Elizabeth Banks was drawn to 40-year-old’s coming-of-age story in timely ‘Call Jane’
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with actress Elizabeth Banks about her new movie Call Jane, based on a real-life underground network that provided access to safe abortions in the Chicago area.
‘Aftersun’ follows a father and daughter’s last summer vacation together
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with director Charlotte Wells about her new movie, “Aftersun,” a story that follows a father and daughter as they remember the last summer vacation they spent together.
Movie review: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
The Netflix adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” the classic novel about the horrors of World War I, was directed by a German man and is in the German language.
What’s making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour share what’s bringing them joy. This week: Andor, Aftersun, Southern Baptist Sissies and more.
Fresh Air’s Halloween special, with horror masters Stephen King and Jordan Peele
King talks about what terrified him as a child — and what frightens him as an adult. Peele talks about the fears that inspire his filmmaking. Originally broadcast in 1992, 2013 and 2017.
A director critically reexamines his 1980s childhood in ‘Armageddon Time’
James Gray has made a loving re-creation of a time and place he knows well — but this is no rosy nostalgia trip. This film is a tough-minded movie about race, class, assimilation and white privilege.
What movies should you watch this Halloween? A horror scholar shares her favorites
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with director Rebecka McEndry, who has a PhD in horror, about the best horror movies of the year.
Life Kit host Marielle Segarra is really into ‘Practical Magic’
NPR’s Life Kit host Marielle Segarra is really into the 1998 movie “Practical Magic,” which stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as witch sisters in a small town.
Jules Bass, co-creator of TV’s ‘Rudolph’ and ‘Frosty the Snowman,’ dies at age 87
Bass pioneered stop-motion animation with Arthur Rankin Jr. The duo produced and directed 1960s TV classics including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman.
How the cartoonist behind The Addams Family defused fear, with dead-on humor
Charles Addams’ goal was never to create fear, but to defuse it — infusing the horror with a playfulness that appealed even to those who prefer daylight to the witching hour.
Trial against Harvey Weinstein begins with graphic descriptions of violent assaults
The rape and sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein opened in Los Angeles Monday. Prosecutors described violent encounters between Weinstein and eight key witnesses from 2004 to 2013.
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