A Patriotic Finale
Philadelphia is where America's Founding Fathers wrote The Constitution, and to celebrate that, we made a final round where every answer contains either the word RED, WHITE or BLUE.
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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Diversity In Comics And 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
This week, while we recover from our live show, we bring you a segment from Code Switch about diversity in comics and we revisit our segment on RuPaul's Drag Race.
Set 40 Years In The Past, 'Guerrilla' Speaks Strongly To Today
Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley's new series is set in the U.K. during the 1970s, when immigrants of color from former colonies were coming there for work, but finding little opportunity.
The Man Behind The Sound Of Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" Comes To Winston-Salem
Dr. Dre's album “The Chronic” turns 25 this year.
'A Quiet Passion' Dazzles Gradually
Filmmaker Terence Davies has found his ideal subject with this Emily Dickinson biopic, and a fiery performance by Cynthia Nixon challenges notions of the poet as a dour recluse.
In 'My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea,' The Strife's Aquatic
Comics creator Dash Shaw's animated, deadpan-absurdist take on the high-school movie genre is boldly experimental and darkly funny.
An Adventurer Seeks 'The Lost City Of Z' — And Finds Himself
In director James Gray's rapturously realized historical drama, an explorer's obsession with finding a remote Amazonian civilization causes him to question his place in the world.
'The Fate Of The Furious' Runs On Diesel Fumes
This "bloated and listless" installment of the Furious franchise stays true to the series' "chop-shop aesthetic, in the sense that its flashiest parts are all stolen," says critic Chris Klimek.
New Film Celebrates Emily Dickinson's Poetry And 'Quiet Passion'
Many people find fascination in Dickinson's mysterious, reclusive life. But British film director Terence Davies says it was her poetry, more than her personal life, that drew him in.
Fitzgerald Didn't Satisfy This Author, So She Wrote Her Own 'Gatsby'-Inspired Novel
Stephanie Powell Watts' No One Is Coming to Save Us isn't quite a retelling of The Great Gatsby; instead, it uses similar themes to tell a story about black characters in a declining furniture town.