Selecting reading materials for high school students requires a delicate balance between accessibility and quality. Students want accessible stories that deal with problems familiar to their high school experience, while their teachers demand that the stories must possess a high literary quality (or at least a pinch of quality).
Veteran filmmakers Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, George Clooney and others sat down with American Masters in anticipation of the 3-part series You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (airing Sept. 23-25 at 9pm ET). Watch the interviews…
Shen Wei grew up during the Cultural Revolution in China and left in 1995 to learn more about Western artistic traditions. He was invited back to design the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. In this profile, see how he was inspired by modern dance, and see clips from his past works. Watch now…
Warner Bros. has always been Hollywood’s darkest studio. In these exclusive segments from AMERICAN MASTERS’ new 3-part series, You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story, you’ll find out why. Watch now…
“Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience,”
Harper Lee’s famous line in …
Looking back over these past few months, the program art:21 has featured several 2008 exhibitions by artists such as Eleanor Antin, Kerry James Marshall, Josiah McElheny, and Gabriel Orozco. Watch them all in one place…
On Sept. 18th at 8pm, Thirteen will air a documentary about the making of the critically-acclaimed Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s production of Twelfth Night, followed by the play itself. The special is hosted by Kristin Chenoweth. Read more about the production and the documentary here…
Radiohole breaks with traditional forms of theater, so it seems fair that a written treatment reflect this. The company’s new production, ANGER/NATION, is at The Kitchen through Sept. 27 (SPOILER ALERT: contains plot and production details). Read on…
Richard “Rick” Wright, keyboardist and founding member of the legendary British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, died yesterday of cancer at the age of 65.
Included in Wright’s discography is the …
Richard Schickel, director of AMERICAN MASTERS’ “You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story,” discusses the making of the new 3-part series. Watch now…
