Arts

Books
Arts

'More Fool' Fry: Comedian's New Memoir Misses The Mark

7:03am June 13, 2015

by Trey Graham

Stephen Fry is a world-class wit, a learned fellow and probably a really great guy. Unfortunately, says reviewer Trey Graham, that doesn't come through in More Fool Me, the new volume of his memoirs.

Greg (Thomas Mann) is jokey, mostly as a substitute for actual social interaction.

Arts

Laughs Leaven Tears In 'Me And Earl And The Dying Girl'

8:55pm June 12, 2015

by Bob Mondello

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl was a surprise smash at this year's Sundance Film Festival; it's a tale of three teens facing mortality that manages to capture teen angst without wallowing in drama.

Queue Listen Now

In A One-Room Schoolhouse, Irish Family Keeps Legacy Of W.B. Yeats Alive

8:55pm June 12, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

The poet W.B. Yeats was born 150 years ago this week. In rural Ireland, a nun whose family has a personal history with the poet has turned a one-room schoolhouse into a small Yeats museum.

Queue Listen Now

Comedian Aziz Ansari, seen here performing a show last year, has written a book about love — and what people really want.

Arts

#NPRreads: Love, Coding, Yuccies, And The 'NPR Sound'

5:01pm June 12, 2015

by Steve Mullis

This week's selection of articles and essays covers comedian Aziz Ansari's new book about love, a new demographic term, a global gaming superstar, and more.

Krsna Angulo, Jagadisa Angulo, Bhagavan Angulo, Mukunda Angulo, Narayana Angulo and Govinda Angulo in The Wolfpack.

Arts

In One New York Apartment, Six Brothers See The World Through Film

4:38pm June 12, 2015

by Ella Taylor

The documentary The Wolfpack follows a family led by parents so anxious about the outside world, that for years they largely kept their children from encountering it at all.

Zach Woods, T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, and Martin Starr.

Arts

How 'Silicon Valley' Tells Broad Truths From An Insular World

4:12pm June 12, 2015

by Linda Holmes

HBO's sophomore (and occasionally sophomoric) comedy ends on a strong note Sunday night — with plenty of suspense.

Eddie Marsan plays the reclusive magician Gilbert Norrell in a new TV adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell.

Arts

Strange Magic Bubbles Up In New 'Mr Norrell' Adaptation

3:05pm June 12, 2015

by NPR Staff

Susanna Clarke's best-selling fantasy debut, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, envisioned a mismatched pair of wizards caught up in the Napoleonic Wars. It's now been made into a seven-part TV series.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

Songs of Water, Tiny House Expedition, Bio Ritmo, and Peppercorn Theatre

2:21pm June 12, 2015

by David Ford

Queue Listen Now

Arts

A 'Wolfpack' Of Brothers Who Met The World Through Movies

1:43pm June 12, 2015

by David Edelstein

This stunning film follows the Angulo brothers, whose father kept them locked inside a New York apartment. But their father loved movies, and the pulpy, violent films he showed them were a lifeline.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

Listen Back To A 1990 Interview With Actor Christopher Lee

1:43pm June 12, 2015

Christopher Lee died Sunday in London at the age of 93. He had more than 250 TV and film appearances, and was best known for his roles in Dracula and Star Wars. In 1990 he was working on Gremlins 2.

Queue Listen Now