Movies

Jennifer Aniston as Audrey Spitz and Adam Sandler as Nick Spitz in Murder Mystery 2.

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

5:00pm April 07, 2023

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Murder Mystery 2, If the Shoe Fits, and more.

Heist thriller 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' explores the case for destructive protest

4:56pm April 07, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with director Daniel Goldhaber and actor and cowriter Ariela Barer about environmental activism through sabotage in their heist film How To Blow Up a Pipeline.

Daisy Ridley arrives for the world premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, on Dec. 16, 2019, in Hollywood, Calif.

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3 new Star Wars live-action films are coming

2:05pm April 07, 2023

by Juliana Kim

The upcoming releases will span the dawn of the Jedi to the events after Rise of Skywalker and close out the interconnected stories told in The Mandalorian and other Disney+ series.

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'Air' is an enjoyable, over-the-top love letter to the 1980s

1:56pm April 07, 2023

by Justin Chang

Ben Affleck's film is a dramatization of how Nike signed NBA rookie Michael Jordan in a legendary deal that would forever change the landscape of celebrity endorsements and professional sports.

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Director Steven Spielberg, camera operator Michael Chapman and cinematographer Bill Butler on the set of the Universal Pictures production of 'Jaws' in 1975.

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Bill Butler, 'Jaws' cinematographer, dies at 101

9:22pm April 06, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

The Oscar-nominee's work also includes One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Grease, and The Conversation.

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Pakistan's 'Joyland' explores gender and sexuality in a world of social rigidity

4:37pm April 06, 2023

by Bob Mondello

Banned in Pakistan, the film Joyland chronicles a young married man's travails after he gets a job as a backup dancer in a revue featuring a trans performer.

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What is the Bechdel test? A shorthand for measuring representation in movies

5:13am April 05, 2023

In 1985, graphic novelist Alison Bechdel came up with criteria for whether she'd watch a movie. It's become known as the Bechdel test, and it's surprisingly hard for films to pass these days.

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No substance, just 'Air'

5:00am April 05, 2023

by Aisha Harris

Ben Affleck directs a movie that tries (and fails) to squeeze dramatic tension out of the origins of the Air Jordan. Matt Damon and Viola Davis star in this soulless dramatization.

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Hit animated film 'Moana' will receive a live-action remake, Disney announced

4:24am April 04, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Auli'I Cravalho and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who voiced Moana and Maui, respectively, in the 2016 film, will reprise their roles in the live-action version, Disney said.

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Tag along with two young Londoners recovering from breakups in 'Rye Lane'

2:05pm April 03, 2023

by John Powers

In Raine Allen-Miller's high-spirited romcom, two young, Black Londoners spend a day walking and talking together. It's a rare and enjoyable on-screen journey through south-of-the-Thames London.

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