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"Hitchcock's reputation has taken a bit of a bashing in the last 10 years," says author Tony Lee Moral. He says his new book, "A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, the Myths, the Legacy," uses archive interviews to frame the director in a new light, as a bit of a "corrective" to stories that the director was deeply troubled and predatory.

Theaters have had something for everyone this summer, and fans are paying top dollar for premium formats like IMAX. There are also fewer moviegoers, fewer movies and fewer screens than there were pre-COVID.

John Leguizamo is one of the stars of Christopher Nolan's summer blockbuster, The Odyssey. And he's also out with a new children's book this summer, called Kiki and the Can.

At Texas Public Radio's screening of "Still Breathing" this summer, the film's director, James F. Robinson, joined us for a Q&A session following the movie where he shared stories of shooting the film in San Antonio in 1996. Learn all about the casting of Brendan Fraser and Joanna Going, location shooting at local places like Mission San Jose, and working with the late Jim Cullum.

The internationally known chef, writer, and television star died in 2018. Tony, starring Dominic Sessa, tells just a splinter of Bourdain's life — the mid-1970s summer when he was 19.

'ET,' 'Star Trek,' 'Wrath of Khan,' 'Blade Runner,' 'Poltergeist,' 'The Thing' — these are just some of the now classic science fiction films that came out in the summer of 1982. What was it about that moment in Hollywood that made it open to fresh ideas and high concept films and what would it take to do it again?

While marveling at Artemis II's mission, NPR's film critic went down a rabbit hole about moon-themed movies. Most have nothing to do with space.

The late Robert Duvall was made an honorary Texas Ranger following the release of "Lonesome Dove," and shot more than a half-dozen films in the Lone Star State, including his Oscar-winning role as Mac Sledge in "Tender Mercies."

The Donald J. Trump Advanced Energy and intelligence Campus — near Amarillo — plans to use nuclear power for the biggest data center ever. And how in 1910 the classic western movie was born in San Antonio.

The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — despite a complicated and controversial history.