May 01 Watch 6:24 ‘Conclave’ author Robert Harris on the secretive tradition of selecting a new pope By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins Streaming viewership of "Conclave" surged 3,200 percent in the week after Pope Francis’ death. Viewers turned to that movie, which won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar, to help them understand one of the most secretive elections on the planet. The… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch 7:55 Political cartoonists on navigating a changing media landscape By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport "A picture is worth a thousand words." It's a well-worn phrase but there is special resonance when applied to editorial cartoons, a centuries-old tradition that is evolving as the media landscape itself does. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown takes a… Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch 5:35 ‘Sonic Heritage’ project lets people experience world’s most iconic places through sound By Jeffrey Brown, Simon Epstein If you think of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, you might conjure an image of Michelangelo’s famous ceiling. But what does that famous place, or any place, sound like? A new project timed to World Heritage Day asks us to… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch 6:53 New book ‘Love, Queenie’ chronicles life of trailblazing South Asian actress Merle Oberon By Amna Nawaz, Shrai Popat As the first Asian, and only South Asian, to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, Merle Oberon’s place in the pantheon of cinema is historic. But it came with enormous sacrifice as Oberon had to hide her race to… Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch 4:23 Exhibition showcases Frank Costantino’s hand-drawn designs that bring buildings to life By Jared Bowen, GBH For more than 50 years, architectural illustrator Frank Costantino has been bringing buildings to life with his meticulously hand-drawn project designs. A new exhibition of Costantino’s work is celebrated at one of Boston’s most storied institutions. Special correspondent Jared Bowen… Continue watching
Apr 14 Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel laureate, dies at 89 By Franklin Briceno, Ciarán Giles, Associated Press Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch 4:31 Digital technology gives a groundbreaking new look at the Titanic’s wreck site By John Yang, Kaisha Young This week marks 113 years since the sinking of the Titanic. Now, there’s a new tool to explore it: a full-scale digital twin of the wreckage created with cutting edge 3D scanning technology. That’s the subject of a new National… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch 6:09 Former Navy SEAL on making the new film ‘Warfare’ and its authentic depiction of combat By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins Ray Mendoza is a former Navy SEAL and wrote and co-directed the new film, "Warfare." It tells the true story of a mission Mendoza participated in when he and his team were ambushed while conducting a surveillance operation gone awry… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch 4:23 Musician Nile Rodgers reflects on the roots of his artistry By Platon For decades, legendary photographer Platon has been taking portraits of some of the world’s most prominent people, from heads of state, to movie stars and everything in between. He recently started filming his photo shoots in which he gets his… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch 6:54 ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ stars on the evolution of their characters as series reaches its end By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson "The Handmaid’s Tale" began as a novel read by several generations and has been turned into a film and an opera. Then, beginning in 2017, a hit series on Hulu that is now coming to its conclusion. Senior arts correspondent… Continue watching