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Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Thank You For Smoking. It is a satirical film about a super-lobbyist for the tobacco industry.

Slate media critic Seth Stevenson reviews the new television ad campaign for Volkswagen. In the ads, a small, toy-like personification of a driver's "fast" compels VW owners to enjoy the open throttle -- and sometimes act like bratty frat brothers.

Suppose the South had won the Civil War and slavery were still a part of America. Kevin Wilmot's mockumentary Confederate States of America dreams up a world where slaves are bought and sold over the Internet, and the U.S. has a tense relationship with Canada.

Dave Chappelle's Block Party is a mix of Dave Chappelle's sketch comedy and musical interludes. It's a movie inspired, in part, by the 1973 documentary Wattstax. The movie is a fun mix of music and Chappelle at his best.

The film adaptation of Christopher Buckley's 1994 satirical novel Thank You for Smoking is about to hit the big screen. He talks with Liane Hansen about the movie from a smoke-filled bar in Washington, D.C.

The home of Volkswagen -- Wolfsburg, Germany -- hopes to change its reputation as a featureless factory town. London-based architect Zaha Hadid has contributed the Phaeno Science Center, seen as a revolution in building design.

Film critic Bob Mondello reviews the DVD release of three classic black films: Hallelujah, Green Pastures and Cabin in the Sky. He says they are interesting, both as history and as works of art.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what movie critics are saying about this weekend's major film releases: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The World's Fastest Indian and Something New.

Slate contributor Seth Stevenson reviews the new commercials promoting the flu and cold medication Theraflu. The campaign depicts sick people as disfigured monsters transformed back into regular humans with a single dose of Theraflu Thin Strips.

The idea that priests, like all men, are not perfect might seem like a tame one. But NBC's effort to translate the premise into a TV series has brought protests that the show is anti-Christian. Jack Kenny is the creator and executive producer of The Book of Daniel.