Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Hidden Figures' And 'One Day At A Time'
This week, the women of NASA and the women of a Netflix reboot both get lots of attention, and we close the show with what's making us happy this week.
Arts
Free Speech Advocates, Publishers Wrestle With Questions Of Censorship
Simon and Schuster's book deal with controversial Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos drew strong criticism online, and sparked a debate on publishing's role in limiting the availability of ideas.
'Claire In Motion,' Movie In Stasis
Betsy Brandt plays a woman whose husband goes missing in this underwritten, willfully ambiguous film from writer-directors Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell.
'Patriots Day': A Painful, Painstaking Depiction Of The Boston Marathon Bombing
The third collaboration between director Peter Berg and actor Mark Wahlberg offers a detail-rich and nuanced examination of the 2013 bombing and its chaotic aftermath.
'100 Streets' Tells Familiar Stories That Cross Race, Class And Generational Lines
Idris Elba stars in a London-set ensemble drama our critic calls "soapy, rote stuff," but it's representative of the new generation of filmmakers taking Britain's multiracial society as their subject.
'Alone In Berlin': A Grieving German Couple Sets Out To Undermine The Nazi Movement
Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson deliver strong performances, but director Vincent Perez's staid historical drama swathes its subjects' radical actions in too much art-house-reverence.
'20th Century Women' Mixes Comedy With Disappointment And Loss
Set in 1979 Santa Barbara, Mike Mills' new film is the story of a teenage boy and the three women who teach him about life. Critic John Powers calls it an "amusing, deeply-felt work."
How A Destitute, Abandoned Parisian Boy Became The First Celebrity Chef
Marie-Antoine Carême died 184 years ago today. But in his short lifetime, he would forever revolutionize French haute cuisine and gain worldwide fame. Some of his concepts are still in use.
Brief But Creepy, 'Fever Dream' Has A Poisonous Glow
Samanta Schweblin's debut novel starts as a warped child's game, and evolves into a terrifyingly toxic eco-horror tale in the vein of short-but-creepy Latin American classics like Pedro Páramo.
Fulfill Your Reading Resolutions With 6 Books From Librarian Nancy Pearl
Every once in a while, NPR's go-to books guru sends host Steve Inskeep a big stack of books. They're generally "under-the-radar" reads — titles she thinks deserve a little more attention.