60 years after Hitchock’s ‘The Birds,’ fans flock to filming locations
Fans continue to visit two coastal California towns, where director Alfred Hitchcock filmed the 1963 horror classic: The Birds.
‘Barbie’ is the only billion-dollar blockbuster solely directed by a woman
Greta Gerwig’s film joins a high-grossing list of mostly male-directed movies, most of them with men leading the casts.
Writer-director Ira Sachs on his new film ‘Passages’
NPR’s Scott Simon talks with writer-director Ira Sachs about his new film, “Passages.” It’s about love and marriage, ego and betrayal.
2 new movies center on filmmakers who lead disruptive, messy lives
A pair of new indie films — Ira Sachs’ Passages and Randall Park’s Shortcomings — center their stories on filmmakers who espouse rigorous standards but lead messy lives.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return, rebooted and reinvigorated, for ‘Mutant Mayhem’
With a terrific voice cast and distinctive animation, Mutant Mayhem offers a fun and kinetic reset of a long-running franchise.
Oprah, Meryl Streep and more have donated at least $1 million to help striking actors
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation has raised $15 million over the past three weeks for its emergency fund. The Entertainment Community Fund has received over $6 million since the WGA went on strike.
Movie extras worry they’ll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans
Five background actors told NPR they had to undergo face and body digital scans while on TV and movie sets. The use of digital replicas is a sticking point in the ongoing strikes in Hollywood.
The Hollywood sign that towers over Los Angeles is now 100 years old
The Hollywood sign is LA’s monument to the entertainment industry. NPR’s A Martinez talks to Alison Martino, a writer and amateur historian, about the signs origins and symbolism.
Pee-wee Herman was more than a boy who never grew up
Pee-wee’s creator, Paul Reubens, died Sunday of cancer. He was 70. Pee-wee was a petulant man-child and a trickster spirit, a burst of joyous id that snuck his brand of anarchy into the mainstream.
D. Smith on her new documentary ‘Kokomo City’ that follows four trans sex workers
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with director D. Smith about her new documentary. “Kokomo City” highlights the experiences of trans sex workers.
‘Haunted Mansion’ is a skip, but ‘Talk to Me’ is a real scare
Two films take on the horror of grief: While Disney’s live-action comedy is neither funny nor frightening, the Australian horror-thriller about teenagers dabbling in the occult is terrifically creepy.
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