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The story of anti-war protesters on trial in 1969, retold with an inventive mix of archival footage and motion-capture animation. Hank Azaria, Mark Ruffalo and other stars play Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and their compatriots.

Morning Edition and Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan reviews the thriller Vantage Point. It's the story of an attempted assassination of the president told from the point of view of eight people. Turan says that it's trying to be like the classic Japanese film Rashomon, but it's more like the story of the blind men and the elephant.

The New York Times arts and culture reporter David Carr talks about how there's more to winning an Oscar than a stellar performance.

Fresh Air's film critic reviews The Other Boleyn Girl, a costume drama from director Justin Chadwick. Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson play sisters battling for the affection of England's King Henry VIII.

Sculptor John Bisbee has made almost all of his art with an object most people use to hang art with — nails. Recently, after decades of oxidizing, welding, bending and cutting, he realized that he was overlooking the most obvious thing he could do with nails: hammer them.

The owner, coach and star player of a '70s pro basketball team struggles to keep the team from going under. Insipid comedy doesn't measure up to earlier Will Ferrell films.

Presidential candidates — and often presidents themselves — sometimes have trouble living up to the images of heroic commanders-in-chief on the big screen. In honor of Presidents Day, film critics Shawn Edwards and Julio Martinez discuss how fictional characters relate to the true American political experience.

The Scarlet Letter's proud adulteress is a vessel for the feelings and actions of the men who surround her — and a mirror revealing the reader's true feelings about the role of women in society.

The president of Georgia Tech University, Wayne Clough, is named the new head of the Smithsonian Institution on Saturday. He becomes the 12th secretary in the institution's history. When he begins in July, he'll face myriad management and financial obstacles.

Spring is just around the corner, and that means a new line of fashion in stores. Michael Macko, men's fashion director for Saks Fifth Avenue is joined by Adam Rapoport, style editor for GQ Magazine, to discuss the latest men's styles, including what not to wear.