MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Not My Job: We Ask 'Sopranos' Star Edie Falco 3 Questions About Tenors
  Falco gained fame and a boatload of awards playing Carmela on HBO's The Sopranos. She followed that up by creating the iconic role of Nurse Jackie on Showtime. Her new movie is Outside In.
• As Saudi Arabia's Cinema Ban Ends, Filmmakers Eye New Opportunities
  Allowing cinemas is part of a modernization drive by the Saudi government, which hopes to create more business opportunities and become a regional film hub. But it's a tough place to be a filmmaker.
• 'How To Suppress Women's Writing:' 3 Decades Old And Still Sadly Relevant
  This collection of essays by novelist and scholar Joanna Russ was first published in 1983 — but it reads as if it might've come out last week. "Get angry; then get a reading list," says our critic.
• How To Watch 'Westworld' Even If You've Never Seen An Episode
  It's impossible to watch all the good TV out there. But that's no reason to shy away from the conversation around the buzziest small-screen delights. David Chen and Joanna Robinson host the podcast Decoding Westworld, and join NPR's Ailsa Chang to talk about HBO's Westworld.
• Before He Became The 'Night Court' Judge, Harry Anderson Was A Con-Man Magician
  Anderson, who died April 16, began his career as a street performer specializing in elaborate pranks. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1989 about an illusion in which he pretended to chop off his own hand.
• Remembering Milos Forman, Director Of 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'
  The Academy Award-winning filmmaker, who died on April 13, spoke to Fresh Air in 1994 about growing up in the former Czechoslovakia, first under the Gestapo, then under communist rule.
• Pop Culture Happy Hour: Our Summer Movie Preview
  Every year at this time, we make wild predictions about what will make money and what will not. But more importantly, we share the films we're looking forward to the most — big and small.
• The 'Scandal' Finale: Last Shocks, Loose Ends And Lots Of Lust
  After seven seasons, Shonda Rhimes' roller-coaster of a drama screeches to a final halt as Olivia and the team try to get out of one last scrape and Olivia tries to make it to Vermont.
• William Friedkin Meets 'The Devil And Father Amorth'
  The director of The Exorcist compiles footage of an exorcism he filmed for a magazine article. The bizarre result "seems to have been made by someone who's never seen a movie before."
• 'Godard Mon Amour': A Stylish Homage To The French New Wave Treads Water
  Michel Hazanavicius' film about the romance (and breakup) of director Jean-Luc Godard and actress Anne Wiazemsky adopts many of that director's signature flourishes, to lesser effect.