NPR Topics: MoviesNPR Movies podcast, movie reviews, and commentary on new and classic films. Interviews with filmmakers, actors, and actresses.French Thriller 'Tell No One' Gains Momentum In U.S.- August 12, 2008 Tell No One is a French thriller that was a hit in Europe, but it had a hard time finding distribution in the United States. Now it's been out for some weeks, and its audience is growing through strong word-of-mouth.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93522536&ft=1&f=1045 A Trip On The Pineapple Express- August 10, 2008 Movie critic Bob Mondello and Andrea Seabrook chat about the new stoner-comedy, Pineapple Express, from the Judd Apatow consortium.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93483548&ft=1&f=1045 Remembering Hollywood's Hays Code, 40 Years On- August 8, 2008 For more than three decades, the code applied rigid moral scrutiny to films, banning everything from interracial dating to "lustful kissing." It died officially in 1968 — but in practice, it was always taking hits.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93301189&ft=1&f=1045 Summary Judgment: 'Elegy,' 'Sisterhood' and 'Express'- August 8, 2008 Slate.com's Mark Jordan Legan has the lowdown on three new films: Elegy, an art house adaptation of Philip Roth's novel Dying Animal, starring Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz; The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, starring America Ferrera; and Pineapple Express starring Seth Rogan, which combines two great American genres, the stoner flick and the action movie.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93420275&ft=1&f=1045 The Secret Life Of The 'American Teen'- August 8, 2008 Film critic David Edelstein reviews the new documentary American Teen. Directed by Nanette Burnstein, the film follows a group of seniors at a high school in Warsaw, Indiana.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93414071&ft=1&f=1045 |