ENTERTAINMENT

Over the last several years, conservative groups have proposed laws that ban certain books from libraries or even penalize librarians. These bills depict books about LGBTQIA+ people as inappropriate for kids and claim that learning about systemic racism scapegoats...

No one signs up for the Squid Game—contestant or viewer alike—expecting to have a good time. Netflix’s smash-hit Korean thriller series was a massive, massive hit in its first season, partly due to its uncompromising (but hardly subtle) exploration...

Mariana Treviño stars in AppleTV+ series “Stick,” playing the mother of a talented but vulnerable young golfer (played by Peter Dager). Owen Wilson and Mark Maron co-star as a former pro golfer and his caddie/coach, who are trying to...

A new documentary profiles journalist Barbara Walters, who fought sexist bullies throughout her career and still landed the biggest interviews. NPR's Michel Martin talks with director Jackie Jesko. ...

One of my favorite moments in Season 4 of “The Bear” is a kind of delicate ballet before the chaos—a dialogue-free sequence that lasts nearly three minutes. With the camera swooping in elegantly slow fashion about the kitchen, Ayo...

The first streaming service series ever broadcast in the United States was Netflix’s dark, no-holds-barred political drama “House of Cards.” Its arrival seeded the idea that these new platforms could offer stories and execution that rivalled that of cable...

"Jaws" is 50 years old this week. In 1975, it launched the career of director Steven Spielberg and introduced the concept of the summer blockbuster. Hear Tom Shales' original review for NPR. Source link

After what was already a heated premiere of The Waterfront—the new Netflix thriller centered on a wealthy North Carolina family desperate to protect their fishing business legacy—things get even more fiery in the drama's second episode. (By the way,...