Our 2024 holiday movie guide has you covered, from Hanukkah to 'Hot Frosty' Grab your blanket, your cocoa, your snuggler of choice – holiday movie season has arrived. Here's a rundown of the standard and not-so-standard offerings you'll find on TV this year. Linda Holmes
'The Piano Lesson' was a family affair for John David and Malcolm Washington Actor John David and director Malcolm talk about growing up with their famous father, Denzel Washington, and collaborating with their dad and sister on the Netflix adaptation of August Wilson's play. Tonya Mosley
'Gladiator II' and 'Wicked' are lavish spectacles — but are they another Barbenheimer? Two big-budget films are set to battle at the box office: Wicked offers a gravity-defying origin story for the Wicked Witch of the West, while Gladiator II revisits the violence of ancient Rome. Justin Chang
Fans say, don't sing along when 'Wicked' hits theaters — at least, not yet Fans of the Broadway hit Wicked have turned to social media to ask fellow movie-goers not to sing along when the film adaptation hits theaters on Friday, Nov. 22. Dhanika Pineda
Why 'Conclave' is doing so well at the box office NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rebecca Rubin, senior film and media reporter at Variety, about the unusual success of the movie Conclave. Kai McNamee
Selena Gomez says 'Emilia Pérez' won't be her last Spanish language project Gomez grew up speaking Spanish, but lost her fluency around the same time she began her Hollywood career as a kid. She spent months relearning the language for her latest role as the wife of a Mexican cartel boss. Tonya Mosley
Friendship becomes a powerful act of resistance in 'All We Can Imagine as Light' This enveloping drama, which centers two women in Mumbai, is about solidarity between women, about making ends meeting, and about how a populous city can feel like the loneliest place in the world. Justin Chang
A Mexican drug lord comes out as a trans woman in the freewheeling 'Emilia Pérez' This Spanish-language musical about a cartel boss who undergoes gender-affirming surgery won two big prizes at Cannes, including a shared best actress award for its four women leads. John Powers
Karla Sofía Gascón says life as a trans woman informed her role in 'Emilia Pérez' The new film Emilia Pérez follows a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) who was assigned male at birth but transitions to become her true self as a woman. Olivia Hampton
While votes are counted, we look at how counting is used in movies The process of counting ballots has stressed out a lot of people this week. NPR's movie critic says he's been distracting himself from the election with cinematic counting. Bob Mondello
