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Remembering Tony Award-Winning Character Actor Brian Dennehy

2:32pm April 24, 2020

by David Bianculli

The burly actor, who died April 15, played the leading role in Death of a Salesman, in both the Broadway production as well as the 2000 TV movie. Dennehy spoke to David Bianculli in 1999.

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For years, Karen and Barry Mason ran a Los Angeles bookshop that sold and distributed gay pornography.

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The Mom-And-Pop Bookstore That Sold Gay Porn: 'Circus Of Books'

8:51pm April 23, 2020

by Scott Tobias

Rachel Mason and her siblings grew up unaware that their parents ran a gay bookstore. Her "affectionate but thinly realized" documentary skims the surface of stories that deserve deeper dives.

Outlaw Ned Kelly (George Mackay) slings his guns in True History of the Kelly Gang.

Arts

Portrait Of The Outlaw As A Young Man: 'True History Of The Kelly Gang'

5:16pm April 23, 2020

by Ella Taylor

This slyly subversive revisionist take on an infamous Australian outlaw presents the burnished popular myth and a darker, brutal and tragicomic take alongside one another.

Georges (Jean Dujardin) goes beyond the fringe in Deerskin.

Arts

'Deerskin' Is Buckwild

5:00pm April 23, 2020

by Mark Jenkins

A man (Jean Dujardin) becomes obsessed with a deerskin jacket — and pretending to be a film director — in a dark comedy that is "both outlandish and slight."

The new Lifetime movie The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel tells the story of the one of the most important gospel groups of the 20th century.

Music & Culture

In New Film About Gospel Pioneers The Clark Sisters, The Music Comes First

5:02am April 17, 2020

Director Christine Swanson's new film is about the celebrated Detroit gospel group, The Clark Sisters. She talks to host Rachel Martin about being adamant about casting women who could actually sing.

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Brian Dennehy, known for his interpretations of characters created by Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, has died at the age of 81.

Arts

Tony Award-Winning Actor Brian Dennehy Has Died At The Age Of 81

5:18pm April 16, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

Two-time Tony Award winner Brian Dennehy was a towering figure on stage - artistically and physically. He died yesterday of a non-COVID-related heart attack in a Connecticut hospital.

Selah (Lovie Simone) rules the school in Selah and the Spades.

Arts

Assured Debut 'Selah And The Spades' Explores The Thin Line Between Clique And Cult

5:00pm April 16, 2020

by Ella Taylor

Set at an elite, ethnically diverse boarding school, Tayarisha Poe's first feature is "a YA gangster movie that doubles as a soulful meditation on the beauty and danger of power."

Hilma af Klint paints in the streaming-on-demand documentary Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint.

Arts

Documentary 'Beyond The Visible: Hilma Af Klint' Makes Solid Case For Abstract Artist

5:00pm April 16, 2020

by Scott Tobias

This documentary about an under-recognized abstract painter presents "an extensive case for Klint as a major artist while casting a jaundiced eye on how art history gets written."

People are watching more TV and adding new streaming services to cope with isolation — but statistics show they're tending to re-watch old favorites.

Arts

Returning To Old Favorites? Comfort TV (And Books, And Music) Is A New Trend

3:42pm April 15, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

A new study shows that while there's so much uncertainty in the world, people prefer to return to old favorite books, movies and TV for comfort, rather than trying something new.

Writer-Director Alan Yang On 'Tigertail,' A Movie Different From His TV Comedies

5:40pm April 14, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer and director Alan Yang about his new film Tigertail — a movie about immigration, family and lost love.