Oct 8th, 2004 · For most of the 17th century, women were banned from the English stage and key Shakespearean characters such as Juliet and Ophelia had to be played by men. But in 1660, everything changed. NPR's Bob Mondello says the new movie Stage Beauty is about the moment when women were first allowed to act -- and some exceptional female impersonators found their lives turned upside down.
Oct 1st, 2004 · Movie critic NPR's Bob Mondello has a review of the new film I ♥ Huckabees. He says the movie, from director David O. Russell, has a lot in common with other recent off-beat comedies.
Sep 25th, 2004 · A new detective film has taken Hong Kong by storm. Now Infernal Affairs, an interlocked story of police undercover work targeting gangs, is opening in the United States. NPR's Bob Mondello has a review.
Sep 24th, 2004 · George Romero's 1968 horror movie Night of the Living Dead inspired numerous sequels, remakes and spin-offs. But NPR's Bob Mondello says none has been quite as "lively" as Shaun of the Dead, the comic British version that opens in theaters Friday.
Sep 21st, 2004 · Independent filmmaker John Sayles' latest picture, about an election campaign in a Midwestern state, is called Silver City. NPR's Bob Mondello says it's a political lampoon in which similarities to real campaigns and campaigners are entirely intentional.
Sep 15th, 2004 · For hundreds of years, only scholars and museum curators have had access to the "Quartos," the earliest printed editions of Shakespeare's plays. But the British Library has just put 93 Quartos on the Internet, leading to what NPR's Bob Mondello says is much ado about Shakespeare on the Web.
Sep 6th, 2004 · NPR's Bob Mondello has a look at what is coming to the local multiplex this fall. The All Things Considered movie critic says along with the usual offerings, there are lots of comedies.
Aug 30th, 2004 · Broadway has been a showcase for controversial political themes for generations. With the GOP convention only blocks from the Great White Way, NPR's Bob Mondello looks at the history of politics in Broadway musical theatre.