Whatever you’ve heard about ‘Megalopolis,’ see this gutsy Coppola film for yourself
Francis Ford Coppola’s epic draws parallels between the U.S. and ancient Rome. Forty-some years in the making, it’s got wild sex, startling violence, horse-drawn chariots and even nightclub unicorns.
See ‘The Substance’ and ‘A Different Man’ together for a major makeover meditation
Two new films seem to be in dialogue: In The Substance, Demi Moore is a Hollywood star chasing eternal youth. The dark comedy A Different Man centers on a New Yorker with a rare genetic condition.
‘His Three Daughters’ puts three acting dynamos in one apartment
Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, and Natasha Lyonne are often the best thing about their projects, and they’re all together in the moving new Netflix film His Three Daughters. They play three sisters who are odds with one another, but must gather in their…
Uzo Aduba thanks her mom: ‘I didn’t know how many prayers she sent up to heaven for me’
The Orange Is the New Black actor grew up the daughter of Nigerian immigrants in a predominantly white Massachusetts suburb. She looks back on her mother’s influence in the memoir, The Road Is Good.
Criterion Closet goes on tour to mark the company’s 40th year in business
Criterion restores and redistributes classic films – such as Citizen Kane and King Kong. The company filled a closet with its collection of restored movies, and it’s traveling to various cities.
‘I didn’t want it to end.’ Why director Todd Phillips came back with another ‘Joker’
After the 2019 Joker wrapped, Phillips knew he wanted to do more with Batman’s archnemesis. Joker: Folie à Deux is a musical sequel, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.
Demi Moore’s ‘The Substance’ will get under your skin
The Substance is a bloody, campy, fiercely feminist body horror film. Demi Moore plays a TV aerobics instructor desperate to stay in the spotlight. She learns of a mysterious drug she can inject that causes another, younger, entirely separate version of herself (Margaret Qualley) to splurt out of her back and assume her consciousness. They must switch back and forth or very bad bloody things will happen.
Director Coralie Fargeat on her new horror movie ‘The Substance’
Demi Moore stars in the film about an aging actress who takes a black market drug to create a younger version of herself.
The movie ‘Election’ 25 years on
As part of our series on movies that came out in 1999, NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Vox culture writer Constance Grady about the impact of the film “Election.”
Gary Oldman talks Slow Horses and the art of flatulence
This week, Gary Oldman joins us to talk Slow Horses, the Emmy Awards, and the fine art of flatulence with Karen Chee, Brain Babylon, and Peter Grosz.
‘Transformers One’ is an animated origin story with a light touch
The Transformers franchise has been around for decades, and it’s brought us many toys, TV shows and movies. Now, in the new animated film Transformers One, the origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron finally gets told. With a voice cast that include…
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