The Frame

You know him from comedies like "Beverly Hills Cop" and "The Nutty Professor," but Eddie Murphy's return to the big screen is the dramatic lead role in “Mr. Church"; Vulture.com senior editor Kyle Buchanan tells us what's hot at the Toronto Film Festival, which kicks off today; Filmmaker Ryan Suffern on his new doc, "Finding Oscar," about the aftermath of the civil war in Guatemala.

"Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins adapted the script for his new movie from a Tarell McCraney play, but it's a truly personal story for him. The movie is set in the Miami neighborhood where both he and McCraney grew up and borrows from both men's biographies; A new USC study looks at 800 Hollywood films and finds the same old thing — a lack of diversity both on and off the screen.

Eastwood directs Hanks in the story of the airline pilot who safely landed his damaged plane in the Hudson River with 155 people onboard; the three-day electronic music festival at the San Manuel Amphitheater saw hundreds of arrests, mostly for drug possession or being under the influence.

The new boxing drama "Bleed For This" tells the real life story of Vinny Pazienza's rise in the boxing world, and how a car accident nearly paralyzed him. The film made its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.

Amy Adams is at the 43rd Telluride Film Festival for the North American premiere of her movie “Arrival." She's also being honored by the festival for her body of work. This Q&A was recorded in front of an audience and covers a wide range of topics, from how she got started doing dinner theater and her early years struggling in L.A., to her recent run of successful movies like "American Hustle" and "Her."

Casey Affleck is at the Telluride Film Festival for his new drama, "Manchester By The Sea" and a career tribute for his more than twenty years of acting. He had a live Q&A with The Frame's John Horn in which he reflected on a time when he was disillusioned with acting. He also talked about his creative partnerships with directors Gus Van Sant and Kenneth Lonergan and actors Rooney Mara, Christian Bale, and his longtime friend Joaquin Phoenix.

As part of NPR's "A Nation Engaged," project we look at America's changing role as the world's leading exporter of pop culture; David Schwartz writes wacky music for Maria Bamford’s wacky show, “Lady Dynamite”; a San Francisco theater company wrestles with the use of "yellowface" makeup for "The Mikado"

Actress Tika Sumpter was also a producer on "Southside with You," the film about The First Couple's first date; this weekend's Telluride Film Festival once again features Oscar-hopefuls; Melora Marshall takes on an acting marathon every weekend at Theatricum Botanicum.

Matt and Ross Duffer are the brothers behind the hit Netflix show, "Stranger Things"; as part of our Cops on TV series, professor Kathleen Donovan connects the dots between TV dramas and our attitudes about police; there's a new battlefront in the fight for subscribers between Apple and Spotify.

"Complete Unknown," starring Rachel Weisz, is Joshua Marston's third film, but his first in English; in a new epsiode of "Song Exploder," Andra Day dissects "Forever Mine"; more people than ever are canceling pay TV services, and that has networks worried.

Movie ticket sales dropped five percent in 2014, worrying studios and theater owners; filmmaker Lee Daniels talks about his foray into TV production with his new Fox series, "Empire" (pictured); Shamir is one musician to watch in 2015.

Ranking various versions of the New Year's Eve tune, from Rod Stewart to Mariah Carey to ... cats!; Christmas came early for music lovers when an L.A. record store let customers cart off 25 albums for free; the City of L.A.'s former arts czar assesses the city's place in the cultural world.

The iconoclastic theater/opera director Peter Sellars (pictured) uses Los Angeles as his base while he travels the world to mount work with themes of social justice; a new investigation concludes North Korea wasn't behind the Sony hack; and a look at the top films of 2014.

We break down the Christmas weekend box office and video-on-demand numbers for the controversial film, "The Interview"; writer/director J.C. Chandor talks about his latest film, "A Most Violent Year," starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain (pictured); David Lynch's artwork is featured in a major museum exhibition.

Alamo Drafthouse cinema on convincing Sony to release "The Interview"; The screenwriter of ‘The Imitation Game’ always wanted to tell the true story of Alan Turing; Celebrating 10 years of The Black List, the place where Oscar winners “Argo,” “Slumdog Millionaire” and “The King’s Speech” debuted; What television to binge-watch over the holidays.

Sony will allow "The Interview" to be seen after all! We talk to the founder of the Downtown Independent about his quest to get the film at his theater; The screenwriters of “Big Eyes” spent a decade trying to get their movie about kitschy art made —and it cost them dearly; Song Exploder dissects a tune from the rock band, The National; Meet the L.A. rabbi with a side job in television.

Playwright James Lapine compares the Hollywood and Broadway versions of "Into The Woods"; "Nightcrawler" writer/director Dan Gilroy weighs in on the Sony hack and "The Interview" scandal; and a Festivus for the rest of us.

Director Angelina Jolie talks about her personal commitment to bring Lou Zamperini’s story to the screen in the movie “Unbroken.” Seth Rogen and James Franco, the stars of “The Interview,” got a special shout-out from President Obama at a White House news conference.

Since you won't see "The Interview," we have a recap of the film, and two critics weigh in on whether the movie is worth all the drama; The Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach has the first solo U.S. museum exhibition of contemporary Cuban artist Esterio Segura; and we end our Colbert Countdown.

Sony won't release "The Interview" amid threats and the largest theater chains declining to screen the film; writer/director Judd Apatow weighs in on potential harm to the industry; Day 3 of our countdown to the end of 'The Colbert Report'; Rafe Fiennes on working with Wes Anderson.

The Japanese rock star Miyavi was picked by Angelina Jolie to play a WWII prison commandant for his first acting role; what makes Stephen Colbert geek-out, and what did an appearance on "The Colbert Report" do for author Gregory Rodriguez?; artist Ben Noam looks for inspiration in a park.

Dan Sterling talks about the genesis of "The Interview" (starring James Franco, left, and Seth Rogen, right) and how North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un made his way into the script; we launch our week-long farewell tribute to "The Colbert Report."