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Wait Wait for June 24, 2023: Live from Tanglewood!

We’re back in the beautiful Berkshires, and are lucky to be joined by Indiana Jones‘ Karen Allen. She talks snakes, Tom Selleck, and spitting, but can she answer our questions about pink lemonade?

Why filmmakers like Wes Anderson like to cast the same actors in their films

Some filmmakers turn time and again to the same actors for their movies – like Wes Anderson, whose latest is “Asteroid City.” A look at the history behind the practice.

The wife of OceanGate’s CEO is descended from a famous couple who died on the Titanic

Stockton Rush, OceanGate’s CEO and the pilot on its missing sub, is married to the great-great-granddaughter of Ida and Isidor Straus. Their story inspired an iconic scene in James Cameron’s movie.

‘The Brightest Star’ tells Anna May Wong’s life story from her imagined perspective

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with author Gail Tsukiyama about her new novel The Brightest Star, a fictional account of the life of actress Anna May Wong.

Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ bombs at box office

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with critic Keith Phipps about the poor performance of Pixar’s new movie Elemental and what it says about the movie industry.

‘Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares’ profiles Freddy Krueger actor

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to actor Robert Englund about his new documentary, “In Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares:The Robert Englund Story” in which he explains why he doesn’t fear being a genre icon.

‘Elemental’ director draws inspiration from his childhood

Pixar’s new movie “Elemental” is directed and co-written by Peter Sohn. It is partly an homage to his childhood growing up in a Korean family in the Bronx.

If you don’t love the 3D movie experience, you’re not alone

Critic Linda Holmes has always been a 3D skeptic — the glasses are fiddly and become plastic junk, the gimmicks wear off, it gets distracting, and it introduces opportunities for technical problems.

Every superhero has an origin story. So does every superhero’s superfan. Here’s mine.

“I always made the decision to run, and I usually got away.” A Martinez found a relatable and human superhero in The Flash, and grew up to be a superfan.

The Juneteenth weekend debut of Tim Story’s ‘The Blackening’

NPR’s Michel Martin talks to filmmaker Tim Story about his horror comedy with a familiar setup: friends trapped in a remote cabin confront a killer. But this time, all the characters are Black.

Wes Anderson has outdone himself with ‘Asteroid City’

Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Hanks star in this play-within-a-TV-show-within-a-movie that takes place in a small 1950s desert town that’s hosting an astronomy convention for kids.

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