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NPR's Scott Simon talks to the German film director Wim Wenders about his new, Oscar-nominated film. "Perfect Days" is a story about a cultured Japanese toilet cleaner in Tokyo.

A fox's spirit, able to take the form of a woman, hunts for the man who killed her daughter in Yangsze Choo's new novel. Choo talks with NPR's Scott Simon about "The Fox Wife."

The war in Gaza is creating tensions across the Middle East. Nowhere more so than Iraq, where Iran-backed militias are attacking U.S. bases and forcing a dangerous confrontation.

Why is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world? Why are The Beatles, well, The Beatles? Behavioral economist Cass Sunstein explores the alchemy of fame.

The rescue operation is the largest recovery of living hostages since the war in Gaza began. Meanwhile, at least 274 Palestinians were killed and around 700 were wounded, Gaza's Health Ministry said.

Loosely based on a true story, Richard Linklater's film about a professor working with the police features strong performances, shrewd writing and a light and funny tone.

Though Swift performs a range of experience and emotions, the music on her 11th album feels thin and is often in service of lyrics that could have used a red pencil.

David Greene talks to Abdul Kafi Alhamdo, an English teacher who fled Aleppo for the countryside in 2016. Advances by Syrian government forces have him worried he may have to uproot his family again.

Members of pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups in Los Angeles clashed, with reports of fireworks and pepper spray use. Elsewhere, universities are tearing down encampments and arresting students.

Reactions have been brutal to Canadian writer Sam Forster, who disguised himself as a Black man and traveled the U.S. to document how racism persists in society.