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Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? The surprising story behind a cinema tradition

It’s almost impossible to imagine a trip to the movie theater without a bucket of popcorn. The smell fills the lobby, the ...
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Why Does ‘The Wizard of Oz' Still Cast Such a Wicked Spell? Because It's the Movie That First Flipped the Patriarchy on Its Head

"Wicked," the stage musical, took its first bow 22 years ago. The novel it's based on, "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," was published in 1995. All of that happened well ...
NPR

Do people still quote movies?

NPR's Barrie Hardymon and Marc Rivers discuss why some movie lines become iconic and whether today's films are still creating quotes that last. ESTELLE REINER: (As Older Woman Customer) I'll have what ...
Variety

‘A House of Dynamite’ Is a Fear-Stoking Nuclear Exploitation Film. Why? Because the Movie Makes Almost No Sense

The film hyperbolically pushes the alarm button, all to push OUR buttons. But that last element — the fact that it does take itself seriously — turned out to be the bait that hooked the critics. What ...