Alain de Botton has penned a string of bestsellers exploring the nature of Architecture, Philosophy, Work, Status, Love, and Religion. But, y’know, maybe one of these days he’ll try to focus on something actually important.
Guest of Honor
David France Acts Up
Esteemed journalist David France's debut documentary, “How to Survive A Plague" - about the activist group Act Up, which in the 1980s and 1990s focused the world on the AIDS crisis and arguably helped bring about today’s treatments for the virus - was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Mads Mikkelsen Faces the Darkness
"The Hurt" may be an intimate, dark film, but for Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, playing it real is easier than sparring with scorpions.
Travis Pickin’ & the Comedy of Resilience: Hanging with Oscar Isaac
To play a fictionalized version of a real-live 1960's folk musician in "Inside Llewyn Davis," actor Oscar Isaac had to play complicated, difficult guitar as well as a complicated, difficult personality.
Stephen Fry on the Bard’s ‘Cakes and Ale’ Populism
Stephen Fry studied to be a tweedy Shakespeare scholar before a life of acting and comedy distracted him. Now he is returning to his roots and making his Broadway debut in "Twelfth Night."
Toni Collette Releases Some Tension
In her starring role on television series "Hostages," Toni Collette plays a woman under intense pressure. She talked to us about how she finds balance and about being a mom who isn't 'just a mom.'
Jessica Chastain’s Gold Streak
Jessica Chastain stars in the new film "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby" (and five other movies coming out in the next year). We spoke with the actor hot off her Oscar win for "Zero Dark Thirty."
David Lynch: A Brainy Director
As a teenager, Laura Dern found herself in an unusual acting situation on the set of "Blue Velvet." It involved David Lynch, Dennis Hopper, and an actual brain (of which she never did find out the source).
Michelle Williams Channels Her Inner Marilyn
Movie star Michelle Williams joins us to talk about another movie star, Marilyn Monroe, and keeping the public and private spheres separate (even during story-time).
Spike Lee Does the Romantic Thing
Spike Lee's film "Do the Right Thing" might not be the most traditionally romantic movie one can imagine - but it was the destination on one particularly fateful date night in 1989 which might just have changed American history.