How 'Hugo' Turned From Book To Film
[5 Feb 2012 at 7:00am]
Before Hugo was the hit film directed by Martin Scorsese, it was a children's book called The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick. Host Rachel Martin speaks to screenwriter John Logan, whose script for the film has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Filmmakers Die In Helicopter Crash In Australia
[5 Feb 2012 at 6:14am]
National Geographic confirms the deaths of award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight. The pair reportedly set off to film a documentary when they crashed.
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Director Ti West Talks Slow Horror, 'The Innkeepers'
[4 Feb 2012 at 5:08am]
Known to many devoted genre fans for his methodical horror movies, the director of The House of the Devil and Trigger Man talks with Neda Ulaby about his influences and his newest film.
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Veteran Stage, Film Actor Ben Gazzara Dies At 81
[3 Feb 2012 at 9:29pm]
Ben Gazzara has died at the age of 81. The actor known for his brooding tough-guy presence died of pancreatic cancer Friday in New York. Gazzara made his big break into film with his role as an accused killer in Otto Preminger's 1959 courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder.
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Going In '50/50' On A Cancer Comedy, With Laughs
[3 Feb 2012 at 9:00am]
Screenwriter Will Reiser coped with his cancer diagnosis by thinking up ideas for cancer comedy movies with his best friend, actor Seth Rogen. Rogen and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt now star in a film based on Reiser's life. Both Gordon-Levitt and Reiser join Fresh Air for a conversation about the film.
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Cult Horror, Plus Some Hatred On The Homefront
[2 Feb 2012 at 10:13pm]
A hotheaded ex-soldier with a troubled family life gets embroiled in a series of mysterious events when he accepts contracts to assassinate three strangers. Critic Scott Tobias says the unnerving film shows considerable brilliance ? before it goes roaring off the rails.
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A Creepy Hotel, And Characters To Spare
[2 Feb 2012 at 10:09pm]
As an old New England inn is about to close, a pair of 20-something desk clerks decide to investigate the claim that the place is haunted. Critic Jeannette Catsoulis says Ti West's slow-burn approach to horror may not always scare, but it does allow the characters to shine.
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Study In 'Black': By-The-Numbers Horror Still Scares
[2 Feb 2012 at 4:58pm]
In his first post-Hogwarts role, Daniel Radcliffe stars as a young lawyer sent to assess a foreboding marshland estate. Critic Bob Mondello says the film, true to its Hammer Films heritage, delivers good old-fashioned scares.
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When A 'Windfall' Isn't Quite What It Seems
[2 Feb 2012 at 4:04pm]
If you're green-minded, you'd welcome a wind farm near your community, right? Laura Israel's documentary suggests the answer may not be as simple as that.
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When All 'Sense' Takes Its Leave Of Us
[2 Feb 2012 at 4:02pm]
Ewan McGregor and Eva Green cling to each other and their crumbling world as humanity quite literally loses its senses. Critic Andrew Lapin says the apocalyptic romance misses some key notes ? but captures one critical element of our humanity.
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'Big Miracle': A Whale Tale As The Cold War Wanes
[2 Feb 2012 at 4:00pm]
Based on Thomas Rose's 1989 book, the film follows an Alaska town's real-life struggle to free whales from thickening ice that prevents their migration to a warmer climate. Critic Ella Taylor says the film, like many of its characters, is flawed but amiable.
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Life Imitates Art In 'Groundhog Day' Town
[2 Feb 2012 at 4:00pm]
It's been 20 years since actor Bill Murray woke up to Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" in the movie Groundhog Day. Each year, the town of Woodstock, Ill. ? where the movie was filmed ? relives the experience.
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Anthony Mackie Makes His Mark In Hollywood
[2 Feb 2012 at 12:00pm]
Actor Anthony Mackie is best known for playing uptight Army Sgt. JT Sanborn in the Academy Award-winning movie The Hurt Locker. Mackie is also no stranger to off-Broadway plays and independent films. The Julliard graduate stars in Man on a Ledge, and has several other productions scheduled for release in 2012.
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DVD Picks: 'Wings'
[1 Feb 2012 at 2:17pm]
With the silent film The Artist in competition for this year's Best Picture Oscar, Bob Mondello has been thinking about the pre-talkie era. As it happens, the last silent film to win for Best Picture has just been released on Blu-ray: the 1927 flying-ace epic Wings.
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Lowry Remembered For Restoring Classic Films
[1 Feb 2012 at 2:00pm]
Audie Cornish talks to Mike Inchalik about the late John D. Lowry, a technology innovator whose work restored classic films such as Casablanca and Gone with the Wind to a pristine state for DVD release. Inchalik was Lowry's business partner and friend for 15 years.
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