Hits And Misses
In this music parody about famous flops, contestants are punished for the mistakes of previous contestants — just like in a real relationship.
Arts
Read It? I Devoured It!
Returning champions mash up authors and foods in one of Ask Me Another's most challenging word games ever.
Memoir Chronicles The 'Wild And Precious Life' Of Activist Edie Windsor
Joshua Lyon started interviewing the activist and bon vivant a year before her death in 2017. A Wild and Precious Life captures both an epoch in mid-20th century LGBT history and a singular voice.
Two Sisters, Separated By Hardship, Long To Reconnect In 'Invisible Life'
In this unabashedly melodramatic, "intermittently gratifying" tale, two sisters in 1950s Rio de Janeiro follow their separate dreams, not knowing they live close to one another.
Adam Sandler And The Safdie Brothers Discuss Manic Thriller 'Uncut Gems'
In a new film by writer/directors Josh and Benny Safdie, Adam Sandler plays a jewelry store owner and gambler who's deep in debt. The brothers' father worked in Manhattan's diamond district.
NPR's Favorite Movies Of 2019
Parasite, Knives Out, Avengers: Endgame, Little Women and Marriage Story are among the year-end list of 20 films that NPR critics loved the most.
'Star Wars,' The Trilogy That NPR Turned Into Radio Drama
A long time ago, in an NPR far, far away, the network got into the Star Wars saga by producing a radio drama of the original trilogy.
'Impeachment: A Handbook': How A Watergate-Era Essay Can Guide Us Today
Originally published in 1974, the barely 60-page essay by Charles L. Black Jr. is considered one of the reference works on the subject — and it's getting renewed attention.
'The Rise Of Skywalker' Makes For An Exciting, Exhaustive, Effortful Ending
The final chapter in "The Skywalker Saga" returns J.J. Abrams to the director's chair, and the result, while overstuffed with characters and plot, delivers on space-operatic action.