Movies

Activists hold a banner reading "Take down the Sackler name" in front of the Pyramid of the Louvre museum in Paris on July 1, 2019.

'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed' chronicles Nan Goldin's career of art and activism

3:46pm February 09, 2023

by Terry Gross

Filmmaker Laura Poitras and Goldin discuss their Oscar-nominated documentary about efforts to remove the Sackler family name from prominent museums amid the opioid epidemic.

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Mohammad Saud cares for black kite birds in Delhi, India, in the documentary All That Breathes.

Arts

It's easy to focus on what's bad — 'All That Breathes' celebrates the good

3:46pm February 09, 2023

by John Powers

The Oscar-nominated documentary follows two brothers in Delhi who run a homemade infirmary nursing black kites — birds of prey widely considered a scavenging nuisance — back to health.

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National

Some movie lovers aren't happy about AMC's plan to charge according to seat placement

5:42pm February 07, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

AMC Entertainment plans to roll out new ticket prices based on where you sit in the movie theater. Some consumers aren't happy about it.

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Billie Eilish in the video for "No Time to Die."

The 2022 Oscars' Best Original Song Nominees, Cruelly Ranked

4:34pm February 07, 2023

by Stephen Thompson

This year, Billie Eilish's Bond theme tries to fend off Beyoncé, Van Morrison, perennial candidate Diane Warren and word-of-mouth juggernaut Encanto.

With Grammy win, Viola Davis earns EGOT

5:10pm February 06, 2023

Viola Davis won her first Grammy for the best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for her memoir, Finding Me. With it, she achieves the acclaimed EGOT status.

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This undated photo provided by Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial shows Shlomo Perel at his home in Givatayim, Israel. Perel, who survived the Holocaust through surreal subterfuge and an extraordinary odyssey that inspired his own writing and an internationally renowned film, has died. He was 98.

Shlomo Perel, a Holocaust survivor who inspired the film 'Europa Europa,' dies at 98

9:45am February 04, 2023

by The Associated Press

Shlomo Perel, who survived the Holocaust through surreal subterfuge and an extraordinary odyssey that inspired his own writing and an internationally renowned film, has died in Israel.

Pedro Pascal plays Joel Miller in The Last of Us.

Books
Arts

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing

5:01pm February 03, 2023

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Last of Us, The Looney Tunes Show and Ice Merchants.

Novel 'Let It Be Morning' is turned into a movie by Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin

2:26pm February 03, 2023

The film Let It Be Morning tells the story of a Palestinian Israeli citizen who, after Israel imposes an arbitrary blockade, becomes stuck in his home village.

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'Let it Be Morning' is the story of Sami (Alex Bakri), a Palestinian citizen of Israel living in Jerusalem who receives an invitation to his brother's wedding forcing him to return to the village where he grew up.

World News

Let It Be Morning shines light on Palestinians' unease with the status quo in Israel

1:44pm February 03, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin and Palestinian actor Alex Bakri about the film 'Let it Be Morning'.

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Bollywood film 'Pathaan' sparks dance parties in theatres

5:38pm February 02, 2023

The new Bollywood spy thriller Pathaan is transforming movie theaters into dance clubs with its catchy theme — and it's breaking records at the box office in India and abroad.