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Haven't had your swash sufficiently buckled? Cap'n Jack's back, and there's three hours' worth of him this time. But Pirates isn't light and clever anymore; it's bigger, noisier, and all about effects.

So this is how you make a low-budget musical these days! John Carney's unassuming romance seems almost a found object — sweet and unassumingly authentic. (Recommended)

Little girls everywhere seem to long for their own pair of ballerina slippers. For most, it's as close as they will ever get to becoming a ballet star. This is especially true for African Americans. Two ballerinas talk about their lives on and off the stage.

Fresh Air went national in 1987, and we're celebrating that 20th anniversary by revisiting some classic interviews. First up: Jerry Seinfeld, who sat down with Terry Gross before Seinfeld made him a star. Rebroadcast from Sept. 2, 1987.

Fanny Ardant is not a household name here in the United States, but in France she is a superstar. The 58-year-old actress appears in a new film Paris, Je T'aime, which is comprised of 18 vignettes about life in Paris.

Rapper Chris "Kharma Kazi" Rolle proves an intriguingly troubled mentor for aspiring rappers in this surprisingly affecting documentary.

Haven't had your swash sufficiently buckled? Cap'n Jack's back — three hours' worth of him this time. But Pirates isn't light and clever anymore; it's bigger, noisier and all about effects.

Two documentaries — one about big-budget Broadway musicals and one about a Brooklyn program aimed at high-school rappers — make it clear that art isn't easy.

Sarah Polley's debut film is a generous, deceptively simple portrait, simply brought to life: Gordon Pinsent's Grant is gruff and bearish, Julie Christie's Fiona gorgeous and exquisitely blank.

Recently Brig. Gen. Patrick Finnegan asked producers of the Fox program 24 to stop showing torture as an effective tool in combating terrorism. His request may not have changed that show's writing, but some other shows seem to have heard it.