wild — and wildly divisive — satirical comedy.

NAZA is an acronym for nezek agavi, Hebrew for "collateral damage." It refers to the number of civilian casualties the Israeli military deems acceptable. The documentary is made by Israeli filmmakers.

Documentarian John Wilson, known for his HBO show How To with John Wilson, is out with his first feature length documentary on what might seem like a rather dense subject: The History of Concrete.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with the filmmakers of "NAZA," a documentary that features interviews with Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers who describe targeting Palestinians in Gaza.

MacLachlan was 23 when he auditioned for Lynch's adaptation of Dune. The two would go on to work together on the cult classics Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. MacLachlan's new memoir is Fictional Selves.

What makes a movie a classic, and what if you just don't like it? Two NPR critics give their honest opinions.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Josef Kubota Wladyka, whose new film, "Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!" is set in the Tokyo ballroom dance scene.

Primetime dramatizes the story behind the series To Catch a Predator. It's full of big swings from the director and the actors — but doesn't engage with the most complicated questions the series raised.

The rise of NBC's "To Catch a Predator" is fictionalized in the film "Primetime," starring Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen. NPR's A Martinez speaks with director Lance Oppenheim.