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The Riches is a new drama series on the FX cable network. It stars Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver in a story about a family of criminals pulling the biggest scam of their lives.

Last week, thieves made off with two paintings by Pablo Picasso that had been hanging in the Paris apartment of the painter's granddaughter. Thomas McShane, a former FBI art-theft expert, talks about who steals famous works of art and why.

Comedian Sarah Silverman has earned notice for her irreverence toward touchy topics. Her new Comedy Central show, The Sarah Silverman Program, debuts Thursday night.

In Venus, Peter O'Toole plays the role of Maurice, an old actor whose career is reduced to playing corpses on TV medical dramas. O'Toole says the movie is about a "dirty, old man and young slut of a woman," but in deeper terms, explores age, youth and beauty.

For the first time in more than a decade, there are a lot more plays going out on tour. Typically, musical productions such as Phantom of the Opera are the shows that go on the road. But classic plays such as Twelve Angry Men are taking their production out for a tour.

John Carney's unpretentious musical romance is completely winning — with appealing characters, an unforced sense of intimacy and a light-fingered way of mixing music and story.

The MacDowell Colony, 100 years old this month, is a haven where artists of all types — writers, composers, sculptors — can sweep away distractions and just create. Though solitude is the retreat's main draw, interdisciplinary feedback is central to its appeal.

At 10, Abigail Breslin is the youngest Oscar nominee this year. She earned a best supporting actress nomination for Little Miss Sunshine. Breslin talks about her role in the movie and her reaction to the good news.

When Kathleen Turner made her first movie 25 years ago, she wasn't convinced she could produce a convincingly sexy stare. Today, she still commands attention, in the role of Martha in the touring version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The chart-topping Washington, D.C., rapper brings his songs to life at the Tiny Desk with the help of a six-piece go-go band.

If the celebrated cellist could soundtrack his life, the music would be J.S. Bach's six Cello Suites. Yo-Yo Ma explains why they mean the world to him while he played the music at the NPR offices.

What a way to wrap up Tiny Desk Fest. Raphael Saadiq, one of the most respected voices in soul music, performs a live concert with rising R&B star Lucky Daye.

The secret's out! One of 2019's brightest new stars peformed a live show at the Tiny Desk.

Tuesday night's guest star just wants to have some fun behind the Tiny Desk. She'll revisit her classics and perform new songs from her album Threads.

Wednesday night's showcases blends the sounds of Haiti, India, Italy and the Indigenous people of North America.

Our first night of live performances features music from Algeria, Argentina, Ukraine and North Carolina.

Our final night of globalFEST 2021 features salsa, First Nations music, Appalachian folk and a West African superstar.

Fears of an #Oscarssowhite redux go largely unfounded in this year's acting nominations, and the actress categories provided some real surprises. The battle for best picture will be fascinating.

In the first aspiring Hollywood blockbuster of the year, Firewall, Harrison Ford stars as a man whose identity theft leads to something more sinister than an overcharged credit card. Critic Kenneth Turan says the thriller's plot outlines and script are depressingly familiar.

Ed Gordon talks with actor Nia Long about her career, and her role in the new film Big Momma's House 2.

Kayvan Mashayekh's new film is his first -- and it took the Iranian-born lawyer from Houston five years to make. It's called The Keeper and it parallels his own life story with the tale of Persian poet Omar Kyayyam. Vanessa Redgrave appears in the epic, along with a cast of hundreds. Jacki Lyden talks with the filmmaker and with Mehdi Amin-Razavi, author of The Wine of Wisdom, a new biography of Kyayyam.

Film critic Bob Mondello reviews the DVD release of three classic black films: Hallelujah, Green Pastures and Cabin in the Sky. He says they are interesting, both as history and as works of art.

Ed Gordon talks to two filmmakers about their film, Favela Rising -- an unflinching look at the hard lives of those who live in one Brazilian ghetto.

Mary O'Connor served the Tampa Police Department for 22 years and was assistant chief when she retired in 2016. In 1996, she was arrested for battery on a law enforcement officer.

Comedian Albert Brooks plays himself in the film Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, which he also wrote and directed. Brooks tells Steve Inskeep about his "government-sponsored" mission to find out what makes Muslims laugh.