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In Part 1 of this interview, we explore the role of arts during crises, as well as how arts and artists are viewed in U.S. mainstream society. We’v...
- Added: Jul 23, 2020
- Length: 29:30
This week on On Story we’ll hear from documentary storytellers Chapman and Maclain Way on their Emmy award winning Netflix documentary Wild Wild Co...
- Added: Mar 06, 2019
- Length: 53:57
Harvard professor Elisa New explores the value of poetry in a social setting as it relates to her PBS production, "Poetry in America."
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Oct 22, 2018
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
It may take a while to process your feelings once you’ve seen Hereditary, the scary debut feature from writer-director Ari Aster. A lot of horror m...
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 03:45
Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel has become my favorite living director. That might sound extravagant to say about someone who has only made fou...
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 08:38
Egypt has the largest film industry in the Arab world. There have been movies produced in Egypt, mostly in Cairo, since the early silent era.
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 04:21
There’s a special place in my heart for silly comedies. I realize I don’t review these kinds of movies on the show very often, and that’s partly be...
- Added: Apr 03, 2018
- Length: 04:46
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. I have to admit I kind of admire the courage it took for a producer to approve such an awkward title for...
- Added: Dec 31, 2017
- Length: 03:34
This week, as promised, I’m continuing my discussion of Citizen Kane, Orson Welles’ famous debut film from 1941. Last time I talked about why the f...
- Added: Sep 06, 2017
- Length: 04:45
I must be honest and say out loud that these are tough times. And I don’t think escapism is the answer. Well, make of that what you will, but in li...
- Added: Jan 05, 2017
- Length: 04:27
My taste in horror films tends towards the classical. I like a movie with a creepy or macabre point of view more than one that tries really hard to...
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Jan 05, 2017
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 1
The Queen of Katwe, a film by Mira Nair, is based on the true story of Phiona Mutesi, a Ugandan girl who, with very little formal education, became...
- Added: Jan 05, 2017
- Length: 03:39
I’ve been on a music documentary binge lately. After Eight Days a Week, the Ron Howard film about The Beatles, which I loved, I saw another doc abo...
- Added: Jan 05, 2017
- Length: 04:29
We're getting a jump on the process of picking our favorite albums of 2016. There are many to choose from, and this first part of a 2 part series d...
- Added: Nov 21, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Graphics in video games are undoubtedly one of the most talked topics in gaming. By speaking with Dr. Dennis Woytek, I hope to give the audience a ...
- Added: Mar 29, 2014
- Length: 07:56
Songwriter Wes Weddell discusses his song inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.
- Added: Oct 12, 2011
- Length: 05:00
