‘Napoleon’ Returns To Conquer — The Screen
There have been a lot of films about Napoleon, but the most famous one of all is also the hardest …
A St. Patrick’s Poem On Shamrocks And Stereotypes
Ireland has launched some of the greatest writers in English literature, from William Butler Yeats to Oscar Wilde to George …
‘The O’Briens’: A Multigenerational Canadian Epic
In the Law of Dreams, Canadian writer Peter Behrens’ first novel, an Irish immigrant, based on Behrens’ grandfather, makes his …
Musician Joey Burns Plays Not My Job
Guitarist/vocalist Joey Burns and his band, Calexico, are known for mixing genres. Some people call Calexico an Americana band, some …
Pioneers Of The Sky: 3 Books That Take Flight
Today, flying is like riding a bus. But it wasn’t always that way. Vaulted from the sands of Kitty Hawk …
Love You (Not) Live: More About Bands Not To See Onstage
If you haven’t seen it, the A.V. Club has an article up today called “Bands you love, but wouldn’t see …
Traveling To The Corners Of Our ‘Frozen Planet’
I don’t want to complain about Frozen Planet, however, until I dish out a little praise. Frozen Planet, which premieres …
A ‘Kid’ Yearns For Connection, However Fragile
Ginger-haired Cyril (first-time actor Thomas Doret, nailing every scene), the wiry preteen at the center of The Kid With a …
Revisiting John Updike’s ‘Fresh Air’ Interviews
These interviews were originally broadcast on March 17, 1988, March 16, 1989, and Oct. 14, 1997. You can listen to …
‘Pray For Japan’: Sorrow, Resilience, Rebuilding
Among the foreign-born residents of Japan who headed north to volunteer after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami was Stu Levy, …
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