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.

The film just received a Writers Guild Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay and is considered a contender for several Academy Award nods; 'Surviving R. Kelly' revisits scathing accusations against the singer; The Count Basie Orchestra swings its way to another Grammy nomination.

The photographer's wide-ranging vision is on exhibit at the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles; Eugene Jarecki's Elvis Presley documentary, "The King," has a Grammy nomination for Best Music Film.

The singer/songwriter wrote his Grammy-nominated album, "American Utopia," prior to our recent political discord, but he remains determined to find the silver lining in society; studio executives are talking the talk but not walking the walk when it comes to hiring women directors.

Kit Steinkellner talks about creating the Facebook Watch series about a widow dealing with her husband's unexpected death; the 2019 Coachella headliners include Childish Gambino(!) and Ariana Grande(?); Janelle Monáe breaks down a song from her Grammy-nominated album, "Dirty Computer"

The stage director made history with "The Lifespan of a Fact" by assembling the first all-female design team for a Broadway show; Netflix has pulled an episode of Hasan Minhaj's "Patriot Act" from its service in Saudi Arabia after a protest from the Saudi government; Mary Gauthier's "Rifles and Rosary Beads" has a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album.

The former Monty Python member revisits his life and career in the memoir, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography"; Luciana Souza puts Leonard Cohen poems to music.

José James pays tribute to singer/songwriter Bill Withers with his new album "Lean on Me."

Alfonso Cuarón reveals the intense process of mining his own memory, and those of his siblings and childhood nanny, to recreate their shared story for the screen in "Roma."

Rosamund Pike reveals how she channeled the late war reporter Marie Colvin in the film "A Private War."

Afghan-American artist Ariana Delawari documents the process of recording an album of music in her family's homeland; Max Baca of the band Texmaniacs on covering the Woody Guthrie song "Deportee"; Boz Scaggs still sings the blues.

We bring you some of our favorite interviews from the year — covering television, movies, music and the arts. Guests include Tessa Thompson, Riz Ahmed, Lena Waithe and Hannah Gadsby.

John C. Reilly joins "Stan & Ollie" director Jon S. Baird to talk about making a movie about the legendary comedic duo Laurel and Hardy. Then, Joanna Kulig stars in "Cold War," Poland's official submission for Oscar which is also the story of filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski's parents.