Encore: Tom Shales’ 1977 review of the new movie ‘Star Wars’
On this May the 4th, now known as Star Wars Day, we listen back to an original NPR review of the now beloved classic. In 1977, Tom Shales reviewed the new film Star Wars for NPR.
Encore: Movie theater owners are optimistic big audiences will return
Movie theater owners from across the country gathered in Las Vegas to strategize about how they can get audiences back in front of their big screens. (Story first aired on ATC on April 30, 2022.)
What makes a good movie sequel?
As multiple movie sequels come out this year, Vulture recently ranked the 101 best movie sequels ever made. NPR’s A Martinez talks to TV and film critic Matt Zoller Seitz who contributed to the list
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
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Happening (2022)
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Latest Caped Crusader movie is a hit and so is a video spoof of ‘The Batman’ trailer
Video producers have inserted Adam West, star of the 1960s Batman TV series, into the trailer for the new movie, The Batman.
Bill Murray says his behavior led to a complaint and a pause on ‘Being Mortal’
In his first comments about the halt of his latest film, the actor described the incident as a difference of opinion. “I did something I thought was funny and it wasn’t taken that way,” he said.
‘The Duke’ salutes the British legend who stole a Goya from the National Gallery
In the new movie, “The Duke,” Jim Broadbent plays an elderly taxi driver who stole a famous portrait by Francisco Goya in 1961. Scott Simon speaks with Broadbent about the role and his career.
What’s making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, reading and listening
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour share what’s bringing them joy. This week: Bob Odenkirk’s memoir, the guy collecting every Gap store playlist ever made and more.
Netflix promised good jobs at Tudum. Now, one of its teams has been laid off
Yesterday, Netflix laid off some of its staff, many of them recently hired women of color. They were working on its new fan-focused website.
In Hanna Bergholm’s new horror film, a girl’s adolescence is ‘Hatching’
NPR’s Rob Schmitz talks with Hanna Bergholm, the director of the new horror movie ‘Hatching,’ in which a girl finds a mysterious egg in the woods and nurtures it until it hatches.
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