The Everything, Everywhere, All at Once star says the day after he won his Oscar for the role, he woke up thinking, “Was that all a dream?”
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These films took the top prizes at Sundance – plus 11 films our critic loved
A documentary deconstructs the true crime genre, an obsessive worms his way into a pop star’s entourage, and more standouts from Sundance 2025.
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Jesse Eisenberg isn’t ambitious — but he does worry about failing
Actor, writer and director Jesse Eisenberg says he has had more failures than successes. In this week’s Wild Card, he opens up about ambition and his his defense against despair.
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An Indian movie, loved abroad, is snubbed at home for Oscar submission
All We Imagine as Light explores the lives of working-class women in Mumbai and won the Grand Prix at Cannes. But it was deemed not Indian enough to submit to the Oscars.Â
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Where did Barry Jenkins feel safe as a kid? Atop a tree
Director Barry Jenkins is best known for films like “Moonlight” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.” On Wild Card, he opens up about where he felt the safest as a kid.
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In ‘Wicked: Part I’, Cynthia Erivo defies gravity — and convention — as Elphaba
Cynthia Erivo says being different had “something to do with” her role as Elphaba in ‘Wicked: Part 1.’
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As a fake ‘Hit Man,’ Glen Powell shows off his real star power
Glen Powell co-wrote Netflix’s Hit Man alongside Richard Linklater, of the Before trilogy. The story is based on a Texas Monthly profile of a real undercover cop.
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Critics hated ‘The Phantom Menace.’ It might be time to reconsider
When Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace hit screens across the country in 1999, Return of the Jedi felt like ancient history to Star Wars fans. But after 16 long years, the movie let down fans and critics alike. Twenty-five years have changed how a lot of people feel. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
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Here are 6 movies to see this spring
Usually around this time, Hollywood is talking about how to keep its box office momentum going. This year, January was so lackluster that studios had to jump-start moviegoing from scratch.
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The ‘food’ you see on-screen often isn’t real food. Not so, in ‘The Taste of Things’
Food stylists will sometimes swap glue for milk and coat meat with motor oil. But on the set of The Taste of Things, the meals were real — and the actors kept eating after the director yelled “Cut!”
