Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'The Hateful Eight' And Theatrical Experiences
This week's show is all about Tarantino's latest, how to sit at the movies, digital and film, and what's making us happy this week.
Arts
UNCSA Concerts, Crossroads @ SECCA, And NPR's Tiny Desk Contest
David Ford suggests two ways you can take advantage of the offerings at UNCSA.
His 'Potential Was In Maturity': Helen Mirren, Chris Columbus On Alan Rickman
The actor Alan Rickman has died. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the actress Helen Mirren and Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter movies, about the actor and his career.
The Oscars Show Some Love To Global Topics
And the nominees for the 88th Academy Awards include plenty of globally minded films, covering everything from Ebola to honor killings.
'The Revenant,' 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' Scoop Up Most Oscar Nominations
NPR reviews this year's Oscar nominations, which were announced Thursday morning. The Revenant picked up a dozen nominations, while Mad Max: Fury Road got 10 nods.
Herman Wouk Says He's A 'Happy Gent' At 100
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of beloved blockbusters like The Winds of War is celebrating his milestone with a new memoir, Sailor and Fiddler, that sums up his thoughts on what it means to write.
'13 Hours' Finds Fodder For Action, But Not Thought, In Recent History
Director Michael Bay makes no effort to put history in context in dramatizing the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi; he treats it as a setting for rah-rah action.
Paris And A Perilous Marriage 'In The Shadow Of Women'
Director Phillipe Garrel may seem to be making one of those French films that slowly ponders daily life, but in fact, he's packing the undoing of a marriage into 70 minutes.
'The Benefactor' Finds A Wealthy Man Emotionally Broke
Writer-director Andrew Renzi uses the skills of Richard Gere to deftly draw a man whose wealth doesn't fully explain his inability to function with other people.