Maya Hawke talks remixing Hannah Montana and fighting Mumford and Sons
Actor and singer Maya Hawke joins us to talk Stranger Things, childhood songs, and folk music beefs with panelists Adam Burke, Faith Salie, and Negin Farsad.
Dabney Coleman, who starred in ‘9 to 5’ and ‘Tootsie’, dies at 92
Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died.
Remembering filmmaker Roger Corman, king of B-movies
Corman, who died May 9, made hundreds of films, including the cult classics House of Usher and A Bucket of Blood. We listen back to a 1990 interview, plus critic John Powers offers an appreciation.
‘Back to Black’ misses Amy Winehouse’s point of view
The new music biopic Back to Black chronicles the life of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse. The film stars Marisa Abela, and follows Winehouse as she records her breakthrough album, gets married, and struggles with addiction. But does the movie do justice to the singer and her music?
‘IF’ only! These imaginary friends are sweet, but could have been so much more
Imagine that imaginary friends were real. Now imagine that IF director John Krasinski and star Ryan Reynolds convinced A-list pals to voice them.
New concert documentary has behind-the-scenes look at Spingsteen’s latest tour
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band is coming to Disney+ and Hulu in October. It feature interviews with the musicians as they figure out their performance setlists and other issues.
In ‘Back to Black,’ Marisa Abela prepared for hours to sing like Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse was blessed with enormous talent but tormented by alcoholism — dying at age 27. NPR’s A Martinez talks to Marisa Abela, who plays the singer in a new biopic.
‘Babes’ gives us a funny (and gross) portrait of parenthood
The new movie Babes stars Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau as longtime best friends who’ve made very different life choices. It’s also about the inherent joys, stressors, and grossness of parenthood, and what it means to embrace your chosen family. It’s the feature directorial debut of Pamela Adlon (Better Things).
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‘Evil Does Not Exist’ — or does it? — in this mysterious Japanese eco-drama
The residents of a bucolic woodland community face off against a developer with big plans for the land in a film that will leave you rapt — and profoundly unnerved.
‘I Saw the TV Glow’ is weird and transfixing
I Saw the TV Glow is a strange and pleasantly unsettling new film from writer and director Jane Schoenbrun. It’s about two teenagers (Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine) who bond so strongly over a cult monster-of-the-week TV show that it becomes t…
Francis Galluppi on ‘The Last Stop In Yuma County’, his feature debut
Francis Galluppi wrote and directed the new film “The Last Stop In Yuma County.” His says his feature debut is a genre mix of neo-noir and westerns. He talks to NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe.
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