Bob Mondello
Stories
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Susan Stamberg's legacy of visual storytelling
NPR's Neda Ulaby and Bob Mondello reflect on Susan Stamberg's lasting influence on arts reporting, sharing how her inventive use of sound, vivid writing, and curiosity taught generations of journalists to make listeners see what they could not watch.
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Celebrating the life and career of NPR 'founding mother' and arts champion Susan Stamberg
NPR's Susan Stamberg was a longtime champion of visual arts coverage, but she had to invent new ways to do it on the radio.
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Diane Keaton moved with grace through dozens of character arcs, and into audience hearts
Many of the headlines marking the passing of actress Diane Keaton this weekend have mentioned Annie Hall, the film that earned her an Oscar and made her a distinctively haphazard fashion icon. But there was always more to her, and audiences sensed that.
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Remembering beloved actress and style icon Diane Keaton
Actress and style icon Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Known mostly for comedy, the Oscar-winning star of "Annie Hall" had an impressive, wide-ranging resume.
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Channing Tatum is utterly winning as a real-life robber in 'Roofman'
Channing Tatum plays a real-life robber who hid out in a Toys"R"Us in the new movie Roofman.
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Does One Battle After Another actually meet the moment?
NPR's Bob Mondello and Marc Rivers join host Andrew Limbong to talk about Paul Thomas Anderson's new film and other films that reflect the politics and tensions of our time.
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Is 'One Battle After Another' Paul Thomas Anderson's best film yet?
A sprawling action film from Paul Thomas Anderson, 'One Battle After Another,' plunges Leonardo DiCaprio into a tale of yesteryear's radicalism and the politics of today.
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Remembering Robert Redford, in front of and behind the camera
Hollywood star Robert Redford died Tuesday at 89. Redford may have once been known for his glowing looks, but he was never content as a matinee idol.
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'The History of Sound' is a story of longing, set to music
Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor play early 20th century music students in filmmaker Oliver Hermanus' poignant queer love story.
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Is 'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale' as final as the name implies?
After six seasons on television, and now a third big-screen outing, the Crawley family saga has another installment with Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.