Hafsa Fathima

San Diego

Assistant Producer at NPR

🇨🇦 journalist/making radio @npr. @uscannenberg alumna. bylines at @NPR, @latimes, @sdut. ellie’s mom.

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Top 5 Pixar movies, ranked by listeners

3 days ago | tpr.org | Stephen Thompson |Aisha Harris |Liz Metzger |Hafsa Fathima

Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk.
Is '28 Years Later' worth the wait?

1 week ago | tpr.org | Glen Weldon |Marc Rivers |Jordan Crucchiola |Hafsa Fathima

The new apocalyptic horror film 28 Years Later takes place in the same world as 28 Days Later, where a deadly virus transformed the citizens of the U.K. into rabid blood-spewing creatures. The new film brings back the original's director and screenwriter, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland. It's set on a small island where a group of survivors (including Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson) eke out a modest existence.
'Pee-Wee As Himself' reveals the person behind the persona

1 week ago | wrvo.org | Glen Weldon |Linda Holmes |Hafsa Fathima |Jessica Reedy

The new HBO documentary Pee-Wee As Himself isn't the boilerplate Hollywood profile you think it is. You get the biographical details you expect – how young avant-garde artist Paul Ruebens created the persona of Pee-Wee Herman, and the meteoric rise and fall that followed. But you also get a sense of what it cost Reubens to insist that Pee-Wee wasn't simply a persona, but in fact a real person. It's streaming now on Max.
'Pee-Wee As Himself' reveals the person behind the persona : Pop Culture Happy Hour

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Glen Weldon |Linda Holmes |Hafsa Fathima |Jessica Reedy |Mike Katzif

1 day agoReturning hits like “Severance” and “The White Lotus” inspired plenty of chatter, but did they make our top TV list? The first half of 2025 saw the return of strike-delayed hit shows, like “Severance,” “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us,” that took turns dominating the cultural conversation. But …
Dance with Tom Hiddleston through 'The Life of Chuck' : Pop Culture Happy Hour

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Linda Holmes |B.A. Parker |Jourdain Searles |Liz Metzger |Hafsa Fathima |Mike Katzif | +1 more

13 hours agoMike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation offers a schematic, suburban vision of end times. It’s impossible to discuss “The Life of Chuck” without revealing the ending, because that’s where the movie starts. It’s built backward, as is the Stephen King novella on which it’s based. A title card declares …
Money buys love or something like it in 'Materialists'

1 week ago | wrvo.org | Linda Holmes |Aisha Harris |Hafsa Fathima |Mike Katzif

Should you date for love or financial security? That's the central premise of the new movie Materialists. It stars Dakota Johnson at the center of a love triangle with Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, and is directed by Celine Song (Past Lives).
'How to Train Your Dragon' plays the hits

2 weeks ago | tpr.org | Stephen Thompson |Jordan Morris |Regina Barber |Hafsa Fathima

Disney has been remaking its animated classics for years to great financial success – Lilo & Stitch has been dominating the box office for weeks now. So it's no surprise that DreamWorks is now getting in on the action with a remake of How to Train Your Dragon. It's full of epic battles, majestic countrysides and, of course, dragons galore. Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture Copyright 2025 NPR
'The Phoenician Scheme' is full of Wes side-stories

2 weeks ago | wshu.org | Glen Weldon |Hafsa Fathima |Jessica Reedy

Wes Anderson's new film The Phoenician Scheme is classic Wes Anderson, complete with a great cast delivering heightened dialogue and stylized cinematography. It stars Benicio del Toro as one of Europe's richest men, an amoral industrialist, who, along with his daughter (Mia Threapleton) and a tutor (Michael Cera), travels to convince his business partners to fund his latest venture. But where does the film rank among Anderson's past movies? Audio engineering performed by Cena Loffredo.
'The Phoenician Scheme' is full of Wes side-stories

2 weeks ago | tpr.org | Glen Weldon |Chris Klimek |B.A. Parker |Hafsa Fathima

Wes Anderson's new film The Phoenician Scheme is classic Wes Anderson, complete with a great cast delivering heightened dialogue and stylized cinematography. It stars Benicio del Toro as one of Europe's richest men, an amoral industrialist, who, along with his daughter (Mia Threapleton) and a tutor (Michael Cera), travels to convince his business partners to fund his latest venture. But where does the film rank among Anderson's past movies? Audio engineering performed by Cena Loffredo.
'The Phoenician Scheme' is full of Wes side-stories : Pop Culture Happy Hour

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Glen Weldon |Chris Klimek |B.A. Parker |Hafsa Fathima |Mike Katzif |Jessica Reedy

15 hours agoBenicio Del Toro Talks ‘Phoenician Scheme,’ His Career, MoreIn this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Oscar winner Benicio del Toro joins Willie Geist to chat about returning to the world of Wes Anderson to lead the famed director’s new movie, “The Phoenician Scheme,” and how his Academy Award changed his life. » Subscribe to TODAY: https://www.youtube.com/@TODAY About: TODAY brings you the latest headlines and expert tips on money, health and parenting.