Co-writer and director Ray Mendoza discusses film 'Warfare' NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Ray Mendoza about the film, "Warfare," which he wrote and directed with Alex Garland. The film is based on Mendoza's experiences as a US Navy SEAL fighting in Iraq. Scott Simon
The movies we love, then and now NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with movie critic Bob Mondello and culture reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento about movies they've loved over the years, from childhood into adulthood. Bob Mondello
Appreciating the many onscreen moods of Val Kilmer More than a hundred roles in a nearly four-decade career let Val Kilmer explore a wealth of human experience. Bob Mondello
25 hours? Before Cory Booker, there was 'Mr. Smith' In 1939, the character of Mr. Smith — played by Jimmy Stewart — spent 25 hours on the Senate floor railing against corruption. Bob Mondello
Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' star with an intense approach, dies at 65 Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies. The Associated Press
Magically horrific: ‘Death of a Unicorn’ leans more into laughs than screams Some horror movies are funny because they’re morbidly grotesque. Others are funny because they’re appalling and tragic. “Death of a Unicorn” falls into the latter category. Dyer Oxley
A young man's homecoming sets off erotic shockwaves in this unsettling French thriller Misericordia is one of the most surprising films our critic's seen this year. It focuses on a man who returns to his small village for a funeral — only to become enmeshed in countless entanglements. Justin Chang
Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian director beaten by Israeli settlers, is now released Hamdan Ballal, who won an Oscar for No Other Land about Palestinians under Israeli occupation, was attacked by Israeli settlers and later detained by Israeli security forces, his lawyer tells NPR. Kat Lonsdorf
'The Alto Knights' is a mob drama with a double dose of De Niro and ... not much else Robert De Niro plays rival mob bosses in a new biographical crime drama. But while it's fun to watch De Niro argue with himself, The Alto Knights ultimately feels dubious and derivative. Justin Chang
Tim Curry remembers his first film role in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' The 1975 cult classic Rocky Horror turns 50 this year. To mark the occasion, we listen back to a 2005 interview with Curry, who played the cross-dressing scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Terry Gross