Pop Culture Happy Hour: ‘Veep’ Talk And Spoilery ‘Cabin In The Woods’ Chatter
This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, the old gang is back together to tackle a new comedy, just like …
An ‘Engagement’ Going Nowhere, But Endearingly So
We start where most movies end: A happy city-slicker couple pledge to spend the rest of their lives together, as …
Tracing The Divides In The War ‘To End All Wars’
This interview was originally broadcast on August 11, 2011. To End All Wars is now available in paperback. The human …
Managing The Gershwins’ Lucrative Musical Legacy
In the 1920s, it wasn’t uncommon for the Gershwin Brothers — composer George and lyricist Ira — to have two …
A ‘Five-Year Engagement’ Leaves A Bitter Taste
There are many dramas and comedies in which career trajectories take couples to different corners of the country, complicating or …
Bradbury’s Tale: A ‘Wicked’ Read, A Haunted Book
Seth Grahame-Smith is the author of Unholy Night. I know it’s strange to be thinking about October right now, but …
‘Inventing’ A Way Of Life, And A Nation With It
In 1945, shortly after my father was demobilized from the British army, my parents packed their bags and went to …
‘Pirates’: Avast Ye, Bumbling Buccaneers!
In 1837, a young, ambitious Charles Darwin was writing in his journal aboard the HMS Beagle when the vessel was …
‘Headhunters’: The Caper Flick, Raised To A Fine Art
At the beginning of the Norwegian thriller Headhunters, Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) will likely strike you as just about the …
‘Elles’: In Paris, Ladies Living Dangereusely
In Elles, a Paris journalist has an eye-opening experience when she interviews two university students who moonlight as prostitutes. So …
events
