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Actor and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh made his name directing cinematic versions of Shakespeare, then Agatha Christie and Marvel movies. Now, with Belfast, he's made his most personal film.

The story behind the ground breaking hit from the Godfather of Soul, James Brown.

Scott Simon speaks with Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, about how her organization helps Afghan refugee children resettle in the U.S.

Piñatas are a common element in parties across different countries, but especially in Mexico around Christmas time, and the story of their origin combines cultures, traditions and religions.

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Spanish rapper C. Tangana about his highly-acclaimed and Grammy-nominated album, "El Madrileño."

The prime ministers of Australia and Serbia talked by phone about the tennis star's visa as he is seeded No. 1 in Australian Open.

Geoff Carroll recalls an eventful encounter with a polar bear on the sea ice of northern Alaska. It was originally performed for the Alaska storytelling show and podcast "Dark Winter Nights".

At first glance, the commitment-phobic woman at the film's center may seem to embody stereotypes about people her age, but this perceptive Norwegian dramedy doesn't reduce her to those assumptions.

The cannibal psychiatrist from The Silence of the Lambs is a murderous madman -- but he comes to be fond of FBI agent Clarice Starling. It's that evil-with-a-sweet-streak thing that's behind his appeal.

Samuel Beckett's masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, is being performed on the streets of New Orleans. Actor Wendell Pierce is starring in the production, and he tells NPR's Tony Cox why the play speaks to the struggles of a post-Katrina New Orleans.