Tears Aplenty In 'Miss You Already'
Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette are convincing as lifelong friends facing both good and bad together, even if the film feels ragged and too forcefully directed at times.
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Ansari And Yang Explore The First-Generation Experience In 'Master Of None'
Parks and Recreation colleagues Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang bonded over their experiences as Asian-Americans living very different lives from their parents. Their new series is streaming on Netflix.
Melissa Mathison, Screenwriter Who Wrote 'E.T.,' Dies
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Melissa Mathison has died at the age of 65. NPR's Mandalit del Barco offers a remembrance of the woman who wrote E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, among other films.
Across The Blue Ridge Returns, Ziggy's Presents Meat Puppets, And Family Saturdays At New Winston Museum
Across the Blue Ridge is returning!
'Food Of Oman' Serves Up Surprising Cuisine At Crossroads Of Cultures
Most Americans don't know much about the small Middle Eastern country, much less its food. A new cookbook will surely pique your curiosity — and tempt your palate.
How Suffragists Used Cookbooks As A Recipe For Subversion
Women seeking the right to vote published the cookbooks both to raise funds for their cause — and as a strategic rebuttal to those who painted them as neglectful mothers and kitchen-hating harridans.
'Made To Kill' Is Pulp Pastiche That Hits The Target
Adam Christopher's sci-fi noir follows robotic hit man Raymond Electromatic through a vividly evoked 1960s Los Angeles. Critic Jason Heller says the book hits exactly the right tone and rhythm.
'Numero Zero' Doesn't Quite Add Up
Umberto Eco sends up the corrupt, pandering world of 1990's Italian journalism in his latest bovel — but critic Jason Sheehan says Numero Zero is a potboiler that never really boils.
Quentin Tarantino, At The Eye Of A Firestorm — And A Brewing Culture War
The director's recent comments, in which he described police shootings as "murder," have drawn calls for boycotting his films. They also reveal a bitter fault line in 2016: Who supports the police?
Behind Bars, Cheap Ramen Is As Good As Gold
Instant noodles are a staple for inmates: a basis of recipe hacks, a form of currency. They've even helped defuse a prison riot, as an ex-inmate details in Prison Ramen, a book of stories and recipes.