The first promo clip from the upcoming movie A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood has just been released, and it proves indisputably that this biopic of children’s TV host Fred Rogers has indeed found its ideal leading man...

2019

Jul

GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR CHRIS By David Bianculli

For the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing tomorrow, one of the cuts we played on Fresh Air today (Friday, July 19), was audio of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, singing his version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity". The sound is great, but to get to the full impact — as more than 43 million people have done on YouTube — you have to see the 2013 video...

2019

Jul

MASTER OF DISGUISE By Eric Gould

You might assume most TV spy tropes — fake passports, wigs, sunglasses — work well… on TV. But here’s a fascinating look at TV spycraft with former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez, who runs through clips of The Americans, 24, Alias and many others and says why some are the run-of-the-mill plot contrivances, and how others are credible CIA techniques...

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