What’s making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour share what’s bringing them joy. This week: Alice in Borderland Season 2, and the films Aftersun, After Yang and Jeanne Dielman.
In ‘No Bears’, a banned filmmaker takes bold aim at Iranian society
In 2010, Iranian the authorities charged Jafar Panahi with making anti-government propaganda. No Bears, which was filmed in secret, is a brilliant, layered drama — and an idiosyncratic self portrait.
A Massachusetts woman got a Hollywood surprise during her morning coffee run
Lisa Mackay pulled into a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru outside Boston to find movie star Ben Affleck behind the window. Dressed in the company’s uniform, he handed Lisa her order.
How ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ captures my Asian immigrant experience
The movie is about parallelism; it centers on an alternate multiverse that reflects the real life of the movie’s central family, and this family drama reflected my own life.
After 2 years of controversy, the Golden Globe Awards were back on TV
The 80-year-old Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out its awards with a lavish party emceed by comedian Jerrod Carmichael. Many studios, networks and stars boycotted 2022’s ceremony.
The Golden Globes had a lot to prove — and still have a long way to go
After years of scandal, these awards were about survival not simply ceremony. But the so-called “party of the year” was stunted by a hodgepodge of honors and a host whose caustic comedy didn’t fit.
Golden Globes 2023: The complete list of winners
The 80-year-old Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out its awards in a ceremony hosted by comedian Jerrod Carmichael. Here’s who won.
Weinstein faces sentencing in California for rape and sexual assault conviction
Disgraced film executive Harvey Weinstein will be sentenced Monday following a rape and sexual assault conviction in California. He’s already serving a separate sentence in New York.
What the pull of the foreign box office means for Hollywood
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks to Nancy Tartaglione, of Deadline.com, about the pull of international box offices for films like the Avatar sequel “The Way of Water” has made nearly $1 billion overseas.
Harry Melling on playing Edgar Allan Poe in the new movie ‘The Pale Blue Eye’
In the film, “The Pale Blue Eye,” a detective investigates a series of murders linked to his own past alongside a young Edgar Allan Poe. NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Harry Melling, who plays Poe.
What’s making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading and viewing.
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour share what’s bringing them joy. This week: Babel or The Necessity of Violence, Sultana’s Dream, La última copa/The Last Cup, and Brick.
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