‘Green Border’ is the strongest movie this critic has seen all year
Agnieszka Holland’s film, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, centers on a refugee family trying to escape to Western Europe and the people who try to help and stop them.
‘Laughter is disarming’: A new documentary traces generations of LGBTQ comedy
The new Netflix documentary Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution features interviews with dozens of gay and trans comics, archival footage and lots of jokes.
Netflix’s ‘Black Barbie’ explores the creation of a doll that impacted generations
A new documentary on Netflix tells the story of the first Black Barbie doll. The doll arrived in 1980 — more than two decades after the 1959 launch of the first Barbie.
In ‘Ghostlife’, a real-life family plays their reel selves
NPR’s Lauren Frayer speaks with actors Keith Kupferer, Tara Mallen and Katherine Mallen Kupferer, a real family of actors, about playing a fictional family in the new movie “Ghostlight.”
The film ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ turns 25 this year. What’s its legacy?
The film Boys Don’t Cry came out 25 years ago. A lot has changed in trans representation since then. NPR’s Scott Detrow discusses this with the film’s director, Kimberly Pierce.
Ally Pankiw’s film ‘I Used to be Funny’ follows a stand-up comedian with PTSD
NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben talks with Ally Pankiw, writer-director of the new movie about a stand-up comedian with PTSD, “I Used to be Funny.”
‘Under Paris’ is a Seine-sational French shark movie
If you are watching the movie in the original French and you have the English subtitles on, you will see a lot of the caption “[panicked screams].”
How Bad Boys: Ride or Die became this year’s summer blockbuster
Bad Boys: Ride or Die is this summer’s first blockbuster. But, what makes it a runaway hit?
Actors and ghosts take center stage in new film ‘Ghostlight’
A family tragedy intersects with a Shakespearean tragedy when a construction worker gets roped into performing in a community theater production of Romeo & Juliet. (Story aired on ATC on June 14, 2024.)
‘Inside Out 2’ is a Pixar sequel worth celebrating
Pixar’s Inside Out introduced us to the core emotions inside an 11-year-old girl named Riley. We met Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), and Anger (Lewis Black). In Inside Out 2, Riley is experiencing puberty and a whole new crop of emotions ha…
David Lynch says he ‘died a death’ over the way his ‘Dune’ film turned out
David Lynch doesn’t do a lot of interviews. The Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive creator usually just lets his work speak for itself. But he was excited to talk to Rachel about his new album coming out this summer, Cellophane Memories. And he also was game to dive into his love for transcendental meditation, a fateful childhood psychosomatic illness and a memorable encounter with a Buddha statue.
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