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Timothy Treadwell spent 13 summers among the grizzly bears of Alaska before one killed him. Film critic Kenneth Turan says director Werner Herzog has fashioned a riveting story of Treadwell's obsession.

Tuesday marks the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, the second of two atomic-bomb strikes on Japan that ended World War II. The effects of those attacks continue to affect Japanese culture today.

Day to Day television critic and Hollywood Reporter editor Andrew Wallenstein reviews Starved, a new comedy on the FX television network. Wallenstein calls the series a "nasty, brutish" comedy -- and one of the best shows of the season.

Filmmaker Noah Baumbach talks about The Squid and the Whale, his new film about an ostensibly sophisticated family in mid-80s Brooklyn struggling with separation.

Actor Christian Bale is Bruce Wayne -- and of course his alter ego Batman -- in the film Batman Begins, now out on DVD. Bale's other films include American Psycho, Laurel Canyon, Capt. Corelli's Mandolin, and The Machinist. Bale is also the voice of Howl in the new Japanese animated film Howl's Moving Castle. Originally aired on June 13, 2005.

Music journalist Ashley Kahn talks to filmmaker Cameron Crowe and others about the changing nature of movie soundtracks. Original music is out, while compilations of popular hits are in.

Suzanne de Passe is the executive producer of the 2005 Black Movie Awards. She talks about the show, which will honor the achievements of blacks in all areas of filmmaking. The awards air Wednesday night on Turner Network Television.

Critic at large John Powers considers the films of Alfred Hitchcock as a new DVD survey of his work is coming out: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection. The new release collects 14 of his films including Shadow of a Doubt, Rope, Rear Window, Psycho, The Birds, and Frenzy.

A new collection of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers DVDs from Warner Home Video is out, called the Astaire and Rogers Collection, Vol. 1. It includes "Top Hat" and "Swing Time."

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan offers his weekly roundup what film critics are saying about this weekend's new movie releases -- Doom, North Country and Shopgirl.