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In her home studio in East Hampton, New York, illumination artist Ellen Frank is working to revive the atelier, a workshop where apprentices learn the skills of a master by working with the artist on his or her original works.

Farai Chideya talks with Newsweek national correspondent Allison Samuels about the latest Hollywood news. Today, we discuss The L.A. Times' retraction of a story on Tupac Shakur, Spike Lee's ongoing struggle to fund his movies, and Terri Vaughn's new documentary, Angels Can't Help but Laugh.

Fresh Air TV critic David Bianculli reviews HBO's new series John Adams, produced by Tom Hanks.

An American private eye falls in love with a mysterious French woman, but things are not what they seem.

Nearly 40 years ago, funny, smart, neurotic Alexander Portnoy burst onto the public stage. Philip Roth's fictional hero was racked by guilt — promoted by an over-protective, self-sacrificing mother and by an obsession with, er, loving himself too much.

Victoria Wood wrote and starred in Housewife 49, a film that follows one woman's life amid the challenges of wartime England.

This weekend, Hollywood's biggest movie release is set in 10,000 BC. But two other "period" movies — The Bank Job and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day — prove more interesting. Both play with movie styles that have mostly gone out of fashion.

After his grandmother dies, 9-year-old Carlitos decides to jump the Mexico-U.S. border to find his mother, who is working in Los Angeles. What he doesn't know: She's on her way to find him, too, and many a danger awaits.

Juno, a film that tells the story of a pregnant 16-year-old in search of a worthy adoptive couple for her child, didn't start out as a teen-pregnancy movie, says screenwriter Diablo Cody.

The combined airline would offer 1,000 daily flights to more than 145 destinations in 19 countries and directly add 10,000 jobs by 2026. But consumer advocates have their doubts.