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Movie star and visionary Robert Redford has died at age 89

Neda Ulaby

A movie star to his core, Robert Redford has died after a visionary career in cinema, including founding the Sundance Institute that transformed the market for independent films.
Steven Spielberg reflects on 'Jaws' at 50: The shark, the nightmares and a new exhibit

Cory Turner

50 years after Jaws nearly destroyed Spielberg's career, a new exhibit spotlights the groundbreaking film.
The Toronto International Film Festival is full of great movies. Here are 6 we loved

Aisha Harris

Linda Holmes

Channing Tatum plays a real armed robber who hid out in a Toys "R" Us. Daniel Craig returns for the next Knives Out mystery. And Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler gets a gorgeously rendered adaptation.
After 6 seasons and 3 movies, 'Downton Abbey' bids farewell (or does it?)

Justin Chang

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale takes place in 1930 and is much better than the last Downton movie. Creator Julian Fellowes cuts back on the convoluted plotting and zeroes in on emotional dynamics.
28 new movies worth checking out this fall

Linda Holmes

Aisha Harris

Glen Weldon

Bob Mondello

Rom-coms, heist flicks, a sports/horror mashup, a pair of Broadway musicals, a biopic of The Boss, festival award winners and lots of showbiz sagas — here's what NPR critics are watching this fall.
Spinal Tap is back. Director Rob Reiner says they're still dialed up to 11

Terry Gross

In 1984, the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap satirized heavy metal bands. Now the characters are back for a sequel, Spinal Tap II. Reiner says "they have grown neither emotionally or musically."
Leni Riefenstahl made movies for Hitler. A new documentary digs through her archives

Daniel Jonah Wolpert

Adolf Hitler commissioned filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl to make propaganda about Nazi Germany. She lived to be 101 years old and denied knowing about the Holocaust.
Jim Jarmusch's 'Father Mother Sister Brother' wins top prize at Venice Film Festival

The Associated Press

Jim Jarmusch's quietly humorous relationship triptych won the top prize on Saturday. The film about the relationships between siblings, and with their parents, stars Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps and Cate Blanchett.
'Twinless' is a dark comedy that doubles up on the twists

Ryan Benk

Scott Simon

Dylan O'Brien and James Sweeney craft a kind of chemistry that is equal parts funny and heart-wrenching.
20 years later, is it time to quit 'Brokeback Mountain'?

Glen Weldon

Back in 2005, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal captured lust shading into love, and love decaying into heartbreak. The movie got a lot of things right — but not everything.