Feb 02 Watch 1:29 'Boyhood' director Richard Linklater on growing up off-camera By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 02 Poet W. S. Merwin recites 'Rain Light' among the lush palms at his Maui home By Jeffrey Brown W. S. Merwin reads his poem "Rain Light" from his home in Hawaii. Continue reading
Feb 01 8 quotes to celebrate Langston Hughes on his 113th birthday By Rebecca Lee “My soul has grown deep like the rivers.”… Continue reading
Feb 01 14 books you could read in the time it takes to watch the Super Bowl By Kristin Miller If you just watch the game, a conservative estimate of the running time of the Super Bowl is at least three and a half hours. Add in the pre-game and post-game analysis and the entire event could top six hours. Continue reading
Feb 01 The next Serial? 12 podcasts to listen to instead of watching Super Bowl XLIX By Andrew Mach Still feeling a void after the end of Serial? Not really into the big game? Here's a list of podcasts you can listen to in the time it takes to watch Super Bowl XLIX. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch 8:17 What an indie movie deal means in the age of on-demand By PBS News Hour The Sundance Film Festival is both celebration and marketplace for those who love, create and deal in independent cinema, making it a touchstone for the health of the industry. While technology has made it cheaper and easier to make a… Continue watching
Jan 30 'Isn't that Keanu Reeves?' and other phrases overheard at Sundance By Jeffrey Brown Despite the hoopla and the frenzied celebrity sightings, Sundance is still about the films. But what happens to all these movies after Sundance?… Continue reading
Jan 30 First Latina princess is coming to Disney television By Marina Lopes Princess Elena will be introduced in a special episode of a Disney Junior’s series in 2016. By the end of the year she will have her own animated series. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 7:15 'American Sniper' provokes debate on Iraq, depictions of war By PBS News Hour "American Sniper" has been nominated for six Academy Awards and is on track to be the biggest box-office war film ever. But the drama based on the life of a late Navy Seal, said to be the most lethal sharpshooter… Continue watching