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Actor Peter Fonda is probably best known for his role in the cult-classic road movie Easy Rider. His new picture, 3:10 to Yuma, is a Western — a remake of the 1957 film. Fonda, son of actor Henry Fonda, is author of the memoir Don't Tell Dad.

Symphony orchestras typically perform repertoire from acknowledged masters of classical music. But one internationally touring multimedia concert replaces Mozart with ... Mario Bros.? When Video Games Live comes to town, the melodies — and the audiences — are different.

Guitarist and singer/songwriter Richard Thompson might be considered a cult artist — not widely known, but critically adored. He was a founding member of the vastly influential British folk band Fairport Convention. His new album is Sweet Warrior.

Radio Express, a California-based production company, produces and exports pre-packaged music radio programming to more than 130 countries, including several in Africa. The company has just created "Jammin' Africa," a program that helps African artists get exposure across the continent. NPR's Tony Cox visited Radio Express, and spoke with members of the staff, including CEO Tom Rounds.

Russell Crowe is the ruthless black-hat, Christian Bale the reluctant hero in this remake of the 1957 Western. Ben Foster (the angel-winged good kid in the last X-Men extravaganza) plays Crowe's murderous sidekick.

The Lives of Others, a spy film set in the former East Germany, won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck says it's "a human drama about the ability of human beings to do the right thing, no matter how far they have gone down the wrong path." It's due out on DVD Aug. 21.

New in theaters this weekend: In the Valley of Elah, Eastern Promises and The Brave One. What are the critics saying?

In this week's roundup of reviews for the week's new movies from the online magazine Slate, we hear about Live Free or Die Hard, Ratatouille and Sicko.

Don Cheadle plays "Petey" Greene, an ex-con turned talk-radio DJ in '60s D.C.; when riots explode after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, the loudmouth with a past discovers he's got the street cred to help a burning city bring itself back under control.

All Things Considered film critic Bob Mondello reviews a Vietnam War film from Werner Herzog. Herzog had told this same story before, in a documentary. This time he cast Christian Bale as captured U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler.