Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Big Little Lies' And 'Feud'
Weekend Edition editor Barrie Hardymon joins the panel to talk about the gorgeous and mysterious HBO drama Big Little Lies and the new Ryan Murphy anthology series, FX's Feud.
Arts
New York's Met Museum Director Resigns Amid Financial Troubles
The director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art resigned this week. His departure underscores financial difficulties the museum is facing.
Sanity Is Slowly Lost In 'Spaceman Of Bohemia'
It's 2018 and a mysterious cloud has appeared between Earth and Venus. A Czech astrophysicist is sent to investigate. The only problem? Hanging on to his sense of reality while alone in space.
'I Create Worlds': 'Feud' Showrunner Ryan Murphy On Making TV
Murphy has compared the process of developing a show to having a dream — and his dreams have quite a track record. They include Nip/Tuck, Glee, American Horror Story and now Feud.
How Are You? On This Podcast, The Answer Is: 'Terrible, Thanks For Asking'
Host Nora McInerny isn't interested in small talk. When someone asks "How are you?" is the answer really "I'm fine"? Her show explores death, loss and trauma — and yet somehow is still full of laughs.
'Logan' Is The Best At What It Does — And What It Does Is Gritty
Critic Chris Klimek says this small-scale, sun-blasted tale of an aging Wolverine's efforts to protect a young mutant "plays like the King Lear of the X-saga."
'Table 19': At This Wedding, The Laughs Never Register
Anna Kendrick stars as a wedding guest stuck among the misfits in this labored, low-energy film from director Jeffrey Blitz.
Shirley MacLaine Gets 'The Last Word' — And You'll Want It To Be
A bitter retiree hopes a few good deeds will salvage her reputation in this insipid dramedy. MacLaine is Hollywood royalty, but this film is strictly peasant fare.
A Self-Destructive Dad Gambles With His Son's Future In The Drama 'Wolves'
Critic Ella Taylor admires the performances, but says director Bart Freundlich's latest is a "modestly pleasing, unsurprising indie about a family undone by anger issues."
'I'm A Little Dazed, Which ... Is Totally Normal After One Week Living In A Rock'
Those are the words uttered by French performance artist Abraham Poincheval upon leaving the boulder in which he'd entombed himself for seven days. It was Poincheval's latest artwork of endurance.