Bob Mondello
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The career of Gene Hackman, known as one of Hollywood's hardest working actors
Actor Gene Hackman, who played gritty lawmen in everything from The French Connection to Unforgiven, but also displayed comedic chops in Young Frankenstein and The Royal Tenenbaums, has died.
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NPR's movie critic previews Hollywood's biggest night
It's Oscars weekend: Time to grab your ballot and mark your picks for Best Everything before Sunday night's Academy Awards telecast.
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In Bong Joon Ho's 'Mickey 17', Robert Pattinson has excellent chemistry — with himself
Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho teams up with actor Robert Pattinson for a sci-fi satire about a man who signs up to be an "expendable:" His DNA can be reprinted, so he can die again and again.
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5 years ago, movie theaters closed. NPR's movie critic looks back at COVID-19
The pandemic decimated the box office and the reshaped the moviegoing experience. NPR's movie critic, Bob Mondello, looks back on how his job changed during the early months of COVID-19.
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Steven Soderbergh's 'Black Bag' doesn't need guns and stunts to deliver thrills
It takes a spy to catch a spy in Steven Soderbergh's thriller Black Bag. And if they're married and played by Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett, so much the better.
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How the COVID lockdown affected how moves are made and seen
Americans spent much of the COVID lockdown inside their homes streaming movies in isolation. Five years on it is clear that COVID left its mark on how movies were made and consumed.
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A folk legend gets a reunion he didn't sign up for in this melancholy charmer
When a folk rock legend arrives on an island off the coast of Wales for a concert, he gets more, and quite a bit less, than he expected.
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25 hours? Before Cory Booker, there was 'Mr. Smith'
In 1939, the character of Mr. Smith — played by Jimmy Stewart — spent 25 hours on the Senate floor railing against corruption.
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Appreciating the many onscreen moods of Val Kilmer
More than a hundred roles in a nearly four-decade career let Val Kilmer explore a wealth of human experience.
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The movies we love, then and now
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with movie critic Bob Mondello and culture reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento about movies they've loved over the years, from childhood into adulthood.
