Sheila Balkan

The hero of "Moffie" is a closeted gay conscript in the South Africa of 1981. In addition to the killing arts, he and his fellow draftees are trained in racism and homophobia.

In "Nobody," the star of "Better Call Saul" plays a placid suburbanite who discovers the pleasures of revenge.

Writer-director Oliver Hermanus discusses his new film and the complex history of his native South Africa on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence.”

Amoeba Music co-owner Jim Henderson speaks with KCRW about surviving the past year, redesigning a record store for the streaming era, and what Amoeba fans can look forward to in the…

Karla Funderburk's Memorial Crane Project features tens of thousands of these origami long-necked, long-legged birds.

"The Courier," a Cold War spy thriller starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is earnest to a fault.

Awards columnist Scott Feinberg explains why this is such a strange year for the Oscars, and how the event’s producers are attempting to keep the glitz and glamour for this year’s…

KCRW’s DJs and music staff tuned in all week to SXSW. Here are our favorite new acts to pay attention to in the year ahead.

When the Writers Guild went to war against the agencies two years ago, few thought the union would prevail.