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The new movie Roger Dodger from director Dylan Kidd details the trials of a young man full of optimistic innocence and his manipulative, misogynistic uncle. Film critic Kenneth Turan offers a review.

The new Todd Haynes film Far from Heaven pays tribute to the 1950s melodramas of Douglas Sirk, who gave the world All That Heaven Allows and Imitation of Life. Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid and Dennis Haysbert star in Haynes' homage. David D'Arcy reports.

Lately big-name studios have largely bypassed Boston in favor of cities where making movies is cheaper. Teamsters union issues hike the cost of filming in the Hub, and are under investigation. NPR's Phillip Martin reports.

Bartlett's is out with the 17th edition of Familiar Quotations, including excerpts from 100 sources that haven't been quoted before in the well-known reference volume. Hear more from NPR's Susan Stamberg and editor Justin Kaplan.

For its first-ever remote program, The Tavis Smiley Show broadcasts from the campus of Clark Atlanta University, before a live audience in the university's student center. The program features Atlanta-area guests and focuses on three topics: Historically black colleges and universities, the Atlanta music scene, and baseball great Henry 'Hank' Aaron.

Consumer prices in January were up 7.5% from a year ago, the biggest annual gain since 1982. That may seem like a lot for those under 40, but older folks have lived through even sharper price hikes.

A new movie deals with the kinds of drastic choices few people ever have to make. The Grey Zone, starring Harvey Keitel, tells the story of Jewish concentration camp prisoners, who were compelled to help the Nazis run the gas chambers. Iris Mann reports.

Big dairy farms are profiting from California's tougher limits on greenhouse emissions. They're getting paid to capture methane from cow manure. But critics say the system subsidizes polluters.

Two groups are seeking to promote a better public understanding of who controls media outlets and how the media is regulated by the government. It's an exercise in "media literacy" carried out by The Action Coalition for Media Education and The Alliance for a Media Literate America. Paul Ingles reports.

There's a new novel from Scotland's Irvine Welsh. His earlier work Trainspotting -- a darkly comic look at heroin use -- became a hit film. Porno follows the same characters in different pursuits. Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr reports.