Movies

New horror comedy 'Renfield' is about Count Dracula's long-suffering servant

5:03am April 17, 2023

The new vampire comedy stars Nicolas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as his servant. It's an update to the Renfield character, and an homage to the way he's been played in the past.

Arts

Streaming changed the Hollywood landscape. Now its writers are voting to go on strike

1:27pm April 16, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

As members of the Writers Guild of America wrap up voting on whether to authorize a strike, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to two writers about the changing content landscape in Hollywood.

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Remembering 'Barton Fink' actor Michael Lerner

1:37pm April 14, 2023

by Terry Gross

The character actor, who died April 8, guest starred on dozens of TV shows and was nominated for an Oscar for playing a Hollywood studio executive in Barton Fink. Originally broadcast in 1992.

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Michelle Williams is a sculptor who makes clay figures of women in Showing Up.

Arts

'Showing Up' is a rare glimpse of an artist at (very hard) work

1:37pm April 14, 2023

by Justin Chang

Michelle Williams plays an introverted sculptor struggling to find the time, space, money and energy to pursue her calling in Kelly Reichardt's rueful comedy.

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Ali Junejo (left) and Alina Khan in Saim Sadiq's Joyland.

Arts

Briefly banned, Pakistan's ground-breaking 'Joyland' is now a world cinema success

1:12pm April 13, 2023

by Bilal Qureshi

The film follows a man who gets a job in a burlesque show and falls in love with a trans woman. This story of queer desire in a traditional Muslim society earned accolades at the Cannes Film Festival.

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A group of activists take on climate change directly in How to Blow Up a Pipeline.

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Pipeline sabotage is on the agenda in this action-packed eco-heist film

2:05pm April 12, 2023

by John Powers

How to Blow Up A Pipeline is a lean, sleekly made movie about a modern-day monkey-wrench gang. Although unabashedly partisan, it doesn't preach or glamorize the eco-saboteurs.

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National

Princess Peach takes the lead in new 'Super Mario' movie

4:26pm April 11, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Washington Post videogame reporter Gene Park about his take on The Super Mario Bros. Movie and its portrayal of Princess Peach.

Eating popcorn while watching a movie on the couch.

Arts

A love letter to movie trailers and the joy of shared anticipation

6:01am April 10, 2023

by Susannah Broun

Whether it is to revisit a beloved movie or to build excitement for an upcoming project, movie trailers are truly an underappreciated art form.

Movie review: 'Air'

5:44pm April 08, 2023

by Bob Mondello

Ben Affleck directs the story of how a small athletic shoe maker cracked the big time in 1984 by introducing a shoe for an untested rookie named Michael Jordan.

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Oscar-nominated actress Hong Chau on her new movie 'Showing Up'

8:02am April 08, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with actress Hong Chau. She was nominated for an Oscar this year, and stars in the new movie about struggling artists - "Showing Up."