What Can We Gain By Writing A Letter By Hand?
Lakshmi Pratury reflects on the dozens of letters she received from her father, while he was alive, and on the painstaking time it takes to pen a letter.
Arts & Life
Can Slow-Moving Art Disrupt Our Hectic Routines?
Early in his career, video artist Gabriel Barcia-Colombo noticed the way people breeze past works of art. He describes how his deliberate, slow-moving installations encourage people to stop and think.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Pete's Dragon' And Kids And Their Monsters
On this week's show, we visit with Disney's latest live-action effort and talk about why kids have, and love, their friendly monsters.
At 81, Disney's First African-American Animator Is Still In The Studio
First hired in the 1950s, Floyd Norman is still drawing. "Creative people don't hang it up," he says. "We don't walk away, we don't want to sit in a lawn chair. ... We want to continue to work. "
Shante, He Stays: RuPaul Reflects On Decades Of Drag — And 2 Emmy Nominations
RuPaul is the most recognizable drag queen in America. His hit show, RuPaul's Drag Race is up for two Emmy Awards as it begins filming its ninth season. But drag, he says, will never be mainstream.
The First First Date Unfolds In 'Southside With You'
Based on the real story of Barack and Michelle Obama's first date, Southside With You follows two young idealists through a day together without relying too heavily on winks at their future.
'Mia Madre' Weaves Memory, Fantasy And Film Into A Poignant Rumination On Loss
Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti's latest is a charming, heartfelt and slyly satirical meditation on cinema — which exists at the crossroads of fantasy and reality — and the loss of a parent.
Opaque Storytelling Leaves Rachel Weisz's Character A 'Complete Unknown'
Weisz plays a woman who's spent her life creating new identities, but the filmmakers leave her motivations, and her character, frustratingly unmoored and unclear.
'Hands Of Stone,' Fists Of Ham: Roberto Durán Biopic Telegraphs Every Punch
A strong performance by Édgar Ramírez as the Panamanian boxer can't save a film that suffers from a lack of focus and thin characterization.
'The Couple Next Door' Ratchets Up Parenting Paranoia
Shari Lapena's novel about a couple whose baby daughter goes missing while they're at a dinner party next door strikes at the heart of parenting fears — but falls down as a police procedural.