Arts
'Grand Illusion' Exhibit Lifts Curtain On The Secrets Of Setting The Stage
An exhibit at the Library of Congress is devoted to the art of theatrical design. Drawings, sketches, watercolors, posters and scale models reveal how magic and spectacle are achieved before our eyes.
Renata Adler, Taking A Buzz Saw To The 'Tall Timber'
This new volume collects some of the uncompromising writer's greatest hits, from her coverage of the march on Selma to Monica Lewinsky, and of course her famous takedown of film critic Pauline Kael.
USPS Picks Perfect Line For Maya Angelou Stamp — If Only It Were Hers
A limited-edition stamp from the U.S. Postal Service, which was intended to honor the late poet, bears a quote that was actually written by a different author.
Listening To The Ho-Hum Of The Machine
Mark Jenkins says the new artificial intelligence film Ex Machina is diverting, but ultimately comes to a predictable and unsatisfying conclusion.
Bloody Yet Unsatisfying, 'Kill Me Three Times' Disappoints But Once
Andrew Lapin says the bloody Australian black comedy wants to be a genre caper, but can't quite hit the right notes.
'The Sisterhood Of Night' Wonders What These Girls Are Up To
Ella Taylor says this heartfelt first feature appears at the beginning to be trafficking in cliches about teenage girls, but it ultimately asks questions about secrecy and the growth of public fear.
Small Batch Edition: 'Wolf Hall' On PBS
PCHH pal and book enthusiast Barrie Hardymon joins us to talk Tudors, historical fiction, and expressive eyebrow acting.
'The Only Words' Remembers Love And Science After The Apocalypse
Jeffrey Rotter's new novel follows a young man searching for connection in a post-apocalyptic America. Critic Jason Heller calls it a "humbling monument to the sorrow, and the power, of loneliness."
This That or The Other
Is Bluetooth a historical figure, a sci-fi villain or a tech startup? There's something for every kind of nerd in our Silicon Valley-themed "This, That or the Other."