NPR's Favorite Movies Of 2019
Parasite, Knives Out, Avengers: Endgame, Little Women and Marriage Story are among the year-end list of 20 films that NPR critics loved the most.
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'Star Wars,' The Trilogy That NPR Turned Into Radio Drama
A long time ago, in an NPR far, far away, the network got into the Star Wars saga by producing a radio drama of the original trilogy.
Movie Review: 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker'
The third movie in the third trilogy of the scrappy little space-opera-that-could — Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — opens Friday.
'The Rise Of Skywalker' Makes For An Exciting, Exhaustive, Effortful Ending
The final chapter in "The Skywalker Saga" returns J.J. Abrams to the director's chair, and the result, while overstuffed with characters and plot, delivers on space-operatic action.
When Mom Is Mary Poppins: Julie Andrews Writes Memoir With Her Daughter
"It was sometimes difficult to share her," Emma Walton Hamilton says of life with her famous mom. Hamilton and Andrews have written 32 books together; their latest is Home Work.
'Fresh Air' Remembers 'Do The Right Thing' And 'Ruby' Actor Danny Aiello
The Oscar-nominated actor, who died Dec. 12, started out as an official with the New York Transit Union, but quit when he was 35 to pursue acting. Originally broadcast in 1992.
Charlize Theron Portrays The 'Gray Area' Of Sexual Harassment In 'Bombshell'
Theron has direct experience with what she calls the "psychological damage" of sexual harassment. Her new film follows the women of Fox News who accused then-CEO Roger Ailes of inappropriate behavior.
Anna Karina, Acclaimed French New Wave Actress, Dies At 79
Danish-born Karina hitchhiked to Paris at the age of 17. Before long, she would establish herself as one of the most prominent actors in the French New Wave film scene of the 1960s.
'Midnight Family' Shows How Family-Run Ambulances Give Emergency Care In Mexico City
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with director Luke Lorentzen about his new documentary Midnight Family which follows a family working in the private ambulance industry.
Malick's 'A Hidden Life' Soars Above The Clouds
Writer/director Terrence Malick's latest film, based on the life of an Austrian conscientious objector in WWII, "spends much of its three hours musing, or simply being beautiful."