Juan Felipe Herrera named first Latino poet laureate
"I'm here for everyone and from everyone; my voice is made by everyone's voices."
Today in history: Novelist Saul Bellow born 100 years ago
He would become one of America's great postwar authors, examining complex urban antiheroes at war with the society they live in.
Progressive Cinema: Tribeca Film Festival highlights
This is the second in a series of reports from the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
Sci-fi in “Tomorrowland” makes a good point
It's refreshing to see science fiction used for something that isn't dystopian!
Progressive cinema clips: Cinetopia, Robeson film, "Chiraq"
Detroit area film lovers are being treated to a new version of the Cinetopia Film Festival, now in its fourth year and growing rapidly.
A would-be Gorbachev in the People’s Republic: “The Chinese Mayor”
This film is an insider's look at Geng Yanbo, the reform-minded mayor of Datong, one of the People's Republic of China's most polluted cities.
The cost of fame: “The Cult of JT Leroy"
The film shows how nonfiction becomes novelized, with dramatization and confabulation fobbed off as "news" and "truth."
Poem for peace: “Brother”
"I depend on you and you can depend on me. A brother is no bother. We all have the same Father."
Ray’s eye: The magnificent Apu Trilogy rides again
Before there was Bollywood or "The Mindy Project" there was Satyajit Ray, India's movie maestro.
