Bob Mondello
Stories
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The Oscars are Sunday. NPR's film critic has thoughts
From Timothee Chalamet's comments about opera to the new category of Best Casting, here's what to know ahead of the Academy Awards.
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'Peaky Blinders' is on the big screen in 'The Immortal Man'
After six seasons of streaming, Cillian Murphy's Tommy Shelby brings his Romani family of Birmingham gangsters to the big screen.
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The first appearance of a robot on film has made its way to the Library of Congress
A long-lost 1897 George Melies film, arguably the first robot science fiction story committed to film, has made its way to the Library of Congress.
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SPRING FILM PREVIEW
A selective look at the dramas, rom-coms, action adventures, and would-be blockbusters Hollywood has in store for cinema audiences before Memorial Day.
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I thought I'd heard my dad's voice for the last time. A movie helped me find it again
A period drama, a Supreme Court case and voice our film critic hadn't heard in decades.
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'Melania' is Amazon's airbrushed and astronomically pricey portrait of the First Lady
Amazon paid $40 million to acquire the documentary, and is spending $35 million more to promote it.
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In 'Mercy,' an AI justice system determines a detective's fate
In the thriller Mercy, a detective played by Chris Pratt finds himself accused of murder in a justice system entirely run by artificial intelligence. He has 90 minutes to prove his innocence.
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The 1970s hostage story of 'Dead Man's Wire' speaks across the decades
Gus Van Sant's police thriller Dead Man's Wire is a true-crime dramatization of a 1977 hostage incident in Indianapolis.
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The marital standup story 'Is This Thing On?' sneaks up on you like a great punchline
Bradley Cooper's new relationship dramedy Is This Thing On? is about a man who's never done comedy before, working out his marital problems on a stand-up stage.
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The best movies and TV of 2025, picked for you by NPR critics
Whether you plan to head out to the theater or binge from the couch, our critics have gathered together their favorite films and TV shows of 2025.
