Movies

This new book selects more than 130 films over the last century and invites contributors to reflect on how some of their favorite films shaped their own identities as Asian Americans.

Books

Jeff Yang's new book is a 'cheer out loud' for the films that made Asian America

4:26pm November 06, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

There has been notable progress in Asian American representation in film over the past few years. One author explores how the journey to this point wasn't always easy.

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Lawsuit claims Russell Brand sexually assaulted woman on the set of 'Arthur'

2:41pm November 04, 2023

by Juliana Kim

The plaintiff — referred to as Jane Doe — claimed Brand followed her into a bathroom and assaulted her as a crew member guarded the door from the outside.

Actor Jason George is on the negotiating team with SAG-AFTRA: "It's a heist movie" he says.

Arts

We asked Hollywood actors and writers to imagine the strikes on screen

7:00am November 04, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

Some striking writers and actors told us it would be a rom-com. Others suggested a mystery, an alien abduction movie, or even a heist flick!

Meg Ryan rethinks the rom-com genre in her new film 'What Happens Later'

6:05pm November 03, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with actress and director Meg Ryan about her new movie, What Happens Later, in which former lovers get snowed in at an airport overnight.

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Taylor Swift's tour was a blockbuster in theaters. Hollywood is paying attention

4:51pm November 03, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mia Galuppo of The Hollywood Reporter about how Taylor Swift's concert film, The Eras Tour, has reignited interest in concert films from studios and musicians alike.

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Jeff Yang's new book is a 'cheer out loud' for the films that made Asian America

4:51pm November 03, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with authors Jeff Chang and Preeti Chhibber about The Golden Screen: The Movies that Made Asian America. The book looks at films that have shaped Asian American identities.

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Meg Ryan is back on the big screen after a break from acting.

Arts

Meg Ryan on what romance means to her — and why her new movie isn't really a rom-com

3:19pm November 03, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

The queen of rom-coms plays with the genre in What Happens Later.

Arts

Intimate and piercingly sad, 'Priscilla' is Sofia Coppola's strongest movie in years

2:24pm November 03, 2023

by Justin Chang

Adapted from Priscilla Presley's 1985 memoir, the film shows us the cracks in Elvis' Prince Charming veneer — the way he lavishes Priscilla with attention and then suddenly withholds it.

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'Rustin' tells the story of the man who helped make the March on Washington possible

4:28pm November 02, 2023

by Bob Mondello

George C. Wolfe's biopic chronicles the work of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin in planning an executing the historic 1963 March on Washington.

Cailee Spaeny is impressively convincing in the role of adolescent Priscilla, depicting a high school senior isolated from others at Graceland.

In 'Priscilla,' we see what 'Elvis' left out

2:24pm November 02, 2023

by Aisha Harris

Sofia Coppola's glistening take on Priscilla Presley's life with Elvis is immersive and sad. But who exactly IS Priscilla, anyway?