INDEPENDENT LENS

These Amazing Shadows

What do Blazing Saddles, Casablanca, and West Side Story have in common? They're all part of the The National Film Registry. Learn more about how film contributes to our culture in this roll call of 550 American cinema treasures.

MASTERPIECE

Inspector Lewis Returns

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Watch the latest episodes from Inspector Lewis 5 on WGBH.org.

Film & Television

'Found Memories' Revealed With Grace And Patience

A young photographer arrives in an impoverished rural community whose elder residents grow to trust her with their personal recollections. Critic Andrew Lapin says this minimalist Brazilian drama is a poignant, elegantly crafted still life.

Film & Television

'America': A Gleefully Violent Pop-Culture Pushback

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By Ella Taylor
In a black comedy taking aim at American popular culture, a middle-aged man with terminal cancer (Joel Murray) decides to kill lowlifes — including texting moviegoers and reality TV stars. Critic Ella Taylor says God Bless America is a one-trick pony, but delivers venomous cultural criticism.

Caught in the Act

Arts Ahead: Shadows, Pops and Merry Poppers

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By Jared Bowen
Traditions take new and wild turns as a band of theater renegades reinterpret Mary Poppins, Tim Burton drops a vampire into 20th century Maine and the Boston Pops celebrate America's diverse music history with Steve Martin on banjo.

Live Performances

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead: Shoes, Sex and Marriage

By Jared Bowen
Don't wait another minute to get tickets to these performances. A new spin on Russian satire and a unique look at Nigeria's recent history.

MASTERPIECE

The Conclusion of Birdsong

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In the conclusion of Birdsong, Stephen and his men fight in one of the bloodiest battles ever recorded—the Battle of the Somme. Will he survive and will he be reunited with his love?

Movies

Jason Segel: Creating Comedy With The Tone Of Life

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By NPR Staff
Weekend Edition's Rachel Martin talks with actor and writer Jason Segel about his new film The Five-Year Engagement and the evolution of Jason's affable onscreen persona.

Film & Television

Critic Wesley Morris on His Pulitzer Win

By WGBH News
The 36-year-old movie reviewer and essayist talks about what it's like to win journalism's highest honor.

INDEPENDENT LENS

You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't

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An powerful first-person documentary about life inside an Alzheimer’s and dementia care unit in California.

Thursday, March 29, at 10pm on WGBH 44

Movies

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead: Let's Go to the Movies

Choose to witness the gripping story of one mother's personal horror, or laugh at the absurdity of fishing in the desert. Jared declares these two films will deliver their cinematic promise and transport you to a new place.

Crowd pleasers, entertaining, parties

An Evening Inspired by Downton Abbey

WGBH partygoers came in costume and enjoyed food, fashion, and music from the Edwardian Era.

Film & Television

Sci-Fi in Somerville

By Callie Crossley
Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror film fans descend on Davis Square in Somerville for an annual film fest.

Film & Television

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead: Vixens and Cross Dressers

By Jared Bowen
Two female leads portray women who go to extremes as they face the fallout of war and the pressure of hardship.

Performing Arts

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead: Now With Even More Carnage

By Jared Bowen
It's blood and gore all over the place in the Boston arts scene this week. Well, more like razor wit, black comedy and red paint.

Education

Harvard's Vampires 101

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By Will Roseliep
No, not sleepless freshmen. A new Harvard Extension course has attracted hundreds of people thirsting for knowledge about the vampire in literature and film.

89.7 WGBH

Best Of NPR 2011

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Thanks to listener support, public radio sounded really good this year. Hear complete stories, interviews and reports from NPR’s Best of 2011 collection.

Theater

"Porgy and Bess" at A.R.T.: Transformed and Illuminating

By Kim McLarin
Kim McLarin takes in the new production of Porgy and Bess” at Cambridge’s American Repertory Theater with the question “Why now?” and finds a surprising answer in the company’s new version of the 75-year-old opera.

Music Reviews

'Pianomania' Takes Persnickety Pianists To A New Pinnacle

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By Tom Huizenga
The new documentary provides a fascinating peek into the specialized world of high-end piano technicians and their fussy customers.

Arts & Entertainment

South Riding: Episode 2

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By Masterpiece
At risk of losing his estate to pay family medical bills, Robert (David Morrissey) travels to Manchester seeking work. There, he chances to meet Sarah (Anna Maxwell Martin), and they have a drink together. Penelope Wilton also stars.

Arts & Entertainment

South Riding: Episode 3

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By Masterpiece
As social improvements move forward in South Riding, Robert (David Morrissey) faces ruin after a principled stand against political corruption, and Sarah (Anna Maxwell Martin) confronts a crisis, both personal and professional.

History

Soundtrack for a Revolution

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By American Experience

"Even as we were thrown in jail someone would sing a song," recalls Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) in this history of the civil-rights movement and its freedom music, featuring potent performances by John Legend, the Roots, Wyclef Jean, Angie Stone, Joss Stone.

Film & Television

Vote For Your Favorite Short Waves Video

In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, WGBH held an open call for short films. Help determine the finalists by voting for your favorite. Winning films will appear at the 2011 Boston Asian American Film Festival and on WGBH World.

MASTERPIECE

What's Happening at 165 Eaton Place?

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Romantic and political intrigues await in the all-new season of Upstairs Downstairs, starring Keeley Hawes, Ed Stoppard, Claire Foy, Alex Kingston, and Emiia Fox.

Movies

From Boston To Hollywood With Roadside Attractions

THE CALLIE CROSSLEY SHOW

The story of how Howard Cohen and Eric d'Arbeloff turned their local New England roots into Hollywood gold.

Masterpiece

The 39 Steps

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A suspenseful adaptation of John Buchan's thriller "The 39 Steps," about former intelligence officer Richard Hannay (Rupert Penry-Jones), who's pursued by both the police for a murder he didn't commit and German agents in the weeks leading up to WWI.

Pioneers of Television

Sitcoms

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Sitcoms are featured, including "I Love Lucy," "Make Room for Daddy," "The Honeymooners" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Actors Joyce Randolph, Marlo Thomas, Andy Griffith, Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke reminisce.

Movies

Oscar Snubs, Surprises And Predictions

MORE OSCAR COVERAGE
SEE THE FULL LIST OF NOMINEES

WGBH’s Jared Bowen and Thomas Doherty, film buff and American studies professor at Brandeis University, walk us through the snubs, surprises, and predictions at the Academy Awards.

Movies

Nominees For The 83rd Annual Academy Awards

The King's Speech, The Social Network, The Kids Are All Right among top nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards. See the full list of nominees.

News

Few Surprises In This Year's Oscar Nominations

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By Linda Holmes
This morning's Oscar nominations were headed up by The King's Speech with 12, followed by True Grit with 10. There weren't many surprises, although Inception missed out on one major award.

99.5 Host Notes

A Request for Beethoven, and music for the holiday

By Ray Brown

Best Of 2010

The Best Movies Of 2011

MORE BEST OF 2010

WGBH's Jared Bowen and Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr count down their favorite films of 2010.

Holidays

WGBH Hosts Pick Their Holiday Favorites

BROWSE HOST PICKS

Need a gift idea for your friends and family? We’ve asked a cross-section of WGBH Radio personalities to suggest a few ideas.

Moviola

For Veterans Day, Favorite Films From The Frontlines

By Jared Bowen
At the Hanscom Air Force Base, a group of veterans shares movies and memories.

Moviola

Boston Jewish Film Festival Celebrates Storytelling And Heritage

By Jared Bowen
The Boston Jewish Film Festival celebrates 22 years of showcasing great films with Jewish themes from around the world. Jared Bowen talks to artistic director Sara Rubin about what she's watching this year.

Moviola

Can You Endure This Horror Movie Marathon?

By Jared Bowen
The Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Annual Halloween Horror Movie Marathon promises to be a non-stop sensory overload of live music, psychic readings, popcorn, and plenty of blood and guts on the big screen. Moviola has a preview.

Moviola

Ed Burns Rewrites The Rules For Indie Film

On this week's Moviola, WGBH's inside look at movies in and around the Hub, Jared Bowen talks to filmmaker and actor Ed Burns. Burns latest release, Nice Guy Johnny, is definitely not coming to a theater near you, but will soon be available to everyone in Boston and beyond.

Moviola

Conviction: A Local Tale Of Murder And Family

By Jared Bowen
Moviola is WGBH's inside look at movies in and around the Hub with Jared Bowen. You hear it during Morning Edition on 89.7 WGBH. In this episode, Jared talks with the real-life subject of Tony Goldwyn’s latest film, Conviction, which opens in theaters on Friday, Oct. 15. It’s a gripping tale of murder and family ties, based on the true story of a Massachusetts brother and sister.

Baseball

Center Stage: Jared Bowan talks to Ken Burns

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Filmmaker Ken Burns discusses the making of Baseball: The Tenth Inning with Greater Boston's Jared Bowan. Burns discusses chronicling the significant developments of the national pastime since Baseball originally aired, including the steroid scandal and the Boston Red Sox's 2004 World Series championship.

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