Pop Culture Happy Hour: Live From Los Angeles With Kumail Nanjiani
This week's show was taped during our west coast tour, and it gives us a chance to talk about romantic comedies with actor and comedian Kumail Nanjiani.
Movies
Warren Beatty's Homage To Howard Hughes Opens In Theaters On Wednesday
"Don't expect a biopic," Beatty says of his new project, Rules Don't Apply. Instead, it's an interlocking set of stories about two young lovers and a movie mogul trying to keep his empire together.
Young Barbers In Brazil Are Cutting Away From Traditional Barbershops
A prize-winning documentary in Brazil is highlighting a new trend in barbershops, where fresh hairstyles are mixing with changing ideas about gender and race.
'Daughters Of The Dust' Re-Released Following Attention From Beyoncé
In 1991, Julie Dash became the first African-American female director to achieve nationwide theatrical distribution of her film, Daughters of the Dust. She discusses its re-release 25 years later.
Dev Patel On The 'Driving Force' Of Playing The Part Of A Living Person
In the movie, Lion, Dev Patel plays Saroo Brierley, a young man who got separated from his family in India as a child. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Patel about the role.
'Fantastic Beasts' And 'The Red Turtle' Bring Magic To The Screen
NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews a critter double-feature: J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beats and Where To Find Them and the Studio Ghibli's The Red Turtle.
Bleak, Mournful 'Manchester By The Sea' Packs An Emotional Punch
Casey Affleck is a man returning to his hometown to bury his brother and reconnect with his teen nephew in Manchester by the Sea. Critic David Eldestein calls the film draining, but also worth seeing.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Arrival' And Pop Culture Mood-Boosters
On this week's show, we talk about one of our favorite movies in a while and we offer some music and other stuff that can give you a boost when you need one.
'Bleed For This' Captures The Grime And Grit Of A Boxer's Astonishing Comeback
Miles Teller is light-middleweight boxer Vinny "The Pazmanian Devil" Paz in this intimate biopic that leans more into kitchen-sink realism than glossy uplift.
Tom Ford Delivers Pristine But Portentous Pulp In 'Nocturnal Animals'
This bifurcated film cross-cuts between the sterile existence of a coolly patrician L.A. gallery owner and the action of her ex-husband's raw-boned novel.