Arts Express

Arts Express 5-18-21 Featuring Kevin Macdonald, Director of The Mauritanian

** 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.

Arts Express 5-11-21 Featuring Horror Actor Icon Bill Oberst Jr.

**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.
 
 
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Arts Express 5-04-21 Featuring Tamala Jones Talking About the New Series "Rebel"

**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
 
 
 
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Arts Express 4-27-21 Featuring Michael Paré Interview

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

Arts Express 4-20-21 Featuring Ken Burns on Hemingway Interview

*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

Arts Express 4-13-21 Featuring Don McLean Interview

**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
 
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Arts Express 4-6-21 Featuring Eddie Izzard Interview

**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. 

Arts Express 3-30-21 Featuring Laraine Newman Interview

*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
 
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Arts Express 3-23-21 Featuring Tayo Aluko as Paul Robeson

**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.'

Arts Express 3-16-21 Featuring Margaret Cho Interview

*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
 
 
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Arts Express 3-9-21 Featuring Yoruba Richen, Director of How It Feels To Be Free

*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 

Arts Express 3-02-21 Featuring Actor Josh Lucas

*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 of her birth on March 5th, selections from the documentary series on Rosa Luxemburg. A Women Moving History Tribute, Women's History Month Feature Presentation.