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HBO To Present Adaptation Of Broadway Hit ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’

HBO will premiere on Saturday David Byrne’s American Utopia, Spike Lee’s adaptation of the hit Broadway show. It might be one of the best concert movies since Stop Making Sense more than 30 years ago.

How Women Have Been ‘Profoundly’ Left Out Of The U.S. Constitution

As a teen, Heidi Schreck debated the Constitution in competitions. A film of her Broadway play, What the Constitution Means to Me, is now available on Amazon Prime. Originally broadcast March 2019.

Requiem For A Theme: Film Composer Clint Mansell On The Sound Of Sadness

Darren Aronofsky’s 2000 film Requiem for a Dream spawned a musical motif that’s rippled through media — and jumpstarted a new career for Clint Mansell, the composer of its haunted score.

‘S***house’: A Sweet And Happy Collegiate Rom-Com With A Provocative Name

The film that won the top prize at this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival is by all accounts a sweet and sunny college romance. NPR discusses the meaning behinds its quite explicit name.

‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ Is Passionate, Political — And Uncannily Pertinent

Based on a trial from 1969, Aaron Sorkin’s new Netflix film draws from actual transcripts — as well as a series of flashbacks to political unrest that took place in Chicago in the summer of 1968.

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Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something (2020)

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YouTuber Creates 1st Retractable ‘Star Wars’ Lightsaber

James Hobson has a following of 10 million subscribers on YouTube. He has developed the world’s first retractable, plasma-based lightsaber. Hobson is a huge Star Wars fan.

Apocalypse With Absurdity: ‘Save Yourselves!’ Offers A Perfect Mix For Year 2020

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with actor Sunita Mani about diversity in Hollywood and her role in the new film Save Yourselves!.

Radha Blank Finds Her Voice Again In Netflix’s ‘The 40-Year-Old Version’

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Radha Blank about her new movie, The 40-Year-Old Version.

In Newark, A Drive-In Movie Theater Celebrates Black Excellence

The simultaneous crises of the pandemic and racism against Black Americans led to the creation of an unusual movie theater located in New Jersey’s biggest city: the Newark Moonlight Cinema.

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