'The Shrouds' introduces a new stage of grief: Watching your loved one decompose
David Cronenberg's thriller centers on an unusual technology that allows people to watch their loved ones decompose in real time. The Shrouds is both deeply morbid and disarmingly funny.
'Fresh Air' Celebrates Broadway Legend Stephen Sondheim
Sondheim, who turns 90 on March 22, composed the music and lyrics for Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Company and other shows. He spoke about his career in musical theater in this 2010 interview.
!["This was one of the most memorable [performances]," conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin says of the Philadelphia Orchestra's March 12 concert, played to empty hall.](http://wfdd-live.s3.amazonaws.com/images/story/This-Is-Why-We-Play-Amid-Pandemic-Philadelphia-Orchestra-Livestreams-Beethoven-818297693-1584712826.jpg)
Hank Azaria On 'Brockmire' And Why He No Longer Performs Apu On 'The Simpsons'
Azaria has voiced dozens of Simpsons' characters, starting with Mo the bartender. In the IFC comedy series Brockmire he plays a troubled baseball announcer who always speaks in his broadcaster voice.
Highly Watchable, Yet Lacking Spark: 'Little Fires Everywhere' Fails To Ignite
Hulu's new eight-part series uses the fraught encounter between two families — one well-off and white, one bohemian and black — to raise tricky questions about race and social class.
K-Pop Band BTS Proves Its Skill And Influence On 'Map Of The Soul: 7'
BTS' new record features songs that vary from grandly dramatic to impishly playful. The album's been a near-instant hit, selling over 2 million copies in its first two hours of release in South Korea.
'The Plot Against America' Asks: What If The U.S. Had Sided With The Nazis?
David Bianculli reviews HBO's new miniseries, which imagines that Charles Lindbergh became president in 1940. And we listen back to a 2004 with Philip Roth, who wrote the novel the series is based on.