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The Stream This combination photo shows promotional art for “Meltdown: Three Mile Island," premiering May 4 on Netflix, "Sheryl," a documentary streaming May 6 on Showtime and "Hatching," a film premiering May 6 on Hulu. (Netflix/Showtime/Hulu via AP) (Uncredited)Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr praised "Hatching" for "poking holes in the gnawing fear of all perfectionists, especially girls on the verge of puberty, that the pretty veneer is hiding something ugly, or worse." — AP Film Writer Jake CoyleMUSIC— Arcade Fire's sixth album, "WE," is only about 40 minutes long but there's a lot in those 40 minutes, ranging from throbbing, chilly electronica to earnest camp-fire singalongs. — AP Entertainment Writer Mark KennedyTELEVISION— "Meltdown: Three Mile Island" examines the Pennsylvania nuclear power plant's brush with disaster in 1979.

This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from Arcade Fire, a documentary about Sheryl Crow that's described as an “intimate story of song and sacrifice” and a four-part documentary about the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster.

‘Ask Universal!’ the director responded when asked why

Before launching Apollo 11 to land astronauts on the moon, NASA secretly sent a fourth grader there first. That is one of the stories in Richard Linklater's "Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood."

This grandly original animated autobiographical fantasy sends a fourth grader to the moon.

Richard Linklater Portrait Session Richard Linklater poses for a portrait at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas, on March 12, 2022, to promote his film “Apollo 10 1/2." But the sense of wonder that permeates “Apollo 10 ½” is felt just as strongly in the neighborhood streets where kids roam with skinned knees. “I wanted to go back to that time and say what it was like at that moment,” says Linklater. Linklater: There’s a little nostalgia gene in all of us. I don’t think nostalgia is the proper word, even.

Bike rides, kickball, Jiffy Pop, Jell-O and other well-remembered details crowd Richard Linklater’s “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood,” an affectionate ode to his childhood growing up outside Houston in the late 1960s.

(Disney+/Netflix/HBO Max via AP) (Uncredited)Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES— Richard Linklater returns to animation with "Apollo 10½," which comes to Netflix on Friday. — Space travel is big on streaming this week, apparently, as HBO Max has its own sci-fi rom com, "Moonshot" available starting Thursday. — AP Film Writer Lindsey BahrMUSIC— The Red Hot Chili Peppers return on April Fool's Day with a new album and some old friends. — Jane Seymour stars as a literature professor opening a new chapter in "Harry Wild," which debuts with two episodes April 4, on the Acorn TV streaming service.

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Thomas Rhett, a look back at Whitney Houston's life and legacy and the musical comedy “Better Nate Than Ever.”.

Virus Outbreak Shuttered Houston Theater Cars drive by as media and attendees gather around the River Oaks Theater during a press conference announcing the small movie theater reopening in Houston on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. "What the COVID-19 pandemic teaches societies is that, in times of crisis, culture is a major resource for resilience, connection and recovery ... In Houston, after the theater closed in March 2021, “a little army” of supporters banded together. “Sometimes ... we weren’t sure if it could be saved,” said Sarah Gish, who along with Vaughan was part of the group Friends of River Oaks Theatre. McNamara’s group is grateful they were able to play a part in reversing at least one pandemic loss.

Virus Outbreak Shuttered Houston Theater Cars drive by as media and attendees gather around the River Oaks Theater during a press conference announcing the small movie theater reopening in Houston on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. "What the COVID-19 pandemic teaches societies is that, in times of crisis, culture is a major resource for resilience, connection and recovery ... In Houston, after the theater closed in March 2021, “a little army” of supporters banded together. “Sometimes ... we weren’t sure if it could be saved,” said Sarah Gish, who along with Vaughan was part of the group Friends of River Oaks Theatre. McNamara’s group is grateful they were able to play a part in reversing at least one pandemic loss.

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SXSW Lineup FILE - SXSW Interactive and Film Festival attendees crowd the Austin Convention Center on March 9, 2013, in Austin, Texas. SXSW announced its slate of 99 feature films, including 76 world premieres, on Wednesday. All of those films, organizers said, will have in-person premieres. “For our 29th edition of SXSW Film Festival, we are thrilled to share a bounty of creative work to experience together, in-person, with some virtual possibilities, as well." The SXSW Film Festival runs March 11-20.

After the pandemic forced the South by Southwest Film Festival to turn virtual the last two years, the Austin, Texas, festival is plotting a largely in-person event this March that will feature the premieres of the third season of Donald Glover’s “Atlanta,” the latest from Richard Linklater and the Sandra Bullock-Channing Tatum comedy “The Lost City.”.

"Boyhood" chronicles 12 years of young man's life, from adolescence to adulthood Twelve years in the making, Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" follows the journey of a young boy from the age of six to early adulthood. Director Richard Linklater and actor Ellar Coltrane join the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts to discuss the extraordinary film.

Richard Linklater on directing daughter Lorelei in "Boyhood" Over the course of 12 years, Lorelei Linklater acted as Ellar Coltrane's older sister in "Boyhood." Richard shares what it was like to work with his daughter on this long-term project.

Why director Richard Linklater kept "Boyhood" a secret for 12 years Linklater says he was "tempting fate enough" while filming for short periods each year over the span of 12 years.

Watching "Boyhood" for first time was "brutal," actor Ellar Coltrane says When Coltrane started filming "Boyhood," he was six years old. When he finished, he was 18. Director Richard Linklater didn't allow Coltrane to see the footage until the film was finished, and Coltrane recounts how he felt watching the movie for the first time.

Portrait of a family: Director Richard Linklater on making "Boyhood" Calling it a "leap of faith," Linklater and Ellar Coltrane share the creative process behind "Boyhood," which was filmed in short periods over the course of 12 years.