Ethnic and religious divisions fuel Sudanese film ‘Goodbye Julia’
NPR’s Leila Fadel talks to Mohamed Kordofani about his film Goodbye Julia. It’s about two very different Sudanese women who form a friendship against the backdrop of a civil war.
‘Past Lives’ is inspired by filmmaker Celine Song’s own experience with a childhood friend
In her filmmaking debut, “Past Lives,” Korean-Canadian playwright Celine Song draws from her own experience of reuniting with a childhood friend after decades apart.
Rachel Fleit’s documentary ‘Bama Rush’ looks at sorority culture at a university
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with filmmaker Rachel Fleit about her new documentary “Bama Rush,” which follows four young women who hope to join sororities at the University of Alabama.
Hollywood writers still going strong, a month after strike began
Members of the Writers Guild of America continue to strike against the major Hollywood studios, pushing for higher pay, more residuals and regulations on AI, among other things.
‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse’ exceeds sequel expectations
The first film in an animated “Spider-Verse” trilogy won an Oscar in 2018. The latest installment, Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse, will be a strong contender to repeat that accomplishment.
Little Richard Documentary celebrates the talent — and mystery — of a legend
A new PBS American Masters documentary showcases the influence of Little Richard, a dynamo performer who never let himself be defined for long by any one musical category or sexual identity.
FRONTLINE traces the ‘ambition and revenge’ driving SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas
As controversy swirls around the benefits Thomas and his wife Ginni received from a conservative billionaire, filmmaker Michael Kirk examines the couple’s path to power in a new PBS documentary.
More shows and films are made in Mexico, where costs are low and unions are few
The movie business is outsourcing to Mexico, as an increasingly attractive destination for film and television production. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on May 21, 2023.)
A preview of some of the hot movies that lie ahead this summer
Here’s a selective look ahead at the summer’s potential blockbusters, awards contenders and crowd-pleasers.
The musical comedy ‘All Wigged Out,’ fights cancer with humor and humanity
Grammy Award-winning musicians Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer have created a short movie musical — All Wigged Out — about Marxer’s treatment and recovery from breast cancer.
Actors Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michaela Watkins talk new movie ‘You Hurt My Feelings’
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with actors Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michaela Watkins about their new film “You Hurt My Feelings”, which questions how much honesty we need to support the ones we love.
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