The WNBA is having a moment. A new documentary highlights off-court player activism
Power of the Dream takes viewers behind the scenes to show how WNBA players took a stand during racial justice protests in 2020, helped elect a senator and negotiated historic pay raises.
20 years later, ‘The Notebook’ still resonates with audiences
NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Monica Castillo, senior film programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center, about the 20th anniversary of the film “The Notebook.”
Horror film icons get starts on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Some horror greats will be added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year: “Halloween” director John Carpenter and actor Robert Englund – famous for playing Freddy Krueger.
Hallmark teams up with the NFL and Kansas City Chiefs to release a holiday romance
Hallmark is teaming up with the NFL and the Kansas City Chiefs to make a holiday romance movie, capitalizing on Travis Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift.
Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker on her directorial debut with ‘Janet Planet’
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker tells NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben about her screenplay and directorial debut, “Janet Planet.”
In ‘Kinds of Kindness,’ the cruelty is the point
Kinds of Kindness is a surprisingly weird, dark, and bleak film. It’s directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) and it re-teams him with Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe, along with Jesse Plemons. Each actor plays different characters in three different stories — which all involve someone going to extreme measures to regain something they’ve lost.
Actor Kevin Costner has been thinking about making his latest movie for decades
NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with actor and director Kevin Costner about his new western movie, “Horizon.”
The Bear’s Lionel Boyce dishes on acting, growth, and the romance on fans’ minds
NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with actor Lionel Boyce, from FX’s Emmy-winning show The Bear, about the debut of season three and his character’s development.
Sharply funny ‘Janet Planet’ perfectly captures the feel of a long, hot summer
Writing and directing her first film, playwright Annie Baker exhibits uncanny powers of observation. Not much happens in this mother-daughter movie, but something momentous seems to have taken place.
In prequel ‘A Quiet Place: Day One,’ Lupita Nyong’o’s performance speaks for itself
It’s rare for the third installment of a franchise to resonate just as deeply, if not more, than its predecessors. But Day One manages to raise fresh, existential questions.
Lily Gladstone’s ‘Fancy Dance’ is a road trip worth taking
The new film Fancy Dance offers something all-too-rare on screen: contemporary Indigenous perspectives, front and center. Lily Gladstone plays a woman trying to keep it together under stressful circumstances. Her sister’s gone missing, and she steps in…
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