A Father And Son Tell A Father-And-Son Story In 'Being Charlie'
Rob Reiner directs from a screenplay co-written by his son Nick who, like the lead character in the film, has experience in rehab.
Arts & Life
'Dheepan' Tells A Refugee's Affecting Story, Until It Doesn't
The winner of the Palme D'Or at 2015's Cannes Film Festival, director Jacques Audiard's latest begins with a gratifyingly specific story of one man's life, but its trajectory works against it.
'The Queue' Carries On A Dystopian Lineage
Basma Abdel Aziz's new novel is set in an unspecified Middle Eastern city, where an endless line snakes back from the mysterious Gate where citizens await pronouncements from a sinister government.
Newly Released Documents Detail Traumas Of China's Cultural Revolution
Historian Frank Dikötter says newly opened archives offer fresh details about the chaos China experienced in the 1960s, when Chairman Mao urged students to take to the streets.
Novelist Richard Russo: 'I Find Myself Now ... Having Lived The American Dream'
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author says his blue-collar grandfather would have been astonished by the life Russo leads. His new book, Everybody's Fool, is a sequel to 1993's Nobody's Fool.
Captain America, Aaron Burr, And The Politics Of Killing Your Friends
Captain America: Civil War drops some of the politics of the comics on which it's based, but it tells a different, equally current political story.
'Heat And Light' Digs For The Soul Of Coal Country
Jennifer Haigh grew up in small town Pennsylvania, where jobs disappeared when coal mines closed. Her new novel explores the changes that mining — and now fracking — has brought to nearby communities.
From 'Once' To 'Sing Street': Director John Carney Infuses Movies With Music
The Irish director and screenwriter talks to Fresh Air's Ann Marie Baldonado about his new film, which tells the story of a young teenager in 1980s Dublin who discovers pop music and starts a band.
To Play Sports Under Taliban Rule, 'Different Kind Of Daughter' Dressed As A Boy
Growing up in the tribal region of Pakistan, Maria Toorpakai pretended she was a boy in order to compete as a weightlifter. Later she became an internationally known squash player.
'Where's Warhol?' Turns The Waldo Concept Into A Work Of Art
High art is highly entertaining in this grown-up goof on the Where's Waldo? books. Readers hunt down a tiny Andy Warhol against a series of elaborately detailed art and culture-themed backgrounds.