Bob Mondello
Stories
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Why are there so many movies about the movies?
NPR's Bob Mondello, Aisha Harris and Scott Detrow discuss the compulsion to make movies about the movies and when they work best.
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Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reunite in 'Highest 2 Lowest.' It's almost all highs
Spike Lee's kidnapping drama Highest 2 Lowest reimagines Akira Kurosawa's 1963 police procedural High and Low, relocating the action to New York City and starring Denzel Washington.
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Viktor Kossakovsky's new film 'Architecton' is powerful, often for what it doesn't say
A nearly wordless meditation on the building blocks of civilization — stone and concrete — Viktor Kossakovsky's documentary Architecton is a dazzling sensory overload.
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'Architecton' is an epically cinematic look at the building blocks of civilization
A nearly wordless meditation on the building blocks of civilization — stone and concrete — Viktor Kossakovsky's documentary Architecton is a dazzling sensory overload.
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This 'Fantastic Four' is retro-futurist fun
Marvel superheroes Mr. Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) take on planet-devourer in Fantastic Four: First Steps.
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British jazz, pop and classical singer Cleo Laine dies at 97
An appreciation of Dame Cleo Laine, a jazz singer whose evocative phrasing and four-octave range made her among the most celebrated voices in the world.
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A COVID-era Western, a slasher sequel and a 50-year-old classic to watch this week
Filmmaker Ari Aster, who wrote and directed Midsommar and Hereditary, returns to theaters this weekend with a conspiracy-laden story set in the spring of 2020.
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What works about road trip movies centered on women?
NPR's Pien Huang, Avery Keatley and Bob Mondello explore what works about road trip movies centered on women.
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In theaters now: A post-apocalyptic thriller, a steamy noir and, yes, dinosaurs
The newest Jurassic installment is roaring into theaters. Meanwhile, Danielle Deadwyler is determined to defend her family's land in the post-apocalyptic thriller 40 Acres.
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'Mission: Impossible' composer Lalo Schifrin dies at 93
Argentine pianist and composer Lalo Schifrin, best known for his scores for Mission: Impossible and more than 200 other films and TV shows, including Bullitt, Mannix and Cool Hand Luke, has died.
