'The Nightmare Before Christmas' turns 30
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Todd Lookinland, the set builder for The Nightmare Before Christmas, about the film's enduring legacy as a Halloween classic.
Movies
Alexander Payne keeps real emotion at bay in the coyly comic 'Holdovers'
Paul Giamatti plays a boarding school teacher charged with watching over the students who have no where to go during winter break in a throwback film that doesn't quite live up to its potential.
Paul Giamatti is a prep-school teacher stuck supervising students in 'The Holdovers'
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.
How Osage people stepped in to be sure 'Killers of the Flower Moon' got things right
The new Martin Scorsese film Killers of the Flower Moon doesn't shy away from the harsh realities of the Osage murders it depicts. But with input from the community, it also celebrates Osage culture.
Looking for 'nomance': Study finds teens want less sex in their TV and movies
A University of California Los Angeles survey study shows that Generation Z is much more interested in seeing stories about platonic relationships than those featuring sex and romance.
Werner Herzog says it's not good to circle 'your own navel' but writes a memoir anyway
Herzog reflects on the curiosity that's fueled his career in the new memoir, Every Man for Himself and God Against All. Just don't expect a deep confessional: "I never liked too deep introspection."
Richard Roundtree, star of 'Shaft,' dies at 81
Private eye John Shaft was a new kind of figure in film: unapologetically Black with swagger. He clapped back at white cops, he busted mobsters, and helped create the entire genre of Blaxploitation.
'Charlie Chaplin vs. America' explores the accusations that sent a star into exile
Author Scott Eyman explains how Chaplin was smeared in the press, scandalized for his affairs with young women, condemned for his alleged communist ties and banned from returning to the U.S.
Bargaining talks are set to resume between striking Hollywood performers and studios
After a two-week pause, representatives for Hollywood studios and the performers' union return to negotiations Tuesday, to try to find a path to ending a strike that began in May.
Entertainment industry A-listers sign a letter to Biden urging a cease-fire in Gaza
Jon Stewart, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett and Michael Stipe are among the more than 60 music and film industry stars to put their names to the letter.