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Critic-at-large John Powers reviews Mikey & Nicky, a film first released in 1976 written and directed by Elaine May starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk. It's now out on DVD.

Slate's Andy Bowers takes a look at what the movie critics are saying about this weekend's releases, including The Wedding Date and Boogeyman.

HBO celebrates Black History Month with the world premiere of Lackawanna Blues this Saturday. It's the story of an extraordinary woman whose strength and dignity made her the backbone of the community and a source of inspiration for those who knew her. Tony Award-winning director George C. Wolfe joins NPR's Ed Gordon to talk about the film. The movie features Mos Def, Louis Gossett Jr., Macy Gray, Terrence Dashon Howard, Rosie Perez, Jimmy Smits and Jeffrey Wright.

With the Oscar nominations looming, film critic Bob Mondello notes that there seem to be dozens of men in the running for best actor, but almost no women on the distaff side of the equation.

Writer Mark Jordan Legan has a roundup of the buzz on this weekend's major film releases: Flight of the Phoenix, Spanglish and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

After being introduced at the age of 12 to a set of religious rules, Jennifer Traig developed a hyper-religious form of obsessive-compulsive disorder known as "scrupulosity." She chronicles her disorder in the memoir Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood.

Proud of its reputation and humble beginnings in Dakar's smaller suburbs, Senegal's "Neighborhood Film Festival" has become part of an evolving film industry in Africa. NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports.

Cheadle stars in the new film Hotel Rwanda playing a hotel manager who shelters over a 1,000 refugees from genocide. It's based on the true story of Paul Rusesabagina. Cheadle's other films include Devil in a Blue Dress, Boogie Nights, Ocean's Eleven, and Traffic. This interview was originally broadcast on April 6, 2004.

Writer Mark Jordan Legan summarizes what movie critics are saying about this weekend's movie releases -- Hide and Seek, Alone in the Dark and the IMAX film Aliens of the Deep.

Clint Eastwood's latest directing effort, Million Dollar Baby, features Eastwood as a boxing trainer and Hillary Swank as a woman trying to break into the fight game. Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan offers a review.