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In January 1856, fugitive slave Margaret Garner killed her infant daughter with a butcher knife rather than see her returned to bondage. Toni Morrison turned the story into the novel Beloved, and has now written an opera, Margaret Garner, which debuts Saturday. Detroit Public Radio's Celeste Headlee reports.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Alex Gibney's award-winning documentary, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. Gibney adapted a book that chronicles the fantastic rise and demise of the company that was engulfed in scandal when its outrageous accounting practices were exposed.

As the frontwoman for the fiercely independent Colombian rock band Aterciopilados, Andrea Echeverri has spent a decade as a Madonna-like agent of change, expanding the possibilities for women in Latin music. She now continues that work away from the band with her self-titled solo debut, which was inspired by the birth of her daughter Milagros. Tom Moon has a review.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Kingdom of Heaven. Gladiator director Ridley Scott's take on the Crusades features actor Orlando Bloom as a young blacksmith who saves the people of Jerusalem.

To navigate through the world, we give the physical things around us names. Sometimes the sound of the words themselves delights the ear; and for commentator Brian McConnachie, that's enough of a reason to marvel.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan looks at what the nation's critics are saying about this week's major U.S. movie releases, including Kingdom of Heaven, Crash and House of Wax.

Has the power of the dark side been underestimated? Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the final chapter of the Star Wars series. He says it's easily the best of the trio of Star Wars prequels.

Hotel is the new CD by the electronic musician Moby. Moby's 1999 CD Play mixed old blues and gospel music with modern electronica. Music critic Mikel Jollett feels a bit nostalgic for the old days of the 90's after hearing the new Moby CD. He says it doesn't have the spark of his older work.

Ridley Scott has made a name for himself in Hollywood directing blockbusters such as Alien, Black Hawk Down and Gladiator. (And don't forget about Blade Runner.) He talks about his latest film, Kingdom of Heaven, an exploration of the Crusades.

Palindromes is the dark, new film comedy by Todd Solondz. It's a sequel to the writer-director's Welcome to the Dollhouse. Bob Mondello says like that earlier film, this new one deals almost exclusively with discomfiting subjects.