Wayne Shorter, From Here to Eternity
Nearly six months after his death, a tribute concert and a documentary attempt to capture the spirit of the perpetually exploring saxophonist and composer.
Movies
David Bowie: The 'Fresh Air' interview
It's been 50 years since Bowie performed as his alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The film, Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, has recently been reissued. Originally broadcast in 2002.
'Bottoms' offers an over-the top mix of teen realism and comic exaggeration
Two queer best friends start a self-defense class for girls as a ruse to hook up with cheerleaders in a film that's both a disarmingly sweet love story and a merciless comic pummeling.
Review: 'Scrapper' is a sort of adolescent coming-of-age story turned upside down
In Scrapper, a plucky 12-year-old girl is living on her own, making rent money by stealing bicycles.
'Blue Beetle' offers a 3-step cure for superhero fatigue
The current state of superhero cinema may look bleak, but the latest DC film adopts an approach that wrings new life and humor out of a tired formula.
A pioneering casting director reflects on diversity in Hollywood
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with host of The Academy Museum Podcast, Jacqueline Stewart, and casting director Reuben Cannon about the art of casting in Hollywood.
The 'Barbie' movie's success puts her among history's top-20 films
When Barbie brought close to $1.3 billion at the worldwide box office, it became one of the only female-dominated movies among the top-grossing films of all time.
'Bottoms' is an absurdist high school sex comedy that rages and soars
The cheeky black comedy stars Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri as teens who start a fight club to get laid.
Anime can invite you into worlds you didn't know before. It does for me
Cartoons like My Neighbor Totoro and Dragon Ball Z introduced me to anime — and started an ongoing love for the artform and its stories that explore what it means to be human.
The art of casting in Hollywood
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with host of the Academy Museum's podcast, Jacqueline Stewart, and casting director Reuben Cannon about the art of casting in Hollywood.