Arts Express

** Actor/director Tim Robbins talks about his production of Studs Terkel's Hard Times ** CNN analyst Elie Honig takes the Arts Express Hot Seat re Bill Barr ** Writer John Gaspard talks magic, mystery, and moviemaking on a budget.

** From Hiroshima To Hollywood: A Conversation With Actor Michael Berryman ** Chyna Robinson Talks No Ordinary Love ** Mary Murphy reads Denise Levertov's poems ** Bro on Cannes Film Festival Wrap-up

* Scenes From An Empty Church: A Conversation With Kevin Corrigan * Comedian and Filmmaker Kimmy Gatewood Talks "Good On Paper" * Bro on Cannes 2021: The Best Lack Conviction

**Lydia Lunch Talks No Wave, Punk, Art and War ** Facebook's War Against Journalism ** Bro on African-American subversive political painter, Robert Colescott. Photo credit: Annie Sprinkle

* The veteran provocative director of Bad Lieutenant, Abel Ferrara, talks about his new film * The Six-Pointed Star, the fictionalized prison memoir by Manuel Tiago * The People Vs. Agent Orange: What Went Down In Oregon And Not Just Viet Nam

** Vincent Pastore Talks Cannes, The Sopranos, Birthday Cake ** Jocko Sims On New Amsterdam, Driving Dennis Hopper In Crash ** The Conductor: musician Marin Alsop's struggle to become the first US female conductor ** Dennis Broe celebrates the provocative political paintings of African-American artist Robert Colescott   

** Chris Matthews Takes The Arts Express Hot Seat ** "The Voyage," A Fathers Day Fatherly Story: Arts Express Playhouse ** Ann-Margret Talks Queen Bees, Bette Davis. ** Bro On Raymond Chandler, The Man Behind The Mask.     Photo: "Kendall Coffey on Hardball with Chris Matthews" by kendall coffey CC 2.0 

** Actor Tzi Ma Talks US Race Hate History, Then And Now ** Bro On Working-Class Television Women Making Sense Of The World ** Radio Drama: The A List and the D List

** First Nations actor Adam Beach Talks The Unhealer and Percy Vs Goliath, the fight against Monsanto.  ** Mark Harris continues talking about his new biography of Mike Nichols, focusing this time on his films. ** Axis Sally, the new Al Pacino film about the German WWII propagandist Photo: Gage Skidmore

** Moby Talks Music, His Ahab ** The Tulsa Massacre, 100 Years: Director Chyna Robinson On Her Film Greenwood: 13 Hours ** A conversation with Mark Harris author of Mike Nichols, A Life

** Director Billy Woodberry Talks The LA Rebellion, Red Hollywood and Bless Their Little Hearts ** "How does Shakespeare start a riot?": "Disaster At The Astor." ** Plus...Corporate Media Watch On Israel...News From Strange Places...

** The Mauritanian: A Conversation With Director Kevin Macdonald. ** Jeff Fahey Talks Robert Mitchum, Psycho's Anthony Perkins, Locked In.  ** Everybody: A Book About Freedom. Part 2 of a conversation with Olivia Laing about the ideas of Wilhelm Reich.

**Painkiller: Bill Oberst Jr. Talks Wounded Monster Metaphors, Haunted Plantation Ruins **Everybody: A Book About Freedom - British Writer Olivia Laing In A Conversation With Jack Shalom **Radio Drama Corner: An excerpt from The Bermudez Triangle.     "Bill Oberst Jr. Meth Vampire Make-Up for DETOX" by billoberstjr is licensed under CC BY 2.0 

**Tamala Jones Talks about her new series Rebel based on Erin Brockovich **Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview And Other Conversations: Hayden Herrera discusses the life and work of Frida Kahlo **Broe On The 150th anniversary of The Paris Commune       Photo: Tamala Jones 2010.jpg" by Toglenn is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

**Michael Paré Talks Painkiller, That Big Pharma Other Pandemic **Last Will And Testament: Who Really Wrote The Shakespeare Plays? **Copyright Wrongs     Photo: Rob DiCaterino

*Filmmaker Ken Burns takes the Arts Express Hot Seat, as Prairie Miller probes his controversial documentary, Hemingway. *Radio Drama Corner: the verse of Paul Hostovsky, performed by Jack Shalom

**Rock Legend Don McLean Talks American Pie - And What Happened To Music Along The Way **The Lost Family: A Continuing Conversation with Libby Copeland about DNA testing **Plus...Poetry for a troubled time   Photo:  "The Don McLean, Tapestry Coasters" by McCoyCreations is licensed under CC BY 2.0

**Comedian/actor Eddie Izzard Talks Nazis, Lenny Bruce, Six Minutes To Midnight **Down the rabbit hole with Libby Copeland on DNA testing in The Lost Family. **Bro On The Global Television Beat: the tv series Pros And Cons. 

*Laraine Newman Talks SNL, "Darker Truths" In Her Memoir *Leonardo Nam On Phobias, Yes Day, Asian Hate Crimes And The Atlanta Massacres *Bro On The World Art Beat: African American Artist Robert Colescott   Photo: CC Steven "The Kuhnster" Kuhn - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuhnster/5977353046/

**Paul Robeson's Love Song: Tayo Aluko Reports From Liverpool **Hot Seat: Before Cuomo There Was...Mike Wallace. Ticking Clock - Behind The Scenes At 60 Minutes. Veteran 60 Minutes producer Ira Rosen  **20th century satirist Stephen Leacock's 'How To Make A Million Dollars.'

*Margaret Cho On Staying Funny And Mining Comedy During The Pandemic Crisis *The Hot Seat: NY Times columnist Charles Blow Talks The Devil You Know. *AMORALMAN: Jack Shalom dissects the multi-media work of the provocative performer, magician and cardsharp, Derek DelGaudio     Photo: Danlev / Dan Leveille.  CC BY-SA 3.0

*How It Feels To Be Free: Director Yoruba Richen On Capturing The Lives Of Black Female Legends In Her Documentary *Beth Grant Talks Going Toe To Toe With Nicolas Cage In A Movie, And Redefining Women On Screen *Radio Drama Corner: Mary Murphy performs the poetry of Molly Peacock 

*Actor Josh Lucas Talks Murderous Trance, Forever Purge *Bad Cupid, Shakespeare: A Conversation With Actor John Rhys-Davies *Art Corner: Ministry Of Truth. The Art At A Time Like This Movement has mounted an outdoor.political art exhibit of self-guided tours, presenting 20 artists on 20 billboards throughout New York City. *Screening Room: Red Is For Rosa. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary...

*The Hot Seat: General Wesley Clark Phones In *Bro On The Global Television Beat: What's up with The Mandalorian, Disney and the dumping of Gina Carano *Music Corner: Political singer/songwriter Roy Zimmerman in performance in Part Two of a continuing conversation with Jack Shalom.      "General Wesley Clark 2000" by John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

*Let Him Go: Jeffrey Donovan Talks Red State Versus Blue State Showdown In Progress On Screen *Pulling The Plug On Right Wing Politics Through Music: A Conversation With Performer Roy Zimmerman * Screening Room: The Case Of Chester Himes. How the 20th century simultaneously celebrated and controversial African American author influenced the detective novel, reimagining the genre.     "Jeffrey Dono...