'The Wonders' Of Family And Change
Director Alice Rohrwacher focuses an observant eye on a rural family with a daughter nearly ready to take flight.
Arts
'Burnt' Tastes A Lot Like Last Year's Redemption Story
Bradley Cooper plays a chef who suffers no real consequences for acting like a jerk — an awfully common story in the world of movies about geniuses.
'Our Brand Is Crisis' Is A Satire Oddly Toothless About Politics
Director David Gordon Green's loose adaptation of a documentary about American political consultants meddling in other nations works as a comedic vehicle for Sandra Bullock, but sputters as satire.
Graphic Doesn't Mean Interesting, Particularly In 'Love'
Director Gaspar Noe manages to make his blandest feature to date despite — or as a result of — filling almost half its running time with raw, unsimulated sex.
Film Shines A 'Spotlight' On Boston's Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal
A new movie chronicles the team of journalists who uncovered the clergy sex abuse scandal in Boston. Director Tom McCarthy and former Globe editor Walter Robinson join Fresh Air to discuss Spotlight.
'The Other Paris' Goes Beyond The Banlieues
Luc Sante's cultural history focuses on the darker corners of the City of Lights, and the rougher and more disreputable citizens of the French capital who, he argues, have made Paris what it is today.
'Custer's Trials' Examines The Legacy Of A Complicated American Figure
T.J. Stiles' biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt earned the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize. Steve Inskeep talks with Stiles about his new book, Custer's Trials, on George Armstrong Custer.
Vermeer's 'Woman In Blue' Returns To D.C., Hoping For Better Luck This Time
During the National Gallery's first Vermeer exhibit 20 years ago, the federal government shut down twice, and a major blizzard hit the East Coast. But The Woman in Blue Reading a Letter is undeterred.
Batman Painting Once Traded For Comics Sells For $173,000
Bill Steinfelt traded comic books for a painting of Batman in 1962. The painting, by Mel Ramos, just sold at auction for $173,000.
Roll The Dice
Contestants identify popular board games based on 1-star Amazon reviews.