Arts

Mileha Soneji: Can Simple Innovations Improve The Lives of Parkinson's Patients?

9:29am November 17, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

When designer Mileha Soneji's uncle got Parkinson's, his quality of life deteriorated rapidly. Mileha couldn't cure her uncle's disease, so she designed simple ways to improve his everyday life.

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Tippi Hedren, with her daughter Melanie Griffith and granddaughter Dakota Johnson at a 2015 event.

3 Generations Of Actresses Reflect On Hollywood, Harassment — And Hitchcock

9:00am November 17, 2017

Actress Tippi Hedren talks with her daughter, actress Melanie Griffith, and her granddaughter, actress Dakota Johnson, about how being a woman in Hollywood has — and hasn't — changed over the years.

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Artist's Literary Pilgrimage Brings '100 Novels Project' To The Triad

5:19am November 17, 2017

by David Ford

For the past four years, artist Tim Youd has traveled to cities throughout the world carrying famous novels, and the typewriters used to create them.

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Later, at the Hall of Just-Us: The Flash (Ezra Miller), Batman (Ben Affleck), and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) stand prepared in Justice League.

Arts

'Justice League' Is Just Okay

5:45pm November 16, 2017

by Chris Klimek

Various heroes meet for the first time to face down a generic, CGI-generated villain who wants to collect ancient boxes. Think Antiques Roadshow, but loud and evil. (... More evil.)

Rob Morgan, left, plays Hap Jackson and Jason Mitchell plays Ronsel Jackson in Mudbound.

Arts

'Mudbound' Is A Grand, Sweeping Epic Of The Jim Crow South

5:01pm November 16, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

Director Dee Rees adapts Hillary Jordan's 2008 novel about two families — black sharecroppers who've worked the land for years, and the newly arrived, white farm owners — with raw, evocative power.

Julia Roberts and Jacob Tremblay star in Wonder.

Arts

'Wonder': Why?

5:00pm November 16, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

A boy born with a facial disfigurement enters a new school in this low-stakes, superficial "sundae-sweet tale" from the director of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Jim Carrey stars in the documentary Jim & Andy.

Arts

'Jim & Andy': The Thin Line Between An Actor's Method — And Madness

5:00pm November 16, 2017

by Scott Tobias

Documentarian Chris Smith aims his camera at Jim Carrey and the actor's on-set behavior while shooting the 1999 Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon.

Jon Bernthal stars as Sam in Sweet Virginia.

Arts

'Sweet Virginia': Small-Town Noir With A Slice Of Hope

5:00pm November 16, 2017

by Ella Taylor

A small Alaskan community is left reeling by an act of violence. Jamie M. Dagg's thriller tenderly explores its aftermath without the glib, jokey cynicism that so often marks the noir genre.

Arts

'Justice League' Filmmakers Made A Heroic Effort

4:55pm November 16, 2017

by Bob Mondello

Justice League is the latest chapter of the DC cinematic universe. But will our caped crusaders actually make a good movie after a tragedy required a change in directors?

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Sale Of $450 Million Da Vinci Painting Serves As A Triumph Of Marketing

4:55pm November 16, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

An art world record was set Wednesday night at Christie's auction house in New York, when a painting credited to Leonardo Da Vinci sold for $450 million to an unknown bidder. Art critic Blake Gopnik says that number is in some ways the least interesting part of this story.