Bob Mondello

The legend that Shakespeare based Hamlet on has inspired another work: Robert Eggers' violent new film, The Northman.

An ailing biochemist aims to cure himself of a debilitating illness, but ends up infecting himself with vampirism in the Marvel movie Morbius.

Here's a look at what Sunday's Oscars telecast will tell us about the state of the film industry mid-pandemic and the films we'll be seeing in the future.

A Chinese-American businesswoman travels the multiverse in the comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once by the filmmaking duo Daniels, made up of Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.

Though the new thriller The Outfit is set in a tailor's shop in 1950s Chicago, it's not about the outfits he makes — but about an underworld consortium his gangster customers hope to join.

Four-time Oscar nominee William Hurt, one of Hollywood's most popular leading men in the 1980s has died of complications from prostate cancer. He was 71.

On its 50th Anniversary, The Godfather is one of the most influential and respected films in Hollywood history. But that outcome didn't seem likely at its premiere.

A visit to a hair salon in the West Bank turns nightmarish in Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad's new thriller Huda's Salon.

Robert Pattinson, the latest caped crusader to take on corruption and deranged killers in Gotham, is The Batman. The overstuffed, visually impressive, superhero epic takes fan service seriously.

Peter Dinklage stars in the new movie "Cyrano," Joe Wright's musical version of Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac."

Why should Americans care about Ukraine? An answer from 1960s Broadway.

A look at the would-be blockbusters and prestige pictures Hollywood has in store as the weather warms and audiences come out of pandemic hibernation.

Two new books about a legendary silent film comic — Dana Stevens' "Camera Man" and James Curtis' "Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life" — give fans new reason to revisit Keaton's work.

Trumbull, who brought otherworldly landscapes to life pioneered physical, not digital, effects that catapulted audiences into hyperspace and became Hollywood's go-to guy for sci-fi imagery.

Hollywood special effects wizard Douglas Trumbull has died. He brought to life the impossible landscapes in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner.

Film director and producer Ivan Reitman, who tickled moviegoers' funny bones with such '70s and '80s smash comedies as Ghostbusters, Meatballs, Stripes and Kindergarten Cop, has died.

Movie box offices may not be booming yet, but that won't keep Hollywood from throwing itself a big party. Invitations went out Tuesday in the form of Oscar nominations.

A millennial writer, an R. Crumb-style cartoonist and a coffee-shop barista form the romantic triangle in the Danish coming-of-age drama The Worst Person In The World.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: a quirky Instagram account, the NBC show Grand Crew and more.

Actor Sidney Poitier died this week at 94. Critic Bob Mondello examines the crucial decade that made Poitier a box office star and changed the face of Hollywood.