Even now, Ke Huy Quan doesn't feel good enough — but that narrative is changing
The Everything, Everywhere, All at Once star says the day after he won his Oscar for the role, he woke up thinking, "Was that all a dream?"
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These films took the top prizes at Sundance – plus 11 films our critic loved
A documentary deconstructs the true crime genre, an obsessive worms his way into a pop star's entourage, and more standouts from Sundance 2025.
Jesse Eisenberg isn't ambitious — but he does worry about failing
Actor, writer and director Jesse Eisenberg says he has had more failures than successes. In this week's Wild Card, he opens up about ambition and his his defense against despair.
An Indian movie, loved abroad, is snubbed at home for Oscar submission
All We Imagine as Light explores the lives of working-class women in Mumbai and won the Grand Prix at Cannes. But it was deemed not Indian enough to submit to the Oscars.
Where did Barry Jenkins feel safe as a kid? Atop a tree
Director Barry Jenkins is best known for films like Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk. On NPR's Wild Card, he opens up about where he felt the safest as a kid.
In 'Wicked: Part I', Cynthia Erivo defies gravity — and convention — as Elphaba
Cynthia Erivo says being different had "something to do with" her role as Elphaba in 'Wicked: Part 1.'
Opinion: Remembering the marvel, Maggie Smith
Jean Brodie, Minerva McGonagall, Violet Crawley: Maggie Smith embodied these memorable roles on stage and screen. NPR's Scott Simon has a remembrance of the actor, who died yesterday at the age of 89.
Critics often slam movies. Sometimes the movies slam back.
Ian McKellen plays a brutal theater critic in a new film. That sent our own film critic back into the archives, musing about portrayals of critics on screen.
Aperture Cinema set to premiere trailer for German-language film festival
Aperture Cinema will premier the trailer for its Kino im Nord Karolina film festival, an event designed to highlight contemporary German-language films.
$#@*! we're talking profanity in pop culture
We've got dirty words on the brain, and we're chatting about the use and functions of profanity in entertainment. In this encore episode from 2013, we cover everything from Anchorman to South Park to Shakespeare.