Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'emdeath'

Death's Absence, Writ Large And Small

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:17:00 EST

Two new novels explore the consequences of a personified Death who fails to perform expected duties. Jonathan Carroll's The Ghost in Love focuses on an individual saved from Death, while Jose Saramago's Death with Interruptions examines an entire nation.

Desperate Beauty: Britten's 'Death In Venice'

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:03:00 EDT

Benjamin Britten's final, haunting opera Death in Venice (based on Thomas Mann's novella) finds an aging writer obsessed with one particular kind of beauty that leads to his downfall, in a production from Glimmerglass Opera.

Summary Judgment: 'Death Race,' 'House Bunny,' 'Hamlet'

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:27:00 EDT

Slate's Mark Jordan Legan reviews film reviews for Death Race, House Bunny, and Hamlet 2.

'Death Note' Gets Furious, Albeit Brief Screen Debut

Tue, 20 May 2008 06:00:00 EDT

When it comes to marketing a movie, the new Indiana Jones movie almost sells itself. But if you're backing a Japanese film adapted from a comic book, you have to be a bit more creative. KPBS reporter Beth Accomando reviews the new film, Death Note, which opens in 300 U.S. multiplexes — but only for two days.

Killer Penmanship in 'Death Note'

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:20:00 EDT

In the Japanese anime series Death Note, high school student Light Yagami is in possession of a super-powered notebook that allows him to kill anyone, simply by writing down the victim's name. Critic-at-large John Powers offers a commentary.