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Steve Martin has said he turned down an offer from SNL to play Walz. Our critic offers some alternatives.

After a heist goes bad, two inept Boston crooks (played by Damon and Affleck) become uneasy partners. The Instigators is a reasonably enjoyable film that reflects an earlier cinematic era.

In The Road to Surrender, Evan Thomas examines the closing months of WWII, exploring the motivations of key U.S. leaders, and of Japanese commanders and diplomats. Originally broadcast June 20, 2023.

As part of our series commemorating films from 1999, NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with actor Haley Joel Osment about the film "The Sixth Sense."

"Brat summer" ruled the internet with slime green memes and unexpected political endorsements. What online trends are taking shape for the fall? NPR's Adrian Ma talks to USA Today's Charles Trepany.

For the first time since 2011, festival organizers are offering rush tickets without requiring preregistration.

8G appears in their last Late Night episode on Thursday after a decade backing Seth Meyers. It joins the ranks of groundbreaking late night bands.

“We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error,” a Lionsgate spokesperson said in a statement.

Ian Frazier’s signature voice — droll, ruminative, generous — draws readers in. But his underlying subject here is even bigger than the Bronx: It’s the way the past “bleeds through” the present.

Why is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world? Why are The Beatles, well, The Beatles? Behavioral economist Cass Sunstein explores the alchemy of fame.