Movies
The Great Dictator (1940)
Charlie Chaplin, in his only Hollywood talkie, opted to mock Adolph Hitler.
Books
Citizen: An American Lyric (2014)
Writer Claudia Rankine discusses what race in America means in poetic form.
Movies
In The Bedroom (2001)
A longtime married couple cope with the unexpected murder of their only son.
Movies
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Two idiots have to write a song to save all of reality and have only a little over an hour to do it.
Movies
The One And Only Ivan (2020)
A gentle gorilla helps a baby elephant escape captivity in this children’s movie.
Movies
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Two women, lifelong rivals, drink an immortality potion and fight over a wimpy plastic surgeon.
Movies
Greyhound (2020)
An older naval commander tries to survive his first mission protecting a convoy across the Atlantic during World War II.
Movies
Q–The Winged Serpent (1982)
A winged monster is snacking on people in New York City, and only a low level crook knows where it is.
Books
Shakespeare for Squirrels (2020)
Pocket the fool lands in Athens in time for a wedding and a murder.