Arts

NPR News November 10, 2018

Joel and Ethan Coen have an erratic body of work but a remarkably consistent worldview. So it’s no surprise that their six-part Western anthology, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, feels like both an entirely coherent vision and something of a mixed bag. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: ‘The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs’ A Mixed Bag Of A Cohen Brothers Western Anthology

NPR News November 7, 2018

In a new $35 million musical, the star attraction is 20 feet tall and requires 15 people to operate. He’s an engineering marvel — and also basically a giant monkey puppet. Continue Reading ‘King Kong’ On Broadway Is The 2,400-Pound Gorilla In The Room

NPR News November 3, 2018

He’s the voice of NPR’s comedy news quiz. He has also run a marathon in under 3:10. And now he has collected his thoughts about his avocation in “The Incomplete Book of Running.” Continue Reading Not His Job: ‘Wait Wait’ Host Peter Sagal Writes A Book About Running

NPR News November 1, 2018

A fearless performance from Rami Malek and rock-solid rock anthems can’t lift this listless musical biopic out of the sea of clichés in which it treads water. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Is No Bed Of Roses, No Pleasure Cruise

T.J. Tranchell October 26, 2018

Traditional and sacred Native American stories have often been used as tropes in the horror genre. Continue Reading Horror Older Than America: Whitewashing Native Tales For A Mass-Market Audience

NPR News October 23, 2018

Michael Myers is back and, so is Laurie Strode. Jamie Lee Curtis was 19 when she starred in the original ‘Halloween’. This sequel ignores the others to focus on what has happened to Laurie since 1978. Continue Reading This ‘Halloween,’ Jamie Lee Curtis Reckons With 40 Years Of Trauma

T.J. Tranchell October 21, 2018

What to watch or read this Halloween. Maybe going out to get scared isn’t for you. Perhaps you prefer to scream inside with a room full people and a bucket of popcorn? Or maybe you just want to stay home and have more control over the bumps in the night. Continue Reading New Movies, TV Shows And Books To Keep You Plenty Spooked This Halloween

NPR News October 17, 2018

The first episode of the post-Roseanne era of the Roseanne revival struggled to make its jokes land, but it proved that there’s plenty of story there to make a good show. Continue Reading TV REVIEW: Without Roseanne, ‘The Conners’ Go On

NPR News October 14, 2018

Ike Barinholtz writes, directs and produces this timely comedy about a family whose deep political divide widens even further over Thanksgiving dinner. Sloppy at times, but its satiric aim is true. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: A House Divided Against Itself And A Family You Cannot Stand In ‘The Oath’

NPR News October 10, 2018

Director Damien Chazelle says his new film, which examines the years leading up to Neil Armstrong’s monumental first step on the moon, is a story of “dreams — and the cost of pursuing those dreams.” Continue Reading Ryan Gosling In ‘First Man’ Chronicles Personal Losses Behind Neil Armstrong’s ‘Giant Leap’

NPR News October 8, 2018

The new comic series from creators Pornsak Pichetshote and Aaron Campbell follows a young Muslim-American woman living in an apartment building haunted by evil entities that feed on racist hate. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: ‘Infidel’ Uses The Supernatural To Explore Racism’s Real-Life Horrors