Movies

William Jackson Harper and Jessica Williams in Love Life.

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Arts

What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

2:00pm November 12, 2021

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the show Love Life, the podcast The Shrink Next Door and more.

Arts

'Storm Lake' documentary depicts the triumph and struggle of a local newspaper

1:34pm November 12, 2021

by Dave Davies

Journalist Art Cullen discusses the battle to keep print news alive in small-town America. Cullen runs Iowa's Storm Lake Times, along with his brother. Originally broadcast Sept. 16, 2021.

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National

This Julia Child documentary gives a new look at one of America's brilliant chefs

5:06pm November 11, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Besty West and Julie Cohen about their new documentary on Julia Child's life and work, Julia.

Kenneth Branagh's 'Belfast' shows the Troubles through the eyes of a 9-year-old

4:31pm November 11, 2021

by Bob Mondello

Actor and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh made his name directing cinematic versions of Shakespeare, then Agatha Christie and Marvel movies. Now, with Belfast, he's made his most personal film.

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Volleyball from 'Cast Away' sells for over $300,000 at auction

6:21am November 11, 2021

In the 2000 film, Tom Hanks ends up on an uninhabited island after a plane crash. Hanks names the volleyball Wilson. It's his only friend on the island — until it floats away.

'Rust' crew member files first lawsuit over accidental shooting incident on set

6:21am November 11, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally shot and killed by a loaded gun last month. The incident has sparked debate about whether real guns have any place on movie sets.

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Will Smith looks back on his life in the memoir, Will. "Those difficulties and those traumas and the mental anguish that I had to overcome was a big part of me growing into the person I am today," he says.

Books
Arts

Will Smith says he crafted a joyful image to cover the pain of the past

3:35pm November 10, 2021

by Tonya Mosley

As a child, Smith watched helplessly as his father beat his mother. The experience shaped him: "The mental anguish that I had to overcome was a big part of me growing into the person I am today."

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Join NPR Music's film screening of 'Karen Dalton: In My Own Time'

10:32am November 08, 2021

by Lars Gotrich

Director Robert Yapkowitz and singer-songwriter Margo Price join Bob Boilen in a live conversation about this new documentary on the folk singer.

Music & Culture

'Without Getting Killed or Caught' is a documentary about musician Guy Clark

6:00am November 08, 2021

NPR's Noel King talks to Tamara Saviano, the director of Without Getting Killed or Caught, a documentary detailing the life of songwriter Guy Clark, who didn't care about mainsteam music.

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Bob the Drag Queen, Shangela and Eureka O'Hara take small-town America by a storm on HBO's We're Here.

Arts

What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

7:01am November 06, 2021

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the new season of We're Here, the anime Parasyte, the 2020 horror film Host and more.