TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. My guest today is Al Pacino. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, “THE GODFATHER”) AL PACINO: (As Michael Corleone) Don’t ask me about my business, Kay. DIANE KEATON: (As Kay Adams-Corleone) Is it true? PACINO: (As Michael Corleone) Don’t ask me about my business. KEATON: (As Kay Adams-Corleone)…
TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. Today, we remember Quincy Jones. He died Sunday at the age of 91. In his New York Times obit, music critic Ben Ratliff described Jones as one of the most powerful forces in American popular music for more than a century. Jones started his career…
Saoirse Ronan plays a woman struggling with addiction in The Outrun. Sony hide caption toggle caption Sony The entertainment industry is notorious for its mistreatment of child actors, but Saoirse Ronan says that wasn’t her experience. Maybe it was because her father was an actor, and her mother was there to protect her. Ronan says:…
Netflix’s film is based on a 1955 novel about a man who goes in search of the father he’d never met — only to discover that his father is dead, and the village he inhabited is haunted by ghosts. TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. In 1955, Mexican novelist Juan Rulfo published a slim…
If, you, too, have been intensely concentrating on the presidential election, you may be ready for a shift of focus. Vanishing Treasures, an extraordinary book by Katherine Rundell (originally published under the title The Golden Mole in the UK) lifts readers out of the here and now and invites us to train our eyes on…
TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley. In July of 1874, waves of Black Americans rushed to their local bank branches to find out if the news they were hearing was true. The Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, a bank for newly emancipated Black Americans, was abruptly shutting down. And patrons at…
TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley. Comic and actor Jenny Slate’s recent comedy special, “Seasoned Professional,” centers on her experiences of getting married, pregnant and the pain and joys of giving birth. Her new book of essays, “Lifeform,” covers some of the same ground. But critic Thomas Floyd of The Washington…
Nicholas Hoult (front row, center) plays Justin Kemp in Juror #2. Warner Bros. hide caption toggle caption Warner Bros. Last week, Warner Bros. opened Juror #2 in limited release, with minimal fanfare, and no plans to report the film’s domestic box office. It’s not the typical treatment for a Clint Eastwood movie, especially one that…
TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley, and my guest today, Phil Klay, has written extensively over the years about the human cost of war by drawing on his experiences as a Marine Corps veteran serving in Iraq. His writing examines the moral complexities of combat, including the disconnect between soldiers and…
This Spanish-language musical about a cartel boss who undergoes gender-affirming surgery won two big prizes at Cannes, including a shared best actress award for its four women leads. TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The new movie musical “Emilia Perez” tells the story of a Mexican cartel boss who undergoes gender affirmation surgery and…
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