In the new film "The Shadowless Tower," a Beijing restaurant critic is at a mid-life crossroads. Now in theaters, it was written and directed by the Korean Chinese filmmaker Zhang Lu. Our film critic Justin Chang says this absorbing drama draws you in at every step.
NPR political correspondent Sarah McCammon has written a new book called "The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, And Leaving the White Evangelical Church," which chronicles her own journey and that of a growing number of evangelicals.
Peter Pomerantsev co-founded a project recording Russian atrocities in Ukraine to combat Russian disinformation. His new book profiles a WWII propagandist who targeted the Nazi regime.
The Schitt's Creek star visits distant lands and tastes exotic foods as the host of the Apple TV+ series. Levy describes it as a show about "a guy traveling who doesn't love to travel."
In her 2013 debut novel "The Love Affairs Of Nathaniel P.," Adelle Waldman wrote about love and narcissism among literary hipsters in Brooklyn. Waldman's long-awaited second novel "Help Wanted" is set in another world entirely - a big-box store in a depressed town in the Catskill region of New York state. Our book critic Maureen Corrigan has a review.
A new, seven-part series on Apple TV+ unfolds like a period-piece Columbo. First John Wilkes Booth plans and commits the murder, then the lead investigator deciphers clues to catch the elusive killer.
Julio Torres, is a comic, actor and writer. You may know him from his comedy specials on HBO and Comedy Central, from the short films he used to do on "Saturday Night Live," his bits as a correspondent on "The Tonight Show" and as a writer and actor on the HBO series "Los Espookys." Now he's making his debut as a movie director with his new satirical film "Problemista," which he also wrote and stars in. Emma Stone is a producer of the film. Isabella Rossellini is the narrator. RZA co-stars.
Ruffalo's up for an Oscar for Poor Things, a bawdy, dark comedy set in Victorian times. The film is a departure from his work in films like Zodiac and Spotlight. Originally broadcast Feb. 13, 2024.
Stone had her first panic attack at age 7. She says acting helps with anxiety, because it draws on her "big feelings." She's nominated for an Oscar for Poor Things. Originally broadcast Jan. 31, 2024.
Writer, director and producer Ed Zwick has made dozens of films and TV shows. In Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions, he writes about studios, actors and the frustrations and joys of the business.
Hot sex, drug abuse, revenge killing and a powerful heroine (played by Kristen Stewart) — Love Lies Bleeding is a deliriously enjoyable crime film that does not hold back.
New Yorker writer Evan Osnos has interviewed Biden on and off since '14 and says the president has become "more solemn." Osnos talks about Biden's handling of the war in Gaza and doubts about his age.
Sloane Crosley's memoir about a friend who died by suicide takes the form of a "traditional" elegy, but there's nothing traditional about Crosley's arresting observations on being engulfed by grief.
In February, Oliver returned for a new season of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO, and Stewart came back to host The Daily Show on Mondays. Both prove that they're the best at what they do.
The Emmy-winning host of RuPaul's Drag Race describes himself as "an introvert masquerading as an extrovert." He reflects on the first 40 years of his life in the memoir The House of Hidden Meanings.
The Freaks Came Out To Write captures the elements that made a great American newspaper and the forces that killed it: the internet, the loss of advertising revenue, corporate greed, a changed New York City.
Giamatti is nominated for an Oscar for his role as a pompous boarding school teacher who's assigned to supervise a student who has nowhere to go over winter break. Originally broadcast Jan. 10, 2024.
The Brooklyn-born comic made his standup debut in 1971. His routines were full of biting takes on love, life, and physical and mental health. Lewis died Feb. 27. Originally broadcast in '88 and 2000.
