Comedies, like horror stories, have two tasks: to encourage an immediate emotional response from their audiences and not overstay their welcome. Laughing and screaming take a lot out of a person, so ...

Twelve terrorists. One cop. The odds are against John McClane... That's just the way he likes it.

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...

Jane Smiley’s new novel. In 2005, Jane Smiley published a reader’s and writer’s guide, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel. The title seems particularly apt, since there are at least 13 ways of ...

Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Misia and Zosia Mamet as Pampinea in "The Decameron." (Courtesy of Giulia Parmigiani/Netflix) Here & Now's Scott Tong talks with Kathleen Jordan, creator and executive ...

T here is perhaps no brow in show business better at furrowing than Tony Hale’s. It creates a look of consternation any fan of Arrested Development or Veep would instantly recognize, a mixture of ...

The influential thinker and writer Douglas Rushkoff was once summoned to an audience with five Silicon Valley billionaires. As he recounts in Survival of the Richest, their concern was impending ...

The dark comedy set during the Black Death is a true ensemble show, allowing each of its main actors a moment to shine. By Nicole Fell Assistant Editor Netflix‘s latest dark comedy The Decameron ...

When it comes to the hot guys of Netflix, most people tend to focus on the men of Bridgerton or Too Hot to Handle. However, there’s now a new heartthrob in town, and he is found in Netflix’s newest ...