A Writer's Memoir About Her Clerical Job Becomes The Movie 'My Salinger Year'
A young writer gets a clerical job with the book agent representing J.D. Salinger in My Salinger Year, a movie based on the memoir by Joanna Rakoff.
Movie Reviews
'The Truffle Hunters' Is On The 2021 Oscar Shortlist
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to movie critic Kenneth Turan about the Oscar-nominated film — The Truffle Hunters — which centers on the perilous search for rare, valuable truffles in Northern Italy.
'Moxie' Says Some Things, But Not Everything, About High School Feminists
Directed by Amy Poehler, the new Netflix film longs to stretch beyond its limits to be an inclusive look at feminism in teenagers, but its story works best when it keeps its ambitions modest.
Movie Review: 'The Father'
An elderly pensioner, played by Anthony Hopkins, refuses all assistance, to the distress of his daughter, played by Olivia Colman, in the dementia drama The Father.
Hulu's New Billie Holliday Biopic Falls Short Of Capturing Her Real Story
Though Andra Day plays the jazz legend with conviction, The United States vs. Billie Holiday fictionalizes the particulars of Holiday's life, where the real story is dramatic enough.
'Minari' Follows A Family's Immigration With Humor, Humanity And Hope
Lee Isaac Chung's semi-autobiographical film centers on a South Korean family trying to make it as farmers in rural Arkansas. Minari proves that a small story can feel bigger than a blockbuster.
Review: 'Nomadland,' Chloe Zhao's Heavily-Tipped Drama
Chloe Zhao's tale of a widow (played by Frances McDormand) who is reduced to living in her van after the Great Recession, is regarded as a front-runner for this year's Academy Awards.
In 'Nomadland,' Discover The Joy And Sorrow Of The Road Less Traveled
Frances McDormand plays a widow who travels the U.S. taking on work wherever she can find it in a new film based on Jessica Bruder's 2017 book. Nomadland understands loss in a way that few movies do.
The Intimate, Quietly Moving 'Supernova' Lets Its Stars Shine
A gay couple (Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci) take a trip through Great Britain's Lake District as they deal with the knowledge that one of them is dying.
Review: 'Minari,' An American Story Of Uncommon Warmth And Grace
A family of Korean immigrants resettles in Arkansas in the Sundance favorite and Golden Globe nominee, Minari.