Mar 05 Discussion questions for ‘Exit West’ By Elizabeth Flock Mohsin Hamid’s novel “Exit West,” which follows two lovers on the move from a country on the brink of civil war, is our March pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
Mar 05 Man arrested after stealing Frances McDormand’s Oscar trophy By Associated Press Los Angeles police say a man has been arrested for stealing Frances McDormand's Oscars trophy after the Academy Awards. Continue reading
Mar 05 At Oscars 2018, #MeToo dominates conversation — and ‘The Shape of Water’ wins best picture By Alison Thoet 'The Shape of Water' won best picture, and Frances McDormand won best actress in a supporting role. See the full list here. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 6:56 Documentary celebrates life and work of conflict photographer Chris Hondros By Christopher Booker, Melanie Saltzman His iconic image of a government commander jumping with joy on a bridge during the Liberian civil war in 2003 established Chris Hondros as one of the foremost conflict photographers in the world. Seven years after he was killed on… Continue watching
Mar 04 ‘The Insult,’ Lebanon’s first Oscar-nominated film, examines a country’s deepest wounds By Jennifer Hijazi In “The Insult,” a heated exchange between two men unfurls into a courtroom drama that catapults into the Lebanese national spotlight. Continue reading
Mar 04 Twitter chat: What do the Oscars say about the changing state of cinema? By Lora Strum At the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday, the top-nominated films address issues of LGBTQ identity, racism, xenophobia and classism. Join our Twitter chat to weigh in on them and more. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 7:39 Female jazz musicians raise their voices against sexism By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green At this year’s Winter Jazzfest in New York, one of the world’s biggest jazz festivals, women took center stage in more ways than one. In a year when more than a third of the festival’s acts had female bandleaders --… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch 7:38 Jennifer Lawrence on unequal pay and the ‘very sick’ gender dynamic in Hollywood By PBS News Hour In "Red Sparrow," Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence plays a Russian ballerina-turned-agent forced into a brutal and sexually violent world. But aside from a timely Russian-focused storyline, the film touches on issues of gender and power imbalances that Lawrence has not… Continue watching
Mar 02 Get ready for the Oscars by revisiting these past best picture winners By Ilayda Kocak These five Best Picture winners may not get all the love they deserve, compared to other go-to greats. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 3:11 Why learning to play music helps kids learn everything else better By PBS News Hour After performing with a world-renowned orchestra, Stanford Thompson returned to Philadelphia to start Play on, Philly!, a free, afterschool music program for young children in under-resourced neighborhoods that helps them go back into the classroom and become better learners. Thompson… Continue watching