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From familiar films to new classics, the list our hosts came up has a little something for everyone looking to make their days merry and bright.
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Drawing on four decades of debate and analysis, this reincarnation is a remarkable departure from Alice Walker's Pulitzer-winning novel and its polarizing 1985 adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Whether you head out to the theater or binge from the couch, there's something just right for you among our critics' favorite films and TV shows of the year. Happy watching!
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Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet, is a much brighter story than Roald Dahl's original telling. But its sunny salute to dreaming your dreams has a charm all its own.
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Film critics like to argue, but Chang says he and his colleagues agree this was a really good year on screen. Beyond Barbenheimer, here's what you shouldn't miss.
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Tony Shalhoub slips back into his Adrian Monk character after nearly 15 years with assurance and precision, nailing the comedy while still making room for somber themes of loss and depression.
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We already delivered the first batch. Now, our on-air team rounds it out with four more picks as they share their essential albums from this year.
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Emma Stone stars as an adult woman with the anarchic spirit of a very young child in a strangely touching film that's filled with transgressive sex, sadistic power games and grisly violence.
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The album's not dead! Want proof? NPR Music's list of the best albums of 2023 features masterworks by veterans, newcomers, iconoclasts and at least one supergroup.
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At one point saying she felt like she was at a football game, Olsen and the crowd traded chaotic energy at the Thursday night concert.