Mar 08 The Best Economics Book I've Read Recently Paul Solman: The most memorable book of the past month or so has been Yale historian Adam Tooze’s Wages of Destruction, an economic history of the Third Reich. Many striking facts — such as that the Volkswagen Beetle, ordered… Continue reading
Mar 05 Spending Big for an Oscar By Hari Sreenivasan The Oscar race this year, like most years - recession or not, has a lot to do with money: big-budget films up against small independent releases, and deep-pocketed studios ready to spend big to win Oscars, hoping awards will give… Continue reading
Mar 05 Oscars Conversation With David Thomson By Tom LeGro The 82nd Academy Awards takes place this Sunday, and in an effort to lift sagging ratings and reach a wider audience, there are 10 movies nominated for best picture. Continue reading
Mar 05 Watch With 'Avatar' in Oscar Contention, What's the Future for 3-D Films? Movies like this year's 3-D blockbuster "Avatar" feature high-tech effects. Are these new techniques the next phase in film production or just gimmicks? Jeffrey Brown reports on the future of film. Continue watching
Mar 04 Study Reasserts That Asteroid Blast Wiped Out the Dinosaurs About 65 million years ago, a huge asteroid traveling 20 times faster than a bullet crashed into Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, sending up projectile debris with such force that the debris rained back down as far away as New Zealand. Continue reading
Mar 04 At the Oscars, Documentarians Hope Films Inspire Change By Tom LeGro The Best Documentary Feature category for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards is crowded with films that hope to make the world a little brighter. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 'Hurt Locker' Takes Flack from Iraq Vets Amid Critical Praise The Academy Award-nominated film "The Hurt Locker" has been lauded for its portrayal of the war in Iraq, but some veterans say it paints an unfair picture of life on the ground for troops. Jeffrey Brown talks to a film… Continue watching