Arts Express

Arts Express 8-10-21 Featuring Mayling Ng Interview

* Action Star Mayling Ng Talks Suicide Squad, Olympics bikini protests, and faceoff against Asian hate
* Lorelei: A Conversation With Actress Jena Malone on Economic Crisis Cinema.
* Book Corner: The Joy Of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration by Sarah Everts

Arts Express 8-3-21 Featuring Tom Robbins Interview

** 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.

Arts Express 7-27-21 Featuring Actor Michael Berryman

** 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

Arts Express 7-20-21 Featuring Kevin Corrigan Interview

* 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

Arts Express 7-13-21 Featuring Lydia Lunch Interview

**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

Arts Express 7-06-21 Featuring Director Abel Ferrara Interview

* 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

Arts Express 6-29-21 Featuring Actor Vincent Pastore Interview

** 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 
 

Arts Express 6-22-21 Featuring Chris Matthews on the Hot Seat

** 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 

Arts Express 6-15-21 Featuring Actor Tzi Ma Interview

** 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

Arts Express 6-8-21 Featuring First Nations Actor Adam Beach Interview

** 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

Arts Express 6-1-21 Featuring Moby Interview

** 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

Arts Express 5-25-21 Featuring Bill Woodbury, Director of Bless Their Little Hearts

** 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...