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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Studio Ghibli Fest, Succession, and more.
Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy, Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy and Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy in <em>Succession</em>.

This week, we watched a harrowing film about two migrant kids fighting to stay together, talked about soccer as catharsis, and picked our favorite Muppets.

Here's what the NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend.

Studio Ghibli Fest

I am very happy to report that Studio Ghibli Fest is back. These are films from the Japanese studio that makes all these beautiful animated films like , which I just saw, and also , , and . It's a Fathom Events series, so you can go on the Fathom Events website and see when these movies are playing in your town. I really recommend it, even

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