Arts Express

* Vondie Curtis-Hall Talks Sheepdog, The Projectionist. And his portrayal as a mentally destroyed Vietnam veteran in Sheepdog * UK Desk: Greenland--boats, billionaires, and news cycles * Bro on Top Ten of the Year * Renee Good poetry * & Garland Nixon!

* Michael Mosley Talks Signing Tony Raymond, Ballard, The Savant. A conversation about his latest satirical film during this football season * Luke O'Neil's new short fictions, "We Had It Coming" *Movies 2025 Wrap-Up Report:  Broe on the worst of the worst.  * & Garland Nixon! Plus...Venezuela, ICE, Greenland... 

* Rich Williams Talks Kansas, "Dust In The Wind," & the story surrounding the creation of an enduring classic song * Maduro kidnapped! AE Paris correspondent Dennis Broe gives the European perspective * & Garland Nixon!

* Janelle James Talks Abbott Elementary. From standup onstage to head principal of an inner city public school in the satirical series, Abbott Elementary * Anthony Hopkins recent memoir * Broe on The Case of Vienna and The Politics of the Holiday Season 2025 * & Garland Nixon!

* Alan Berliner Talks Benita, a devastating and deeply eloquent film tribute to his late collaborator, artist and filmmaker Benita Raphan * Broe talks AI, Robin Hood, blacklists, Paris politics and Zohran Mamdani in a cross-continental convo * & Garland Nixon!

* Predators: A Conversation with investigative filmmaker David Osit about his latest film probing "To Catch A Predator," the notorious reality TV show  * Broe in a cross-continental convo dissects the US mafia government's porno-style manipulation--plus the current Paris economic street uprisings * & Garland Nixon!

* Don Swayze Talks All Saints Day, Matlock, And His Late Brother Patrick's Legacy * A gothic tale for Christmas...'a place where shadows breathe...inviting you to immerse yourself' * & Garland Nixon!

* Janet McTeer Talks The Artist - and her Professor Minerva McGonagall in the next Harry Potter, following in the footsteps of the late Maggie Smith * It's A Wonderful Life and the FBI? * "Ode For The American Dead In Korea" * & Garland Nixon!

* Jared Harris Talks Reawakening, A House Of Dynamite Nuclear Apocalypse, Chernobyl, Mad Men, And His Gorbachev's End Of World Showdown In Reykjavik * Robin Hood goes corporate * Alan Berliner's back to the future doc on the extraordinary Benita Raphan * & Garland Nixon!

* Alex Woo Talks In Your Dreams, a reverie excursion, and Rex Steele: Nazi Hunter * Ensh*ttification: Why Everything got Worse and What You Can Do About It * Shawn Grenier on the painter who fell in love with his own art * & Garland Nixon!

* The Perfect Neighbor: Director Geeta Gandbhir in conversation re her ironically titled film doc about the long horrific reality of racism in this country * Bro on The House of Guinness * Shawn Grenier on "the artist who painted dreams..." * & Garland Nixon!

* Penelope Ann Miller Talks After All, joined by Erika Christensen * UK Desk: David Litz And The Worker Owned Water Bottle Movement  * Plus...Veterans Day, violence, the new US mercenary army and war, in the art work of Leon Golub * & Garland Nixon!

* Filmmaker Patrick Harbinson Talks His 'Maigret' - among 34+ other Detective Maigret screen manifestations. And what this may have to do with Vietnamese takeout and a ratty old trench coat... * Halloween Spookarama with The Black Cat * & Garland Nixon!

* Tony Danza Talks  Re-Election, his latest film, playing a dad dealing with his son's election do over, confronting corruption and lunacy--& Tony also talks Taxi * The Last Extinction: The Real Science Behind The Death Of The Dinosaurs with Prof. Gerta Keller * & Garland Nixon!

* Malcolm McDowell Talks The Partisan, His Rupert Murdoch in Bombshell, Dog & Bull, and memories of Kubrick on A Clockwork Orange * Broe on the South African thriller series, Lioness * Why Grant Wood's American Gothic became iconic * & Garland Nixon!

* Crispin Glover Talks Mr. K, Orson Welles, and 'navigating within the corporate structure of the film world...' * Newport & the Great Folk Dream, a continuing conversation * Broe on 'cabbages versus caviar' in the crime series, Marked * & Garland Nixon!

* The Daily Show: A Conversation With Head Writer, Dan Amira --Who's Calling the Shots? * Newport And The Great Folk Dream: a look back to a crucial musical marker * Broe with a 2nd wave report from the streets of Paris * And Garland Nixon!

* Charlie McDowell Talks The Summer Book, His Dad Malcolm McDowell, Dear White People - & his uncredited bully in Curb Your Enthusiasm * AE Paris Correspondent Broe on Trump's defunding of public tv & radio - the sledgehammer solution * Flags Half Mast at Guantanamo's McDonalds * & Garland Nixon!

*Tim Blake Nelson Talks Bang Bang, as a down & out Detroit ex-boxer. Also, The Lowdown, & Nelson's status as a continuing master of many movie hats * More Copaganda: How The Police And The Media Manipulate Our News * Broe reports on the mass rage on the streets of Paris * & Garland Nixon!

* Chris Cooper Talks The History Of Sound, the journey of two WWI era music conservationists who record and preserve rural ballads; & John Sayles' Matewan  * Copaganda: How The Police And The Media Manipulate Our News, with author Alec Karakatsanis * & Garland Nixon!

* The Knife: Melissa Leo on playing a deceptively concerned sinister cop in her new film; & also, her turn as Laura Poitras in Snowden * Bro on the new Manchurian candidates * Painting Klansmen: How Philip Guston explored themes of violence, evil and complicity * & Garland Nixon!

* Lilly: Patricia Clarkson as real life blue collar worker Lilly Ledbetter, fighting Goodyear Tire--and prevailing! * Action Will Be Taken--a comic Labor Noir  * In The Disruption: On the writings of philosopher and former bank robber, Bernard Stiegler * & Garland Nixon!

* Suspended Time: Oliver Assayas talks about his existential voyage through the Covid lockdown. Also Carlos, and his Putin in Wizard Of The Kremlin * Return to Fukushima, an irradiated world * Bro on The Summit, Who Wants Peace? * And Garland Nixon!

* Michael Chernus Talks Birthrite, Orange Is The New Black, and playing Theo Bikel in A Complete Unknown * Return to Fukushima: the false promise and real danger of nuclear power with investigative journalist Thomas Bass * And Garland Nixon!

* Actor Jim O'Heir Talks Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles,  Parks And Recreation, & Edgar Allan Poe's Mystery Dinner Party *  AE Paris Correspondent Dennis Broe on the EU tariff surrender, weapons, Ukraine, & blackmail *  On the 80th anniversary of the US horrific atomic bombing of Hiroshima, some reflections... * & Garland Nixon!