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Documentary ‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’ introduces you to the artist and the man

When filmmaker Alison Klayman graduated from Brown University in 2006, she knew she wanted to be a journalist or a foreign correspondent. Her only experience, however, was an internship at National Public Radio’s "All Things Considered" and some other radio work. So she went to China, bought a camera and began filming artist Ai Weiwei at his home and studio. The result is a documentary that shows clearly why Ai has become such a thorn for the Chinese government | 07/30/12 18:21:39 By - By Tish Wells

The moviemakers behind Batman’s ‘Dark Knight Trilogy’

It can take years to bring a single film to screen. It took over eight years to bring the massively popular Batman trilogy into theaters. | 07/25/12 12:49:02 By - By Tish Wells

‘The Last Policeman’ on the job as meteoric doomsday approaches

In Ben H. Winters’ new mystery, “The Last Policeman,” a massive asteroid named Maia will hit Earth in six months. The human race is reacting badly to the lack of a future. | 07/05/12 11:58:48 By - Tish Wells

Remember Inspector Morse? Masterpiece ‘Mystery!’ brings him back with ‘Endeavor’

The “Inspector Morse” mystery series was among the most popular ever broadcast on PBS and has lived on in re-runs for years. Now a new series, “Endeavor” introduces viewers to a very young Morse, a gawky 20-something young lad who dropped out of the University of Oxford and never expected to go back to that city. | 06/27/12 11:46:29 By - Tish Wells

End of the world fears? This time blame the Mayans

When the summer solstice arrives Wednesday, it will mark six months until the winter solstice on Dec. 21, when, according to some people’s reading of the Mayan Long Count calendar, the world will be destroyed. | 06/18/12 15:52:36 By - By Tish Wells

'City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age' by P.D. Smith

“City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age” is a well-written ramble, a delightful book for dipping into for new discoveries. It is a love song to cities, large and small. | 06/06/12 21:42:39 By - Tish Wells

BBC America documentary looks at Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee

It’s going to be a very British summer. Along with the Olympics in London, it is the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, the celebration of her 60 years of monarchy. Kicking off the celebration on Sunday, BBC America has a three-part documentary “The Diamond Queen,” which probably will be repeated endlessly. | 06/01/12 12:26:14 By - Tish Wells

A Sixties-style cookbook for 'Mad Men' fans

If you want to eat like a 20th century 1960’s family, you’ll now have a chance. “The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Sixties Cookbook” brings back all those family favorites that you might only have seen on television or the Thanksgiving table. | 05/21/12 12:27:45 By - Tish Wells

China's artist/activist Ai Weiwei works on exhibit in D.C. museums

If your concept of Chinese art is delicately painted screens and fragile porcelain cups, prepare for your world to be upended on a visit to Washington, D.C. This month, Ai Weiwei, the prolific Chinese artist and political activist, will have two shows on display, and a huge 40-piece retrospective of his work is coming in October. | 05/11/12 12:09:27 By - Tish Wells

'Presidential Campaign Posters' offers lessons in history

OK, political groupies, travel back through time to the campaigns of yesteryear. You can even wallpaper your bedroom with (long dead) politicians touting their virtues — and sometimes sliming their opponents. | 05/09/12 11:31:57 By - Tish Wells

PBS brings back modern ‘Sherlock’ for a second season

Coming back beginning Sunday to a PBS station near you is a new season of the BBC’s “Sherlock” on “Masterpiece Mystery!” The popular modern reinterpretation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” mystery stories drew 4.6 million views per episode for season one on PBS. | 05/02/12 13:38:16 By - Tish Wells

'Joe Golum and the Drowning City,’ an illustrated novel

Stir in a little H.P. Lovecraft and magic, season it with apocalyptic gloom, and you have “Joe Golum and the Drowning City.” Horror author Christopher Golden and artist Mike Mignola, creator of the comic “Hellboy,” have collaborated on an illustrated novel. | 04/25/12 10:37:15 By - Tish Wells

Vatican and Oxford libraries announce joint digital conversion of some manuscripts, books

More world literature just got its door kicked open digitally. For the first time scholars will be able to compare material kept in the separate collections for centuries. | 04/13/12 12:49:47 By - Tish Wells

D.C. celebrates ‘Japan Spring’ with exhibits by Hokusai, Kazunobu and Jakuchu

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Japanese gift of cherry blossom trees to Washington, D.C., two major art museums have joined forces for a “Japan Spring” trifecta. | 03/30/12 13:25:00 By - Tish Wells

BBC America’s ‘Whitechapel’ is back, as good as before

Viewers always wonder if a series will be as good the second time around. In the case of BBC America’s “Whitechapel,” it is. This intriguing British police procedural show returns March 28 with a new story torn from very old headlines — the 1812 Ratcliff Highway murders. | 03/23/12 11:25:10 By - Tish Wells

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