Marc Rivers
Stories
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Federal funding cuts to food program impacts communities and farmers
The Trump administration announced this spring it's ending a pandemic-era program that helped food banks and tribal governments buy fresh produce from local farmers.
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When filmmakers and actors go against the grain, does it work?
A lively review of cases when people both in front of and behind the camera took on a project that deviated from their past work, and whether it paid off or not.
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The best and worst of movies about high school
A look at the movies that authentically reflect the high school experience.
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Record-breaking Chinese blockbuster 'Ne Zha 2' Hits U.S. theaters
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Slate senior editor Jenny Zhang about the Chinese animated movie Ne Zha 2, which broke box-office records even before its U.S. re-release.
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A look at the legacy of the Rashomon effect in the movies
In the real world, events happen in a linear order - but in the movies, they don't have to. A look at the Rashomon effect, and how films handle complicating the narrative.
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Why are there so many movies about the movies?
NPR's Bob Mondello, Aisha Harris and Scott Detrow discuss the compulsion to make movies about the movies and when they work best.
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New book looks back at 'Sunset Boulevard,' a poison-dipped love letter to Hollywood
David M. Lubin's book Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream looks at how the film's poison-dipped love letter to Hollywood endures 75 years later.
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Chair of D.C. Council responds to Trump's emergency declaration
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with chair of the Council of the District of Columbia, Phil Mendelson, about President Trump's emergency declaration and National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C.
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What's the state of the superhero movie? NPR staffers weigh in.
In this week's film discussion, NPR staffers weigh in on the state of the superhero movie.
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What Hollywood gets right about journalism movies
NPR journalists Scott Detrow, Sacha Pfeiffer and Linda Holmes discuss Hollywood's treatment of journalism movies and how they reflect public perception of the profession.