Movies: Movie Reviews and Commentary on New and Classic Films : NPR

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We know what we love and what we're not into. But sometimes, all it takes is one great outlier or a willingness to step outside our comfort zone to make us reconsider what we don't like. 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He's pictured above in the 1999 film At First Sight." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="credit-caption"> <div class="caption-wrap"> <div class="caption" aria-label="Image caption"> <p> Actor Val Kilmer died Tuesday at age 65. He's pictured above in the 1999 film <em>At First Sight.</em> <b class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Hulton Archive/Getty Images </b> <b class="hide-caption"><b>hide caption</b></b> </p> </div> <b class="toggle-caption"><b>toggle caption</b></b> </div> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Hulton Archive/Getty Images </span> </div> </div> <div class="item-info-wrap"> <div class="item-info"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5349427/val-kilmer-top-gun-the-doors-tombstone-kiss-kiss-bang-bang" data-metrics-ga4='{"action":"topic_homepage_recirculation_click","category":"recirculation","clickType":"movies","clickName":"topic headline click","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/04\/02\/nx-s1-5349427\/val-kilmer-top-gun-the-doors-tombstone-kiss-kiss-bang-bang","clickPosition":"2.6"}' >Appreciating the many onscreen moods of Val Kilmer</a></h2> <p class="teaser"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5349427/val-kilmer-top-gun-the-doors-tombstone-kiss-kiss-bang-bang"><time datetime="2025-04-02"><span class="date">April 2, 2025  </span></time>More than a hundred roles in a nearly four-decade career let Val Kilmer explore a wealth of human experience. </a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="item has-image has-audio"> <div class="item-image"> <div class="imagewrap has-source-dimensions" data-crop-type="wide" style=" --source-width: 3000; 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class="teaser"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5348829/val-kilmer-obituary-top-gun-batman"><time datetime="2025-04-02"><span class="date">April 2, 2025  </span></time>Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.</a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="item has-image has-audio"> <div class="item-image"> <div class="imagewrap has-source-dimensions" data-crop-type="wide" style=" --source-width: 3070; --source-height: 1727; " > <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5338844/the-ballad-of-wallis-island-review-carey-mulligan-tim-key-tom-basden"> <picture> <source srcset="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3070x1727+874+261/resize/300/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F5d%2Ff01d7eef4d5c90d139bf60608257%2Fthe-ballad-of-wallis-island-tbowi-fp-00601-r-rgb.jpg" data-original="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3070x1727+874+261/resize/300/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F5d%2Ff01d7eef4d5c90d139bf60608257%2Fthe-ballad-of-wallis-island-tbowi-fp-00601-r-rgb.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3070x1727+874+261/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F5d%2Ff01d7eef4d5c90d139bf60608257%2Fthe-ballad-of-wallis-island-tbowi-fp-00601-r-rgb.jpg" data-format="webp" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/webp" /> <source srcset="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3070x1727+874+261/resize/300/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F5d%2Ff01d7eef4d5c90d139bf60608257%2Fthe-ballad-of-wallis-island-tbowi-fp-00601-r-rgb.jpg" data-original="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3070x1727+874+261/resize/300/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F5d%2Ff01d7eef4d5c90d139bf60608257%2Fthe-ballad-of-wallis-island-tbowi-fp-00601-r-rgb.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3070x1727+874+261/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F5d%2Ff01d7eef4d5c90d139bf60608257%2Fthe-ballad-of-wallis-island-tbowi-fp-00601-r-rgb.jpg" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/jpeg" /> <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3070x1727+874+261/resize/300/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F5d%2Ff01d7eef4d5c90d139bf60608257%2Fthe-ballad-of-wallis-island-tbowi-fp-00601-r-rgb.jpg" data-original="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3070x1727+874+261/resize/300/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F5d%2Ff01d7eef4d5c90d139bf60608257%2Fthe-ballad-of-wallis-island-tbowi-fp-00601-r-rgb.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3070x1727+874+261/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F5d%2Ff01d7eef4d5c90d139bf60608257%2Fthe-ballad-of-wallis-island-tbowi-fp-00601-r-rgb.jpg" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" alt="Tom Basden, left, as Herb McGwyer, Carey Mulligan as Nell Mortimer and Tim Key as Charles in The Ballad of Wallis Island." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="credit-caption"> <div class="caption-wrap"> <div class="caption" aria-label="Image caption"> <p> Tom Basden, left, as Herb McGwyer, Carey Mulligan as Nell Mortimer and Tim Key as Charles in <em>The Ballad of Wallis Island.</em> <b class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> ‎/Focus Features </b> <b class="hide-caption"><b>hide caption</b></b> </p> </div> <b class="toggle-caption"><b>toggle caption</b></b> </div> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> ‎/Focus Features </span> </div> </div> <div class="item-info-wrap"> <div class="item-info"> <div class="slug-wrap"> <h3 class="slug-tag"> Review </h3> <h3 class="slug"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/movie-reviews/">Movie Reviews</a></h3> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5338844/the-ballad-of-wallis-island-review-carey-mulligan-tim-key-tom-basden" data-metrics-ga4='{"action":"topic_homepage_recirculation_click","category":"recirculation","clickType":"movies","clickName":"topic headline click","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/31\/nx-s1-5338844\/the-ballad-of-wallis-island-review-carey-mulligan-tim-key-tom-basden","clickPosition":"2.10"}' >A folk legend gets a reunion he didn't sign up for in this melancholy charmer</a></h2> <p class="teaser"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5338844/the-ballad-of-wallis-island-review-carey-mulligan-tim-key-tom-basden"><time datetime="2025-03-31"><span class="date">March 31, 2025  </span></time>An affable lottery winner decides to bring his favorite singer to a remote island off the coast of Wales for a private concert. 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--source-height: 2160; " > <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5336714/gold-and-greed-review-netflix-fenn-treasure"> <picture> <source srcset="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/300/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F37%2F81e9de734dac83907641ba8d7224%2Fgold-greed-the-hunt-for-fenns-treasure-n-s1-e1-00-52-54-18.jpg" data-original="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/300/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F37%2F81e9de734dac83907641ba8d7224%2Fgold-greed-the-hunt-for-fenns-treasure-n-s1-e1-00-52-54-18.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F37%2F81e9de734dac83907641ba8d7224%2Fgold-greed-the-hunt-for-fenns-treasure-n-s1-e1-00-52-54-18.jpg" data-format="webp" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/webp" /> <source srcset="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/300/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F37%2F81e9de734dac83907641ba8d7224%2Fgold-greed-the-hunt-for-fenns-treasure-n-s1-e1-00-52-54-18.jpg" data-original="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/300/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F37%2F81e9de734dac83907641ba8d7224%2Fgold-greed-the-hunt-for-fenns-treasure-n-s1-e1-00-52-54-18.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F37%2F81e9de734dac83907641ba8d7224%2Fgold-greed-the-hunt-for-fenns-treasure-n-s1-e1-00-52-54-18.jpg" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/jpeg" /> <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/300/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F37%2F81e9de734dac83907641ba8d7224%2Fgold-greed-the-hunt-for-fenns-treasure-n-s1-e1-00-52-54-18.jpg" data-original="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/300/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F37%2F81e9de734dac83907641ba8d7224%2Fgold-greed-the-hunt-for-fenns-treasure-n-s1-e1-00-52-54-18.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F37%2F81e9de734dac83907641ba8d7224%2Fgold-greed-the-hunt-for-fenns-treasure-n-s1-e1-00-52-54-18.jpg" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" alt="Searcher Cynthia Meachum, above, became close with Forrest Fenn, the man who hid the treasure. A new Netflix docuseries, Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure, chronicles the search." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="credit-caption"> <div class="caption-wrap"> <div class="caption" aria-label="Image caption"> <p> Cynthia Meachum, above, is a searcher who became close with Forrest Fenn, the man who hid the treasure. <em>Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure </em>is a new Netflix docuseries that<em> </em>chronicles the search. <b class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> ‎/Netflix </b> <b class="hide-caption"><b>hide caption</b></b> </p> </div> <b class="toggle-caption"><b>toggle caption</b></b> </div> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> ‎/Netflix </span> </div> </div> <div class="item-info-wrap"> <div class="item-info"> <div class="slug-wrap"> <h3 class="slug-tag"> Review </h3> <h3 class="slug"><a href="https://www.npr.org/series/pop-culture-happy-hour">Pop Culture Happy Hour</a></h3> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5336714/gold-and-greed-review-netflix-fenn-treasure" data-metrics-ga4='{"action":"topic_homepage_recirculation_click","category":"recirculation","clickType":"movies","clickName":"topic headline click","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/29\/nx-s1-5336714\/gold-and-greed-review-netflix-fenn-treasure","clickPosition":"2.12"}' >He enticed amateur sleuths into the wilderness with buried treasure. It didn't go well</a></h2> <p class="teaser"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5336714/gold-and-greed-review-netflix-fenn-treasure"><time datetime="2025-03-29"><span class="date">March 29, 2025  </span></time>In 2010, a wealthy man announced that he'd hidden a box of gold and jewels somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. The Netflix docuseries <em>Gold & Greed </em>chronicles the ill-fated search for Fenn's Treasure.</a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="item has-image has-audio"> <div class="item-image"> <div class="imagewrap has-source-dimensions" data-crop-type="wide" style=" --source-width: 1907; --source-height: 1073; " > <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5341481/misericordia-review"> <picture> <source srcset="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1907x1073+500+0/resize/300/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F79%2F40fb74a94221a3e143808fe69ac3%2Fmisericorde-3-copyright-cg-cinema-scaled.jpg" data-original="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1907x1073+500+0/resize/300/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F79%2F40fb74a94221a3e143808fe69ac3%2Fmisericorde-3-copyright-cg-cinema-scaled.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1907x1073+500+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F79%2F40fb74a94221a3e143808fe69ac3%2Fmisericorde-3-copyright-cg-cinema-scaled.jpg" data-format="webp" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/webp" /> <source srcset="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1907x1073+500+0/resize/300/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F79%2F40fb74a94221a3e143808fe69ac3%2Fmisericorde-3-copyright-cg-cinema-scaled.jpg" data-original="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1907x1073+500+0/resize/300/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F79%2F40fb74a94221a3e143808fe69ac3%2Fmisericorde-3-copyright-cg-cinema-scaled.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1907x1073+500+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F79%2F40fb74a94221a3e143808fe69ac3%2Fmisericorde-3-copyright-cg-cinema-scaled.jpg" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/jpeg" /> <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1907x1073+500+0/resize/300/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F79%2F40fb74a94221a3e143808fe69ac3%2Fmisericorde-3-copyright-cg-cinema-scaled.jpg" data-original="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1907x1073+500+0/resize/300/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F79%2F40fb74a94221a3e143808fe69ac3%2Fmisericorde-3-copyright-cg-cinema-scaled.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1907x1073+500+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F79%2F40fb74a94221a3e143808fe69ac3%2Fmisericorde-3-copyright-cg-cinema-scaled.jpg" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" alt="A young man's homecoming sets off erotic shockwaves in this unsettling French thriller" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="credit-caption"> <div class="caption-wrap"> <div class="caption" aria-label="Image caption"> <p> Jérémie (Félix Kysyl) stays with the newly widowed Martine (Catherine Frot) in the French thriller <em>Misericordia</em>. <b class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Losange Production </b> <b class="hide-caption"><b>hide caption</b></b> </p> </div> <b class="toggle-caption"><b>toggle caption</b></b> </div> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Losange Production </span> </div> </div> <div class="item-info-wrap"> <div class="item-info"> <div class="slug-wrap"> <h3 class="slug-tag"> Review </h3> <h3 class="slug"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/movie-reviews/">Movie Reviews</a></h3> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5341481/misericordia-review" data-metrics-ga4='{"action":"topic_homepage_recirculation_click","category":"recirculation","clickType":"movies","clickName":"topic headline click","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/28\/nx-s1-5341481\/misericordia-review","clickPosition":"2.13"}' >A young man's homecoming sets off erotic shockwaves in this unsettling French thriller</a></h2> <p class="teaser"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5341481/misericordia-review"><time datetime="2025-03-28"><span class="date">March 28, 2025  </span></time><em>Misericordia </em>is<em> </em>one of the most surprising films our critic's seen this year. 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