John Powers

Fresh Air film critic John Powers gives us his ten best list for the year 1999, and then picks the films from the century he'd take with him If he was stranded on a desert Island.

We feature a conversation with Fresh Air film critic John Powers about this year's holiday movies. A series of new films are being released this season-- some of them featuring huge stars (like Tom Hanks in The Green Mile, and Jim Carrey in The Man on the Moon), some of them based on popular books (like Angela's Ashes, Snow Falling on Cedars, and Girl Interrupted.) John tells us about the hype, the movie trends, and his picks for the season's best films.

Film critic John Powers reviews "The Green Mile" starring Tom Hanks.