Two Slackers, A Roadtrip And An Alien
This interview was originally broadcast on March 17, 2011. Paul is now available on DVD. Two English slackers road-trip across …
Walking Away From A Mixed Race Family?
Susan Straight’s most recent novel Take One Candle Light a Room is the final book in Tell Me More’s Summer …
College Freshmen Learn From ‘Henrietta Lacks’
In recent years, a growing number of colleges have begun assigning “common reads,” books that all first year students read …
A Spiritual Soul Struggles To Reach ‘Higher Ground’
One woman’s salvation is another’s prison in Higher Ground, a complex, messy, defiantly female perspective on the demands of faith …
Iranian Lesbians Fall Victim To ‘Circumstance’
The incredibly overheated adventure of two girls in love, Iranian-American director Maryam Keshavarz’s Circumstance strains to convey the fever of …
‘Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark,’ But Fear Its Denizens
Haunted house movies are driven by the things that reside in the dark corners, both of the house and of …
‘Chasing Madoff’: How To Bring Greed To Justice
There’s little fresh news about Bernie Madoff from Chasing Madoff, an overexcited new documentary about one of the most wantonly …
‘Idiot Brother’ Nonetheless Has Wisdom To Impart
A rambling indie comedy about a shambling hippie man-child, Our Idiot Brother sets loose a sweetly innocent farmer (Paul Rudd) …
Let’s Rush To Judgment!: ‘Jack And Jill’
Hey, it’s Adam Sandler! Talking funny! In drag! And Katie Holmes! And women so big they collapse horses! It’s safe …
After The Rapture, Who Are ‘The Leftovers’?
Earlier this year, California-based preacher Harold Camping announced that the beginning of the end of the world would take place …
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