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Robert Siegel talks to New York Times columnist Nick Kristof about his friend and college roommate Scott Androes, who was diagnosed with Stage Four prostate cancer. In two recent columns, Kristof wrote about Androes, who didn't have health insurance at the time of the diagnosis. In Thursday's paper, Kristof writes that Androes drifted into a coma Sunday and died Monday morning.

Melissa Block talks to Matt Dixon, vice president of operations for the Division of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, about a recent multimillion-dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide and improve indoor plumbing to villages in Alaska.

The ticket prices for the latest Rolling Stones concert tour have some fans feeling like they can't get what they want. NPR's All Things Considered looks back to the Rolling Stones' first concert in London's Marquee club in 1962 to hear about the vibe and the much-lower price tag.

The French dramedy focuses on the challenges of aging in uncertain times. Critic Joel Arnold says warm performances from Jane Fonda and Pierre Richard imbue the film with both playfulness and rue.

Ry Russo-Young and Girls creator Lena Dunham paint a mortifying picture of infidelity and emotional impulse control; Olivia Thirlby and John Krasinski anchor a cast of perfectly imperfect characters who show that the awkwardness of desire can linger long into adulthood.

In the latest outing for James Patterson's detective hero, Alex Cross reintroduces the titular character in the body of Tyler Perry. Critic Mark Jenkins says it's an odd hybrid of the goofy and the gruesome.

Stephen Fung's steampunk kung fu action film Tai Chi Zero is every bit as playful as it is stylized. The plot, involving a fight against industrial expansion, is nothing new, but critic Mark Jenkins says it's a story purposefully told.

Denis Cote's quiet nature documentary does a lot of looking, with long, deliberate shots of animals and humans in a Canadian zoo. Sam Stander says the film's placid approach serves to explore the anxieties of spectatorship.

The Sessions is based on the story of Mark O'Brien, a disabled man who used a sex surrogate to achieve intimacy for the first time. Director Ben Lewin's own experience with a disabling disease informs a sensitive look at the issues at hand. (Recommended)

President Obama and the Democratic Party's grand total is just north of $900 million dollars for the current cycle, while Mitt Romney and the Republicans topped $800 million. The numbers don't include dollars raised and spent by superPACs or from tax-exempt groups.