Arts
Please Touch! Cooper Hewitt Creates A Museum For The Internet Age
The design museum is housed in a historic building, but it has been remade into one of the country's most technologically advanced museums. Officials hope it attracts younger visitors — and donors.
Filmed Over 12 Years, 'Boyhood' Follows A Kid's Coming Of Age
Writer-director Richard Linklater says picking the film's star was vital because he had to guess what he'd be like at 18. "I just went with a kid who seemed kind of the most interesting."
Funny, Dirty, Sad: The 'Holy Trinity' For 'Transparent' Creator Jill Soloway
When writer Jill Soloway's father came out as a trans woman, Soloway says, it was a huge relief. And it helped her create the series Transparent about "boundaries, legacy, gender, family."
Depicting An Unstable Era, 'Inherent Vice' Never Jells, But It's Addictive
The film, based on Thomas Pynchon's novel, is set in 1970 in a beach town south of Los Angeles. With wonderful actors, it's like a gorgeous stoner art object: groovy, campy, dreamlike and funny.
'Top Five': A Good, Not Great, Day In New York With Chris Rock
Chris Rock's new comedy is strong on industry satire, but gets a little watery with the romance.
The Great 'Parks And Rec' Clip War Of 2014
When critics are anticipating the end of a show they've liked a lot, strange things happen.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: Live From Sixth And I
Our live show brings us to some consideration of the year that's just ending and some of the firsts that we are sometimes at pains to recall.
Glenn Close Ends 20-Year Broadway Hiatus With 'A Delicate Balance'
Close stars as a suburban matron in a revival of Edward Albee's 1966 play. She tells NPR about the timelessness of Albee's play and getting a nosebleed in the middle of a recent matinee.