DVD Picks: ‘Alfred Hitchcock: The Essentials Collection’
Time for our home video feature, where NPR movie critic Bob Mondello suggests something for those who like to pop …
New In Paperback: Oct. 24 – 30
Fiction and nonfiction releases from Paul Auster, Lewis Black and James Kaplan. [Copyright 2011 National Public Radio]
‘Shame,’ Sex And Violence: Can We Reclaim The NC-17 Rating?
Certain facts regarding movie ratings are not in dispute. Of the films that have been released with NC-17 ratings since …
Political Bios: Truth Versus Telling A Good Story
Political biographies, autobiographies and memoirs are often huge hits with readers. But after Cuban-American Sen. Marco Rubio was accused of …
In ‘Pulphead’ Essays, Curiosity Is The Common Thread
A few months ago, the writer John Jeremiah Sullivan published, for all intents and purposes, the perfect magazine piece. It …
Fish Stews: Comfort Without The Work
All food tastes good in fall, but of all my returning appetites the one I welcome most is the appetite …
Del Toro On His ‘Eternal’ Obsession With Monsters
Few have as intense a relationship with monsters as filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. His films and books often blend reality, …
Crowdsourced Happiness: A Short, Good Story About The Internet — For A Change
You read every day about the horrors of online life: stalking, harassing, the appearance of embarrassing photos that sink one’s …
Jobs’ Biography: Thoughts On Life, Death And Apple
When Steve Jobs was six years old, his young next door neighbor found out he was adopted. “That means your …
Steve, Myself And i: The Big Story Of A Little Prefix
Steve Jobs did his last product launch last March, for the iPad 2. At the close, he stood in front …
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