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Film

Fans across the country raise their voices at 'KPop Demon Hunters' singalongs

Chloe Veltman

Netflix's wildly popular movie about a fictitious all-girl rock band is hitting nearly 1,800 movie theaters around the country this weekend as a singalong version.
'Weapons' exposes the dark underbelly of American suburbia

Justin Chang

Small-town life is upended when 17 schoolchildren suddenly vanish without explanation in the middle of the night. Weapons is a spooky thriller that invites deeper interpretation.
A box office record-setter you've never heard of and more in theaters this weekend

Bob Mondello

Aisha Harris

Ne Zha II has been raking in money in cinemas worldwide. Now the story based in Chinese mythology is out with an English voice cast.
Arts & Culture

San Diego weekend arts events: Dance, dinosaurs and California grasses

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts in San Diego: "Alex Katz: Theater and Dance" at MCASD; the San Diego Symphony takes on "Jurassic Park"; Helena Westra's "Lying Fallow” at the Athenaeum Art Center and more.
In 'Lurker' a social striver squirms his way into a star's inner circle

Aisha Harris

This new film about a fan who gets close with an up-and-coming pop star lingers on the ways a relationship that might seem parasitic is closer to symbiotic.
Politics

'Can't stop. Won't stop': Documentary filmmakers face federal funding shortfall

Chloe Veltman

PBS has been a home for independent documentaries for more than 50 years. But with the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, nonfiction storytellers have to figure out a way forward.
National

Terence Stamp, '60s British film legend and star of 'Superman,' dies at 87

Bobby Allyn

The English actor was best known for starring as the arch-villain in the original Superman films and for depicting the title character in Billy Budd.
Why are there so many movies about the movies?

Marc Rivers

Scott Detrow

Bob Mondello

Aisha Harris

NPR's film critic Bob Mondello and Pop Culture Happy Hour host Aisha Harris sat down with All Things Considered host Scott Detrow to discuss movies about the film industry looking inward.
National

Some John Grisham adaptations are better than others. We ranked them

Linda Holmes

A TV version of The Rainmaker is out this week, which gave critic Linda Holmes as good a reason as any to rank the on-screen adaptations of John Grisham's legal novels.
'Highest 2 Lowest' is a fun ride, even if old-school opulence tempers the bite

Aisha Harris

Spike Lee's latest collaboration with Denzel Washington — their first in nearly 20 years — reimagines a 1963 story about a wealthy businessman. In this version, Washington plays a music executive and Jeffrey Wright plays his chauffeur.