Two musicians dream and time travel in film, 'Nirvanna: The Band - the Show - the Movie' NPR's Scott Simon speaks to incorrigible Canadians Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol about their new film, "Nirvanna: The Band - the Show - the Movie." Scott Simon
'Pillion' is a wildly entertaining dark comedy about sex and power A mild-mannered young man enters into a dominant-submissive relationship with the leader of a gay biker gang. Pillion approaches the subject without judgment and with a great deal of sly humor. Justin Chang
Celebrating 'Taxi Driver' at 50, with Martin Scorsese, Jodie Foster and more We celebrate the Oscar-winning 1976 film by listening back to archival interviews with Scorsese, screenwriter Paul Schrader, and actors Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd and Albert Brooks. Roger Ebert
Their film was shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran. It won an award at Sundance Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's underground arts scene to the prestigious film festival. Mandalit del Barco
'More relevant every day' in the U.S.: A filmmaker documented Russia's journalists Julia Loktev's documentary My Undesirable Friends follows young independent journalists covering Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Tonya Mosley
I thought I'd heard my dad's voice for the last time. A movie helped me find it again A period drama, a Supreme Court case and voice our film critic hadn't heard in decades. Bob Mondello
The 'Melania' movie audience: Older white women The pricey Amazon documentary did well in areas like Dallas, Tampa, Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta and West Palm Beach. Amazon says a docuseries is also on the way. Ivy Buck
'Blue Moon' pushed Ethan Hawke to his limit: 'That's a thrilling spot to be in' "Every now and then you bump up against a part that presses you to the wall of your ability," Hawke says of his Oscar-nominated portrayal of lyricist Lorenz Hart. Originally broadcast Nov. 13, 2025. Terry Gross
