If You Want Groundbreaking Noir, Try Looking 'In A Lonely Place'
Copyright 2017 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The American writer Dorothy B. Hughes, who was born in 1904 and died in 1993, was one of the most...
View Article'Top Of The Lake: China Girl' Takes You Places Cop Shows Usually Ignore
Copyright 2017 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The acclaimed filmmaker Jane Campion took the plunge into television with the 2013 series "Top Of The...
View Article'Battle Of The Sexes' Revisits Billie Jean King's Historic Win Against Bobby...
Copyright 2017 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. Few exhibition games of any sport are remembered 44 years later. But...
View Article'Her Body and Other Parties' Charts Dark Territory With Enormous Style
Copyright 2017 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Our critic-at-large John Powers has a review of a new book he says wowed him right from the start. It's...
View Article'Dawn Watch' Explores The Life And Legacy Of Joseph Conrad
Copyright 2017 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Our critic-at-large John Powers has a review of a new book about the life and work of the great...
View ArticleZippy And Delightful, 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Spotlights An Unlikely Comic
There's an unforgettable scene in the Netflix documentary Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold . Filmmaker Griffin Dunne asks Didion about the legendary moment when, while reporting a piece on the...
View ArticleCritic's 'Ghost List' Has Books, Music And A TV Show That Deserve A Second Look
I don't believe in ghosts, but sometimes when I walk through my house I think I hear the forlorn cries of all the books, movies and TV shows that I've loved over the past few months but never got...
View Article'Assassination Of Gianni Versace' Offers A Juicy Take On Serious Issues
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The latest installment of the FX limited series "American Crime Story" begins tomorrow. It's called "The...
View Article'This Is What Happened' And 'Babylon Berlin' Deliver Thrills And Intrigue...
If you're a fan of thrillers, you know that they're defined by two extremes. At one end are the plot-driven worlds that work like clockwork machines (for instance, Murder on the Orient Express ); at...
View ArticleComedy Is Drenched With Foreboding On Season 2 Of 'Atlanta'
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The second season of the FX series "Atlanta" begins tomorrow night. The series follows the stories of four...
View Article'The Sparsholt Affair' Confirms Alan Hollinghurst's Status As A Literary Master
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Our critic at large John Powers has a review of a new book by one of his favorite authors - the Booker...
View Article50 Years Later, '2001: A Space Odyssey' Is Still A Cinematic Landmark
Near the beginning of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey , a big black monolith appears in an African desert, leaving a group of prehistoric ape-men standing there baffled. And that was pretty...
View ArticleSharply Written 'Mars Room' Ventures Behind The Bars Of Women's Prison
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. "The Mars Room" is the third novel by Rachel Kushner, whose first two, "Telex From Cuba" and "The...
View Article'The Split' Explores The Price And Permutations Of Breaking Up
Zsa Zsa Gabor, who was married nine times, once joked that diamonds aren't a girl's best friend — divorce lawyers are. The price and permutations of breaking up are the theme of The Split , a sleek new...
View Article2 First-Rate Novels Celebrate The Humor And Heroism Of Unconventional Women
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Our critic at large John Powers always keeps an eye out for new translations of foreign fiction. He's...
View ArticleBetrayal, Ruination And Dark Comedy Converge In 'A Very English Scandal'
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. On Friday, Amazon begins streaming a new British miniseries called "A Very English Scandal." It stars Hugh...
View Article'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' And 'Nanette' Brim With Heart And Humanity
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Summer's considered a time for light entertainment. But, sometimes, something more serious slips through...
View ArticleWitty, Imaginative, Risky And Relentless — 'Flights' Soars
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Earlier this year the Man Booker International Prize, given for the best book of the year translated into...
View Article'Jane Fonda In Five Acts' Reveals The Shifting Identities Of An Icon
Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. For half a century, Jane Fonda's been a cultural lightning rod - an actress as well known for her personal...
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