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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.

Eastwood takes measured aim at the American justice system in a film that centers on a murder trial -- and a juror who realizes he may be implicated in the crime.

In Heretic, Hugh Grant plays the villain. He tells Morning Edition that actors are drawn to the bad guys "rather than the dreary, goody-two-shoes lead."

In the claustrophobic thriller Heretic, two young Mormon missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) knock on the door of a charming man played by Hugh Grant. At first he seems genuinely interested in learning more, and invites them in. But it ...

Netflix's film is based on a 1955 novel about a man who goes in search of the father he'd never met -- only to discover that his father is dead, and the village he inhabited is haunted by ghosts.

Ronan credits her parents and the filmmakers she worked with as a child for keeping acting fun. She stars as a woman struggling with addiction in The Outrun and as a World War II mother in Blitz.

Today, we're bringing you an episode of How To Do Everything, a new NPR podcast from the team behind Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! On each episode, Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag offer practical advice for everyday problems -- like how to tell if you ...

It's Election Day, but instead of focusing on politics, we decided to do something a little lighter for the occasion: we're looking at this year's hot mom rom-com boom. Host Brittany Luse is joined by New York Magazine features writer Rachel Handler ...

Pacino says the initial script for the Godfather sequel was so bad he nearly passed on the project -- until it was rewritten. The Oscar-winning actor looks back on his life in the memoir Sonny Boy.

Here, starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, was adapted from a millennia-spanning graphic novel. But it's a technically and narratively difficult story on-screen and the result is crowded and confusing.