50 years ago, 'Blazing Saddles' broke wind — and box office expectations
Mel Brooks' satirical Western got mixed reviews when it opened in February 1974, but it became the year's biggest box office hit.
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The Indigo Girls on how their song ended up in 'Barbie,' which is up for 8 Oscars
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, about their 1989 hit "Closer to Fine" being featured prominently in the Barbie movie, which is up for eight Oscars.
'Dune: Part Two' takes the first film's stunning visuals to a new level
Dune: Part Two picks up Frank Herbert's epic Dune saga in mid-rebellion, with Timothee Chalamet's Paul Atreides finally getting to ride a giant sandworm and taste the Water of Life.
Storyboarding 'Dune' since he was 13, Denis Villeneuve is 'still pinching' himself
Villeneuve remembers watching the 1984 movie version of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel Dune and thinking, "Someday, someone else will do it again" — not realizing he would be that filmmaker.
After seeing OpenAI's Sora, Tyler Perry says jobs are going to be lost
The text-to-video model Sora stunned observers with its cinematic video outputs. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Alex Weprin of The Hollywood Reporter about why the entertainment industry is nervous.
Oscars guide: We map out the 5 films nominated for best international feature
They range in themes, languages and political urgency, but this year's stellar five nominees for the Best International Feature Film Oscar are each deserving of your time for their distinct pleasures.
She missed out on 'Mean Girls' 20 years ago — but Busy Philipps got a second chance
Philipps plays Mrs. George, a "cool mom" seeking the approval of her teen daughter in the new movie musical version of the 2004 film. Philipps got her start as a teen on the series Freaks and Geeks.
Revisiting 'The Holdovers,' which is up for an Oscar along with actor Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti plays a 1970s prep-school teacher reluctantly supervising students with nowhere to go for the Christmas holidays in Alexander Payne's dramedy, The Holdovers.
The craft that went into the 13 Oscar nods for 'Oppenheimer'
Oppenheimer is in the lead when it comes to Oscar nominations. It has 13, and many of them are in the technical categories. So we're taking a look at some of the people behind the scenes of the film.
Dishy-yet-earnest, 'Cocktails' revisits the making of 'Virginia Woolf'
Philip Gefter's Cocktails with George and Martha traces the evolution of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — from Broadway sensation, to Oscar-winning film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.