Jill Sobule: A Shredder Right From The Beginning
Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule talks about her early career and her new album Nostalgia Kills, then joins Jonathan Coulton to perform a music parody game.
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Tom Hardy Gets His Teeth Into 'Venom,' Though The Film Lacks Bite
Tom Hardy fully commits to this "limp-but-not-enervatingly-awful" anti-(super)hero horror-comedy that doesn't make a lick of sense.
Meet The MacArthur Fellow Disrupting Racism In Art
Newly minted "genius" grantee Titus Kaphar takes on historical paintings, modifying the scenes to lead the eye to those relegated to the background.
Life, Puberty And The Pursuit Of Horniness: 'Big Mouth,' Season 2
The filthy, sex-crazed animated series returns to Netflix with some new cast members, and a renewed commitment to charting — hilariously, yet sweetly — the hellish landscape of adolescence.
A Couple Contends With Conception In The Honest, Funny 'Private Life'
Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti play a New York couple struggling to conceive in writer/director Tamara Jenkins' latest, which examines how infertility tests a relationship with humorous candor.
Here Are The Winners Of The 2018 MacArthur 'Genius' Grants
From engineering to economics, from painting to planetary science, the range of this year's class is vast. But the MacArthur Foundation expects them all to do big things with their newfound $625,000.
MacArthur Fellow Matthew Aucoin Talks Composing And Donating His 'Genius' Money
The 28-year-old polymath from Boston discusses his new award, his precocious youth and how he perceives all human language as a form of musical communication.
Texas Baker Rekindles Interest In The Mysterious Mesquite Bean
When an Austin neuroscientist-turned-baker dove deeply into a box of Peruvian mesquite flour on a lark, he found a forgotten, flavorful and nutritious bean that was once vital to Native Americans.
How A 'By Any Means Necessary' Quest For A Child Inspired Netflix's 'Private Life'
Writer and director Tamara Jenkins drew on her own experiences with IVF treatment to create what she calls a "buddy movie" about a New York City couple who are desperate to have a baby.
NPR's Movie Preview: 15 New Films To Watch — And Watch Out For — This Fall
From the big studio flicks to the festival favorites, here are some of the best and otherwise noteworthy films coming to theaters.