Jon Mooallem met with the director Noah Baumbach to discuss his latest film, an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel “White Noise.”
The pair explore the recent chain of personal and public events in Baumbach’s life, including the toll of the coronavirus pandemic and the death of his father, and how this “routine trauma” has affected his work, and why it p ... Show More
Nov 24
The Autism Diagnosis Problem
<p>Once primarily limited to severely disabled people, autism began to be viewed as a spectrum that included children and adults far less impaired. Along the way, the disorder also became an identity, embraced by college graduates and even by some of the world’s most successful p ... Show More
32m 40s
Nov 23
Sunday Special: Wicked, Good?
<p>“Wicked” was one of the biggest movies of 2024. It was culturally ubiquitous, a box office smash and an Oscar nominee for Best Picture. Now, a year later, “Wicked: For Good” arrives in theaters to finish the tale of the complicated friendship between Glinda the Good Witch and ... Show More
51m 44s
Jun 2020
Episode 63: The Suprising #1 Box Office Film in the US, the Terrifying Science of Microplastics, Man Returns from 75 Days in Solitude
Two intrepid filmmakers just made created the newest #1 Box Office film in the US -- and they did it on a lark. New research indicates the terrifying way microplastics travel the world on wind currents. A man returned from 75 days of solitude and, like the old story of Rip Van Wi ... Show More
11m 3s
Sep 2021
«Dune» : avant le magistral film de Denis Villeneuve, 56 ans de malédiction
C’est un véritable défi que tente de relever ces jours-ci le réalisateur canadien Denis Villeneuve : proposer une adaptation réussie au cinéma de “Dune”, le roman de science-fiction le plus vendu de l’Histoire. Depuis la parution du livre en 1965, premier opus d’une saga gal ... Show More
21m 15s
Oct 2023
The true story behind ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
In the 1920s, something nefarious started happening to members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. Within four years, at least 60 people were murdered or disappeared. Journalist David Grann takes us through the true crime story that inspired his book, and now a movie, Killers of the ... Show More
25m 21s
Dec 2022
‘Babylon,’ ‘White Noise,’ and 10 Oscars Contenders to Stream Now
Sean and Amanda double dip into two maximal extravaganzas from two of our most exciting auteurs. First up: Damien Chazelle’s Silent Era Hollywood bacchanalia ‘Babylon’ and then their top 5 movies about Hollywood (1:00). Then, they discuss Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo ... Show More
1h 35m
Dec 2021
[REDIFF] Jean-Paul Belmondo : on rembobine le film d'une vie magnifique
<p>«Bébel» n’est plus. L’acteur, diminué depuis un AVC au début des années 2000, s’est éteint le lundi 6 septembre à l’âge de 88 ans. De Brigitte Bardot à Alain Delon, en passant par son amie du Conservatoire Françoise Fabian… C’est tout le cinéma français qui pleure la dispariti ... Show More
25m 16s
Nov 2017
From memoir to movie: the story behind the Boy with the Topknot
The BBC Two drama The Boy with the Topknot was based on a true story. That made the jobs of its writer, producer and director all the more complicated as they worked with actors, commissioners and those who are represented on screen. The 90 minute film the Boy with the Topknot, s ... Show More
14m 48s