Wonder where Hollywood’s strikes are headed? Movies might offer a clue
Hollywood has churned out films that depict labor organizers as communists, and labor bosses as gangsters. So it should come as no surprise that real-life negotiations with the studios are so tricky.
Here are the movies we can’t wait to watch this fall
With no end in sight for the Hollywood strikes, we check in on the new releases for the fall. Our critics share their recommendations for more than 25 films coming out between now and Thanksgiving.
Drew Barrymore’s Hollywood labor scuffle isn’t the first for her family
The talk show host reversed course after intense backlash over the announced return of her show. Barrymore’s great aunt, actor Ethel Barrymore, also undermined union efforts in the 1920s.
Gael García Bernal crushes it (and others) as ‘Cassandro,’ lucha libre’s queer pioneer
Bernal flirts and struts and gives one of the best performances of his career in a film inspired by the life of Mexican American professional wrestling star Saúl Armendáriz.
‘A Million Miles Away’: From Mexican American migrant worker to NASA astronaut
NPR’s A Martinez speaks with Alejandra Márquez Abella, director of the film A Million Miles Away, which tells the story of José M. Hernández, who went from migrant farm worker to NASA astronaut.
Craig Gillespie’s ‘Dumb Money’ tells the story of the GameStop stock drive
Craig Gillespie’s dramedy Dumb Money chronicles the 2021 Wall Street phenomenon known as the “GameStop short squeeze,” which pitted small investors against major hedge funds.
From ‘Freaks and Geeks’ to ‘Barbie,’ this casting director decides who gets on-screen
Allison Jones is known for casting actors who look like real people — and who are naturally funny. One of her hardest conversations? Telling Bob Odenkirk he didn’t get Michael Scott in The Office.
Are you dying for new digs? A killer new property just hit the market
It’s the home where Jamie Lee Curtis’ character lived in the 1978 slasher film Halloween. It was in a fictional Illinois town, but it’s really in South Pasadena, Calif. It’s listed for $1.8 million.
Matthew McConaughey’s book ‘Just Because’ is judgment-free
NPR’s A Martinez speaks with actor Matthew McConaughey about his new children’s book, Just Because, which offers life lessons in couplets.
2 smart, entertaining films revisit the horror of Pinochet’s 1973 coup in Chile
Fifty years ago, the U.S. government backed a coup that ousted Chile’s democratically elected socialist president. Rotting in the Sun and El Conde offer subversive glimpses into the coup’s legacy.
‘Invisible Beauty’ explores Bethann Hardison’s role as a fashion trailblazer
Hardison, who started modeling in the late ’60s, describes herself the first “Black, Black” model. She went on to own her own modeling agency. A new documentary tells her story.
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