‘Barbenheimer’ has been fun for a retired professor from Massachusetts
Barbara Oppenheimer has seen both Barbie and Oppenheimer. Her husband is a distant relation of J. Robert Oppenheimer — so they saw that movie first.
It’s not just you — movies are getting longer
Martin’s Scorsese’s new fall film — “Killers of the Flower Moon” — runs almost 3 and a half hours. We break down the arguments for and against long movies.
This romcom lets you pick the ending — that doesn’t make it good
Turns out multiple choice options work better for SATs than for storytelling. Netflix’s Choose Love makes the case against AI writing — ordering a movie like a pizza doesn’t make for good movies.
From stage to screen: A concert film of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour heads to theaters
Swift’s tour has bolstered economies and crashed the Ticketmaster website. AMC said it has increased its online ticket server by more than five times its normal capacity to accommodate for the demand.
‘Barbie’ sets even more records
Barbie is now the highest grossing Warner Brothers movie in the studio’s history. But Barbie has broken a few more records so far — at least 17 of them.
How the Dust Bowl depiction from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ left a lasting impact on Kansas
The Wizard of Oz and Kansas have been inseparable since farm girl Dorothy Gale first skipped down the yellow brick road. But a Dust Bowl 1930s image may also hold Kansas back from what it wants to be.
Charlotte Regan on her film ‘Scrapper’
NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Charlotte Regan about her film, “Scrapper.” It’s the story of an independent tween girl and the long absent father who comes back into her life.
Wayne Shorter, From Here to Eternity
Nearly six months after his death, a tribute concert and a documentary attempt to capture the spirit of the perpetually exploring saxophonist and composer.
David Bowie: The ‘Fresh Air’ interview
It’s been 50 years since Bowie performed as his alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The film, Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, has recently been reissued. Originally broadcast in 2002.
‘Bottoms’ offers an over-the top mix of teen realism and comic exaggeration
Two queer best friends start a self-defense class for girls as a ruse to hook up with cheerleaders in a film that’s both a disarmingly sweet love story and a merciless comic pummeling.
Review: ‘Scrapper’ is a sort of adolescent coming-of-age story turned upside down
In Scrapper, a plucky 12-year-old girl is living on her own, making rent money by stealing bicycles.
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