Movie Interviews
Denzel Washington Remembers 'Malcom X' And 'The Wizard Of Oz'
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Thursday, March 07, 2013
Author Interviews
Making It In The Big Leagues Was A 'Long Shot' For Catcher Mike Piazza
March 7, 2013 In a new memoir, the Major League Baseball catcher opens up about getting drafted in the 62nd round, his feud with Roger Clemens and what it's like to go into retirement. Leaving the game, he says, was "like a small death."
Music Reviews
David Bowie Awakens To 'The Next Day' Of His Career
March 7, 2013 The icon's new album plays like a collection of discreet singles, with each performed in a different style, genre and mood. In this way, the album isn't a return to form, in part because David Bowie never took one form to begin with.
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Around the Nation
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Supreme Court's 'Heavyweight'
March 6, 2013 In a profile of Ginsburg for this week's New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin describes how the incremental philosophy of litigation that helped her win many precedent-setting women's rights cases as a lawyer is reflected in her career as a Supreme Court justice.
Books
A Fiendish Fly Recalls Kafka In 'Jacob's Folly'
March 6, 2013 The main character in Rebecca Miller's new novel is a pest with a past, and his gnat-like status offers him one great advantage: Those convex eyes allow him to see fully into the hearts of humans, specifically two other characters whose paths intersect with his.
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Author Interviews
'Out Of Order' At The Court: O'Connor On Being The First Female Justice
March 5, 2013 Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, discusses her new book about the history of the court, and why she doesn't like the term "swing vote." O'Connor served for 24 years, retiring in 2006 to care for her ailing husband.
Music Reviews
Ashley Monroe Is 'Like A Rose,' Briars And All
March 5, 2013 Recruiting the likes of Guy Clark and Vince Gill, the country singer and member of The Pistol Annies works within a tradition that extends back well beyond her twentysomething years. Monroe avoids the pitfalls of cliche, with sentiments on her new album that are nothing if not nicely ambivalent.
Monday, March 04, 2013
Movie Reviews
Cinerama Brought The Power Of Peripheral Vision To The Movies
March 4, 2013 In the 1950s, as movie directors were trying to offer TV watchers something they couldn't get on a small screen, Cinerama films threw three simultaneous images onto a curved screen to create peripheral vision. Two classic Cinerama films — This Is Cinerama and Windjammer — are now out on DVD.
Movie Interviews
Mike White On Creating HBO's 'Enlightened' Whistle-Blower
March 4, 2013 On the HBO series Enlightened, a naive corporate executive played by Laura Dern wants to change the world. The series' creator and writer, Mike White, says the show's whistle-blowing plot line was inspired, in part, by his own father's experience.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
Fresh Air Weekend
Fresh Air Weekend: 'Whitey Bulger,' 'Salt Sugar Fat' And Historical Language
March 2, 2013 Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy have a new book about the Boston gangster Whitey Bulger. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Moss' new book goes inside the world of processed, packaged goods. Geoff Nunberg says a historical novel or screenplay should give us a translation, not a transcription.
Friday, March 01, 2013
Movie Interviews
'Flight' Takes On Questions Of Accountability
March 1, 2013 The Robert Zemeckis film, out now on DVD, stars Denzel Washington as a pilot with a secret substance-abuse problem who successfully crash-lands an airplane while high on drugs and alcohol. He must then ask himself tough questions about whether his heroism is undermined by his addiction.
Movie Reviews
A Disappointing Thriller Channels Hitchcock And Bram 'Stoker'
March 1, 2013 The film is ripe with a creepy-crawly feel that would be affecting if the tone weren't so arch. Directed by Park Chan-wook, written by Wentworth Miller and starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode, Stoker is a vile little chamber horror, says critic David Edelstein.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Movie Interviews
'The Gatekeepers' Offer Candid Assessment Of Israel's Security
February 28, 2013 Director Dror Moreh interviews six former heads of the Israel's Shin Bet security service in his Oscar-nominated documentary. The men look back on their work and conclude that continued Israeli occupation of the Palestinians will not resolve the conflict.
Music Reviews
Ben Goldberg's Variations: Two New Albums From A San Francisco Jazz Staple
February 28, 2013 Known for his work in New Klezmer Trio, clarinetist Ben Goldberg has just released two new albums for different quintets: Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues and Unfold Ordinary Mind.
Book Reviews
Dorothea Lange's 'Migrant Mother' Inspires The Story Of 'Mary Coin'
February 28, 2013 Marisa Silver's new novel imagines the meeting of a Depression-era photographer and her now-iconic subject. Giving the characters different names but similar stories to their real-life counterparts, Silver tackles big questions about the morality of art.
