Lorraine Hansberry: Radiant, Radical — And More Than 'Raisin'
A new biography of the African-American playwright shows that she was so much more than her most famous work: A Raisin in the Sun.
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Muhammad Ali Biography Reveals A Flawed Rebel Who Loved Attention
"I don't think we do Ali any good by treating him as a saint," says biographer Jonathan Eig. "He was a human being, and he was deeply flawed." Originally broadcast Oct. 4, 2017.
'Jane Fonda In Five Acts' Reveals The Shifting Identities Of An Icon
Susan Lacy's terrific HBO documentary examines Fonda's juicy, controversial life in five parts. The first four are named for a man under whose influence Fonda lived; in the fifth, she stands alone.
The Tough Wild West — Now With Feelings — In 'The Sisters Brothers'
Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly play a brotherly pair of assassins-for-hire in Jacques Audiard's latest film. Critic Justin Chang calls The Sisters Brothers a "funny, stirring, brutal story."
Hispanic Arts And Culture Bridges Generations At Fiesta 2018
Fiesta 2018 brings Latino culture—dance, art, food and games—center s
Lawson Family Murders Doc Featured At Wreak Havoc Horror Film Fest
This weekend, the Wreak Havoc Horror Film Festival gets underway in Greensboro.
Life Can Be A Mess, But So Is 'Life Itself'
Life Itself, from the creator of This Is Us, launches two family stories on two different continents. It offers some lovely moments, but its grand ambitions are beyond its grasp.
'Colette' Is A Thoroughly Modern Fille
Wash Westmoreland's biopic of a French literary lioness is well-acted, gorgeously mounted and weighed down with incongruously modern speeches about sexuality and gender.
'The House With A Clock In Its Walls' Is An Eyesore
The exquisite atmosphere and sense of foreboding that made John Bellairs' 1973 book a children's classic gets discarded in favor of a relentless riot of jump-scares and visual noise.
'Love, Gilda': A Comedy Legend, In Her Own Words
This by-the-numbers documentary misses a step by focusing on the late Gilda Radner's celebrity over her comedy, but it's effective when it lets her recently discovered journals do the talking.