Tim Grierson

Tom Hanks is Fred Rogers, the children's TV host in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood." The movie was made for grownups, of course, so sticky sweetness threatens at every turn.

This week, artists use light and pigment to create otherworldly effects, and two artists investigate the climate through unique personal styles.

On Tuesday, presidential hopeful Julian Castro joined Black Lives Matter activists in front of LAPD headquarters to raise awareness of the 2018 fatal police shooting of Grechario Mack.

From the archives, Ocean Vuong speaks of leaving his thumbprint on his new novel  On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous .

And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?: A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks  by Lawrence Weschler is a book that can only be itself.

Part of the streaming wars is trying to figure out the perfect way to release new episodes--one at a time, all at once, or some combination of the two?

In her feature film debut, ‘Queen & Slim’, director Melina Matsoukas has made a road drama that examines African American stereotypes and flipped them on their heads.

NBC is in trouble again.

KCRW invites you to an advance screening of A Hidden Life from Fox Searchlight.