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Aisha Harris
Host, Pop Culture Happy Hour
'Misty Green' squanders its potential
Aisha Harris | Oct 9, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC
Chris Rock's new movie Misty Green wants to critique Hollywood's treatment of Black women. Instead, it gives star Rosalind Eleazar a half-baked role while Rock plays a moralizing savior we've seen before.
Here are 8 movies we loved at the Toronto International Film FestivalAisha Harris | Sep 19, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC
Dolly Parton contained multitudes. We're looking back on these beloved performances
NPR critics remember some of their favorite Dolly performances — including a duet with Kermit the Frog and the twinkle in Dolly's eye singing with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.
A tale of two very different horny movies
One Night Only manages to fail as a dystopia and as a rom-com. Meanwhile, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a perfect tale for this moment — if you don't mind your eroticism with a side of gore.
Aisha Harris | Aug 8, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC
'Remake' will wreck you: A filmmaker faces his own family footage
Ross McElwee's documentaries have always been personal. After his son died, he wondered if it was all worth it.
Aisha Harris | Jul 25, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC
'Is God Is' is a ferocious, timely tale of misogyny — and revenge
In Aleshea Harris' fiery feature debut, men are men, and women pay the consequences.
Aisha Harris | May 15, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC
'Beef' is less rare in Season 2, but still well done
The hit Netflix series brings in a new cast that includes Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan, and even more beef.
Aisha Harris | Apr 16, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC