In The Studio, Seth Rogen plays an insecure studio executive who loves movies – but gets in the way of the people who make them. The new Apple TV+ series is about the systems that become far more destructive than any one well-meaning person can easily fix.

Uzo Aduba stars as a brilliant detective in this high-energy, light-hearted murder mystery show on Netflix.

Even though this tragedy was hinted at from the first episode, it's treated with gravity and presented in agonizing detail.

In Season 8, two of the women who dumped their respective fiancés at the altar cited the men's inability to engage meaningfully with political issues that were important to their partners.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: A Dolly Parton memoir, the show Reacher, the game Dredge, and the song "Bittersweet" by Semma.

In On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, filmmaker Rungano Nyoni weaves a surreal drama about defiance in the face of ritual, and the secrets that flourish in silence.

It was an earnest and effusive evening — and for the most part, Hollywood left politics at home. A lot of films were recognized, but ultimately, it was Anora's night.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The film Flow, a Pete Seeger album, Deal or No Deal Island, and the documentary Sly Lives!

There are 10 movies in the running for best picture. Our critics are split over whether Anora or Nickel Boys should take home the prize.

If you ask us, Pam Grier, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac and Regina Hall are all long overdue for Oscar nominations. Here's why.

Each episode of the new Max series covers one hour in a single day in a busy emergency department. The show manages to feel sympathetic to the hospital staff and to the patients in their care.

It is an adjustment to see Bridget Jones in a sad story on-screen. But in Mad About the Boy, Zellweger is still in touch with Bridget's tireless efforts to connect with her own sunniness, which have taken on new meaning.

Critic Linda Holmes has been playing The Sims since the early 2000s. Twenty five years in, she says she still finds the game charming but puzzling.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Chef John Mitzewich, Star Trek, the return of baseball and the videogame Teardown.

The world is full of unsolvable problems and it's nice to see something get fixed. Millions of us are turning to YouTube to watch people unclog drains, deep clean rugs, and do other satisfying tasks.