James Bond films

‘Lincoln,’ ‘Skyfall’ bring history into movie theaters this weekend

Arts, Culture & Media

Abraham Lincoln wasn’t just Honest Abe, he had a wheeling and dealing political side. That’s the take of the new movie, Lincoln, out this weekend. It’ll be up against Skyfall, the 50th anniversary edition of the James Bond series.

Composer discusses surprising origin of James Bond theme song

Arts, Culture & Media

Music Heard on Air for March 28, 2013

Music Heard on Air

‘Art of Betrayal’ Reveals the Secrets of the MI6

The Origin of Bond Theme Music

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

The Bombay Royale: Retro-Bollywood Music from Australia

Arts, Culture & Media

The songs on the new album “You Me Bullets Love” sound like the soundtrack to a long lost Bollywood-James Bond film. But there is no film and the music is new. The soundtrack to this imaginary film is by the Australia-based band, The Bombay Royale.

Trayvon Martin Story Echoed in New Play

The new play Slip/Shot opens tonight in Philadelphia. The play  is set in 1962, at Florida State University in Tallahassee, and centers on the case of a 17-year-old African-American boy. The boy is unarmed, walking home from his girlfriend’s late at night, when he is shot and killed by a white security guard. The local sheriff […]