Bob Mondello
Stories
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Despite Its Incendiary Subject Matter, 'Monsters And Men' Is Sober And Nuanced
Reinaldo Marcus Green drew inspiration for his new movie Monsters and Men from the 2014 death of Eric Garner at the hands of an arresting officer. The film deals with a police killing and its aftermath.
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A Look Ahead To Movies Coming Out This Fall
A look at the would-be blockbusters and awards-contenders Hollywood has in store as we head into cooler weather.
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Prolific Playwright Neil Simon Dies On Sunday At Age 91
Simon kept theater audiences laughing for decades. Starting in the early 1960s, his comedies set a Broadway standard. Audiences loved his work but it took a long time for him to gain critical respect.
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When The Wild Rumpus Stops: 'We The Animals'
Documentarian Jeremiah Zagar's first feature film adapts Justin Torres' impressionistic autobiographical novel of boyhood; the dreamlike result is "intense, scary and ecstatically lyrical."