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June Staff Picks: Movies
![Will Ferrell [videorecording DVD] : you're welcome America-- a final night with George W. Bush.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_0e6bc94c2a744be3b10a44768e404f85~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_187,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_0e6bc94c2a744be3b10a44768e404f85~mv2.jpg)
November Staff Picks: Indigenous History Month & Movies About Gratitude
March & April 2025 Staff Picks: Movies Directed by Women
February 2025 Staff Picks: Love Movies
December 2024 Staff Picks: Winter & Holiday Movies
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Staff Recommended Links
Podcasts:
Smithsonian Magazine: There's More to That...
Smithsonian magazine covers history, science and culture in the way only it can — through a lens on the world that is insightful and grounded in richly reported stories. On There's More to That, meet the magazine's journalists and hear how they discover the forces behind the biggest issues of our time. Every two weeks, There’s More to That will give curious listeners a fresh understanding of the world we all inhabit. Host and Smithsonian magazine editor Chris Klimek is a longtime public radio contributor and a frequent panelist on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. His substantive conversations with journalists and culture-makers will make There’s More to That an essential listen for anyone seeking to understand today’s most pressing issues.
Winner of the iTunes "Best of 2015" & "Best of 2016", and winner of "Best History Podcast 2016" by the Academy of Podcasters. Lore is an award-winning, critically-acclaimed podcast about true life scary stories. Lore exposes the darker side of history, exploring the creatures, people, and places of our wildest nightmares.
Because sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction.
Each episode examines a new dark historical tale in a modern campfire experience. With more than 43,000 5-star reviews on Apple Podcasts, and over 500-million listens, that's clearly a good thing. New episodes are released every Monday.
Bailey Sarian, an award-winning true crime enthusiast, beauty influencer, and top content creator, brings to you her critically acclaimed podcast "Murder, Mystery & Makeup!"
From cannibals to serial killers, she dives deep into the darkest tales while blending in her passion for makeup artistry.
Listed as a top podcast by global outlets like The Guardian, join Bailey on this thrilling journey. It'll be fun, we promise. Idk. lol.
Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what it's like to be alive right now. It's the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for a radio show or podcast. Hosted by Ira Glass and produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago.
Snap Judgment mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. It's storytelling...with a BEAT.
Spooked features true-life supernatural stories, told firsthand by people who can barely believe it happened themselves. Be afraid. Created in the dark of night, by Snap Judgment Studios, in partnership with KQED & PRX. It is hosted by Glynn Washington.
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![Cherry grove stories. Fire Island's best kept secrets [videorecording DVD] / Breaking Glass Pictures presents ; a MYKNYC production ; a film by Michael Fisher ; produced by Gary Sacks.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_181a87a45cac4aafb5e72b5ae39b7afe~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_188,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_181a87a45cac4aafb5e72b5ae39b7afe~mv2.jpg)
![Bridesmaids [videorecording DVD] / Universal Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media ; an Apatow Production ; directed by Paul Feig ; written by Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig ; produced by Judd Apatow, Clayton Townsend and Barry Mendel.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_84e3414d072d4075b36aec6f573684c3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_187,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_84e3414d072d4075b36aec6f573684c3~mv2.jpg)
![Cast away [videorecording DVD] / Twentieth Century Fox and Dreamworks Pictures present an Imagemovers/Playtone production ; a Robert Zemeckis Film.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_b2bc420ff0fb43c9b647ee90ea954662~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_188,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_b2bc420ff0fb43c9b647ee90ea954662~mv2.jpg)
![Chef [videorecording DVD] / Open Road Films and Aldamisa Entertainment present in association with Kilburn Media and Fetisov Teterin Films, a Fairview Entertainment production ; produced by Jon Favreau, Sergei Bespalov ; written and directed by Jon Favreau.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_fd93a638cefc4a03a5de30580410efa6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_187,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_fd93a638cefc4a03a5de30580410efa6~mv2.jpg)
![Child 44 [videorecording DVD] / Summit Entertainment presents in association with Worldview Entertainment, a Scott Free production ; produced by Michael Schaefer, Ridley Scott, Greg Shapiro ; screenplay by Richard Price ; directed by Daniel Espinosa.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_be71ae185ccf4b308406f3805819162f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_187,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_be71ae185ccf4b308406f3805819162f~mv2.jpg)
![The cider house rules [videorecording DVD] / Miramax Films presents ; a Film Colony production ; a film by Lasse Hallström ; screenplay by John Irving based upon his novel ; produced by Richard N. Gladstein ; directed by Lasse Halström.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_a856be24ad8147ab9468d54889bfbce9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_188,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_a856be24ad8147ab9468d54889bfbce9~mv2.jpg)
![Dances with wolves [videorecording DVD] / TIG Productions presents ; produced by Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner ; screenplay by Michael Blake, based on his novel ; directed by Kevin Costner.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_0962c0455bc74a63a26ca9033735c1a9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_187,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_0962c0455bc74a63a26ca9033735c1a9~mv2.jpg)
![Dinner for schmucks [videorecording DVD] / Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment present a Parkes+MacDonald production ; an Everyman Pictures production ; produced by Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Jay Roach ; screenplay by David Guion & Michael Handelman ; directed by Jay Roach.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_a6c77372867e4e8b801c745b462fcfbf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_188,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_a6c77372867e4e8b801c745b462fcfbf~mv2.jpg)
![A dog year [videorecording DVD] / HBO Films presents a Duopoly production ; produced by Liz Manne, Frank Doelger ; written and directed by George LaVoo.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_a407ff26cc134b48bba9186af67fe886~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_187,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_a407ff26cc134b48bba9186af67fe886~mv2.jpg)
![Guardians of the galaxy [videorecording DVD] / Marvel Studios presents ; produced by Kevin Feige ; written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman ; directed by James Gunn.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_c18628c2de2b4ee789b925e0a7d59bcd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_187,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_c18628c2de2b4ee789b925e0a7d59bcd~mv2.jpg)
![The matrix [videorecording DVD] / Warner Bros. presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures-Groucho II Film Partnership a Silver Pictures production.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_0ed47f4b58674889b7ddd93daab6894f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_188,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_0ed47f4b58674889b7ddd93daab6894f~mv2.jpg)
![Miles ahead [videorecording DVD] / Sony Pictures Classics, Bifrost Pictures and Miles Davis Properties [and three others] present ; producers, Robert Ogden Barnum, Don Cheadle, Pamela Hirsch, Darryl Porter, Daniel Wagner, Vince Wilburn Jr., Lenore Zerman ; written by Steven Baigelman, Don Cheadle, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson ; directed by Don Cheadle.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_50d92a6261d343b99e3b18dd0b516374~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_187,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_50d92a6261d343b99e3b18dd0b516374~mv2.jpg)
![No way out [videorecording DVD] / screen story and screenplay, Robert Garland ; produced by Laura Ziskin, Robert Garland ; directed by Roger Donaldson.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_b0aa3a5169434e659a103d750c27252b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_164,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_b0aa3a5169434e659a103d750c27252b~mv2.jpg)
![Out of Africa [videorecording DVD] / a Mirage production ; a Universal picture ; screenplay by Kurt Luedtke ; produced and directed by Sydney Pollack.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_2abf187a35e646bd80e922c4e80be43a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_187,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_2abf187a35e646bd80e922c4e80be43a~mv2.jpg)
![Poor things [videorecording DVD] / Searchlight Pictures presents ; in association with Film4 and TSG Entertainment ; an Element Pictures production ; a Yorgos Lanthimos film ; directed by Yorgos Lanthimos ; screenplay by Tony McNamara ; produced by Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_b64272455b7c4ab7b7e998c3567677a6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_187,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_b64272455b7c4ab7b7e998c3567677a6~mv2.jpg)
![Singin' in the rain [videorecording DVD] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_9e1db6829316459ba1f34c84dee42e94~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_188,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_9e1db6829316459ba1f34c84dee42e94~mv2.jpg)
![Doc Martin. Series 1 [videorecording DVD] / Buffalo Pictures in association with Homerun Film Productions ; series created by Dominic Minghella arising from the film "Saving Grace" created by Craig Ferguson and Mark Crowdy ; written by Dominic Minghella, Edana Minghella, Richard Stoneman, and Jack Lothian ; directed by Ben Bolt and Minkie Spiro ; produced by Philippa Braithwaite.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_3b20af68cf5e4ba9a7f50cc0c84c5dec~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_187,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_3b20af68cf5e4ba9a7f50cc0c84c5dec~mv2.jpg)
![Rain man [videorecording DVD] / United Artists Pictures, Inc. ; Gruber-Peters company production ; a Barry Levinson film; producer, Mark Johnson ; director, Barry Levinson ; story, Barry Morrow ; screenplay, Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd4f34_7687cd3459e64f86b1b3a01072a6a602~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_188,h_187,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/dd4f34_7687cd3459e64f86b1b3a01072a6a602~mv2.jpg)































































































































