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1972 was a big year for women in America. The feminist movement was in full swing, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment, and Ms. magazine hit news stands. The publication dedicated itself to putting issues like abortion and domestic abuse front and center. Thirty five years later, Ms. magazine is still going strong.

A comedy (!) about a congressman, the CIA, and the Afghan mujahedeen, featuring some seriously larger-than-life characters. Director Mike Nichols displays a light satirical touch. (Recommended)

Singing legend Whitney Houston is bouncing back from her reputed drug habit and reviving her career, while R&B singer R. Kelly may have found himself embroiled in another sex scandal. Newsweek national correspondent Allison Samuels talks about that and more.

During the famously chaotic filming of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, another director was at work on the set: Documentary director Eleanor Coppola, the auteur's wife. Her film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, is out on DVD.

The latest from French filmmaker Barbet Schroeder (Single White Female, Reversal of Fortune) is titled L'Avocat de la Terreur — released in the U.S. as Terror's Advocate. It's a documentary about lawyer Jacques Verges, known for defending war criminals, militants and yes, terrorists.

The Black Stallion meets Gremlins in this boy-and-his-Loch Ness Monster story. The Brit cast is fine, the digital creature is persuasive enough, and the scenery's certainly pretty — but the story might well prove too alarming for really small kids, and too twee for adults

Actor John C. Reilly and director Jake Kasdan talk about their new film, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Kasdan woke up in the middle of the night with the concept and even the title for the spoof of music biopics. This interview was initially broadcast on Dec. 3, 2007.

If a political candidate makes a gaffe and comedy writers aren't around to make fun of it, does it make a sound? Bill Sheft, a writer for The Late Show with David Letterman, talks about the impact of the lack of late-night laughs, and how we are affected by the absence of political humor.

A womanizing fashion editor is felled by a stroke, then learns to communicate again by blinking. Months later, he has dictated a memoir — the inspiration for this wildly creative film by neo-expressionist Julian Schnabel. (Recommended)

Marshall Herskovitz and his working partner Edward Zwick created and produced the critically acclaimed shows thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, and Once and Again. Their new collaboration is Quarterlife, a show aired in 8-minute segments on the Web site of the same name.