Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'A Quiet Place'
The shush-iest film to become a hit in quite some time gets some overdue attention from the panel on this episode.
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A Workplace Potluck Filled With Filipino Food And Memories
After a homesick intern inspired a group of Filipino-American coworkers to start a weekly lunch club, they all began to realize how much they missed — and needed — a taste of their shared heritage.
'Overboard': A Gender-Flipped Remake Stays Afloat
Critic Scott Tobias says the updated Anna Faris/Eugenio Derbez take on the 1987 comedy is "not a particularly funny film, but it's big-hearted and sincere, with fine chemistry between the two leads."
Sen. John McCain Reads From His Forthcoming Memoir, 'The Restless Wave'
Arizona Sen. John McCain reads from his memoir, The Restless Wave, exclusively at NPR. The book is set to hit shelves on May 22.
'Jerome Robbins 100' Is A Centennial Celebration Of Timeless Choreography
Robbins directed and choreographed many of Broadway's biggest hit musicals, including West Side Story. Now, New York City Ballet, the company he helped co-found, is throwing a festival in his honor.
In Dave Eggers' New Book, Heroic Kids Do The Heavy Lifting
The Lifters takes some of today's grown-up economic concerns and folds them into a supernatural story for kids. Kids are "heroes in waiting," Eggers says; they just need a chance to prove it.
In 'Tully,' Charlize Theron And Mackenzie Davis Make A Great (Au) Pair
Director Jason Reitman re-teams with Juno scripter Diablo Cody for a film about an overburdened mother and her nanny that's "a little bit funny, a bigger bit cruel, and with it all, oddly moving."
Free Comic Book Day 2018: A Guide To The Best Bets And The Best Avoided
For the 10th year in a row, NPR's Glen Weldon reviews the 52 free comic books you'll be able to pick up in comics shops across the nation on Saturday, May 5th.
Exclusive Audio: In New Memoir, Sen. John McCain Rests His Case
Throughout his life, McCain has been stubbornly individual, at times cantankerous and even exasperating to friend and foe alike, relishing his political persona as "The Maverick."
In 'My Ex-Life,' A Snappy, Enjoyable Look At Love's Many Splendors
Stephen McCauley's new novel is a charming comedy of manners about second chances and fresh starts, full of zingers about eternal targets like divorce settlements and college admissions.