Month: December 2025

Marty Reisman was nicknamed “The Needle” for his slender physique. He dressed well and put on a show.

(Image credit: Ed Ford)

The 1995 adaptation of Terry McMillan’s novel celebrated the beauty of Black sisterhood.

(Image credit: Merie W. Wallace)

Also in theaters this week, Jack Black and Paul Rudd star in a meta reimagining of Anaconda, Amanda Seyfried in a Shaker origin story, and Ralph Fiennes plays a World War I-era choirmaster.

TV critic David Bianculli says 2025 offered so many great shows he couldn’t narrow them down. But in a year of intense TV, Netflix’s haunting series Adolescence, stands apart.

Follow the Ivermectin River to the Swamp of Unemulsified Mayonnaise.

Close your eyes. Breathe in. Experience “Titanic” and “The Wizard of Oz” the Chloé Zhao way.

Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood discuss how, for thirty years, they’ve crafted the visuals that helped define Yorke’s band, many of which are now on view at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum.

“A Child’s Christmas in a Waymo,” “Alan Dershowitz Is Coming to Town,” and more.

One of Vince Zampella’s crowning achievements was the creation of the Call of Duty franchise, which has sold more than half a billion games worldwide.

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Photographs help us look back on the moments that defined the year. Taken by NPR photojournalists nationwide, this collection goes beyond the headlines to reveal quietly powerful human stories.

(Image credit: Tyler Russell)