Go Home, 'Office Christmas Party,' You're Drunk
This sprawling, chaotic comedy about a sprawling, chaotic holiday party expects its improv-tested cast to make up for its skimpy script. Some performers do; most don't.
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A Case For Why TV Execs Should Face Critics
Press tours with networks and cable companies give TV critics an opportunity to have Q&A sessions with top executives. In January, many executives will skip a big one in LA, and that concerns critics.
'It's (Sexy) Asian Men!' Hallelujah!
The new short web film "It's Asian Men!" aims to tackle a big issue: Why Asian-American men are rarely cast on TV or in movies as the romantic or sexy lead. No Long Duk Dong here.
Actress Isabelle Huppert On Navigating The Good And The Bad In 'Elle'
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with French actress Isabelle Huppert about her film, Elle, and the range of characters she's played in over 40 years of acting.
This Week In Race: Dog Whistles, Dreamers And Dead Dictators
Pipeline and prisons and tantrums at Starbucks: these are a few of our favorite stories this week.
Women Face The Unpredictable In 'Jackie,' 'Things To Come'
NPR movie critic Bob Mondello has a double-feature review of two films about women who find themselves in drastically altered circumstances in midlife: Things To Come, starring Isabelle Huppert, and Jackie, starring Natalie Portman.
'Jackie' Captures The Brittle Sadness Of A First Lady In Mourning
A new biopic takes audiences into the White House in the days following JFK's assassination in Dallas. Critic David Edelstein says Jackie conveys both the shyness and slyness of Jacqueline Kennedy.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Gilmore Girls' And 'Moana'
On this week's show, we return to Stars Hollow and travel to Disney's latest gorgeous world with Daisy Rosario and super-librarian Margaret H. Willison.
Movie Review: 'Jackie' Stars Natalie Portman As Jacqueline Kennedy
A biopic about Jacqueline Kennedy opens on Friday, and centers on the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Our reviewer says Jackie is a transporting and transfixing biopic.
In The Dark Crime Thriller 'Old Stone,' A Taxi Driver Turns Amateur Detective
Writer-director Johnny Ma's mordant tale of a taxi driver forced to cover the health costs of a man he ran over "shifts from docudrama to "black-hearted thriller," says critic Mark Jenkins.