'Rental Family' star Brendan Fraser discusses his lifelong search for belonging In his new film, Fraser plays an actor in Tokyo who takes a job with a rental family service. It's based on a real phenomenon in Japan: companies where you can hire someone to fill a gap in your life. Tonya Mosley
What film has become your family's holiday ritual? NPR's Stephen Thompson and Kathryn Fink talk about the movies their families return to every holiday season and why those traditions stick. Kathryn Fink
Shakespeare's unhappy marriage takes center stage in 'Hamnet' A new film, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel, posits that the death of Shakespeare's 11-year-old son may have inspired one of the greatest fictional tragedies ever written. Justin Chang
Marking 65 years of Hitchcock's 'Psycho' with actor Janet Leigh Leigh shares stories about Psycho, including the infamous shower scene. Also, screenwriter Evan Hunter talks about working with the Hitchcock on his next film, The Birds. Originally broadcast in 1999. Terry Gross
'Wicked: For Good' isn't as wicked good as the first film, but brings in a lot more gravity Dyer Oxley
In Ben Stiller's showbiz family, there was little separation between home and stage After his parents died, Stiller found a stash of their audio recordings. Those tapes of comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara are at the center of the documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost. Terry Gross
What do actual witches think of 'Wicked'? Mostly they're charmed. Some witches we talked to couldn't wait for the new Wicked release. But some worry that the films have helped move the secret, spiritual art of witchcraft into the mainstream. Neda Ulaby
'What you see is really me,' says 'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo Erivo says she found parallels between her life and the experience of her Wicked character, Elphaba. Her new memoir is called Simply More: A Book for Anyone who Has Been Told They're Too Much. Tonya Mosley
Do people still quote movies? NPR's Barrie Hardymon and Marc Rivers discuss why some movie lines become iconic and whether today's films are still creating quotes that last. Marc Rivers
