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Could Hollywood make a movie in two days? Each year, the 48 Hour Film Project asks amateur filmmakers in cities across the country to do just that. Listen to filmmaker Joe Bruncsak's audio diary and follow along with the members of his Washington, D.C.-based Fuzz! team as they hastily piece together their entry.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Her work includes the Academy Award winning Harlan County, USA and American Dream. She's made films on subjects ranging from Woodstock and the Hamptons to biographies of Woody Allen, Mike Tyson and Gregory Peck. She's about to receive a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute's documentary festival.

Commentator Scott Huler wonders why he's even attending the annual Bloomsday celebration in Dublin, Ireland. Bloomsday honors Ulysses, the groundbreaking stream-of-consciousness novel by James Joyce -- a book Huler doesn't really like.

One man's trash is another man's treasure. NPR's Ben Gilbert reports on a New York City art gallery that's displaying photos of celebrity trash.

Day to Day senior producer Steve Proffitt goes to a driving range with golf writer and professional musician David Was to try out a new $600 driver. They discover that a high-tech club might be great for professional golfers, but it's not a lot of help for the average weekend duffer.

The National Endowment for the Arts has launched a new initiative called "Shakespeare in American Communities." It's the largest American tour of Shakespeare, bringing live, professional theater to more than a hundred cities and towns across the country. But not everyone is pleased with the federal agency's ambitious program. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.

Every spring break, a group of college students compete at a special debate tournament: The students deliver their arguments at seemingly hypersonic speeds. But this year, two schools unveiled a different style -- rapping. TV critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews a documentary on this literally breathtaking competition.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Wasp Eater, the first novel by William Lychack. Corrigan says the book, about a dysfunctional family splitting up in late '70s Connecticut, succeeds at a small goal: conveying the ordinary sadness of connecting with other human beings.

Slate contributor Ben Williams presents a roundup of what film critics are saying about this weekend's major movie studio releases, including Criminal, Cellular and Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow tells the story of a reporter and a hotshot pilot trying to save the world. The film's digitally created universe is both a nostalgic nod to the sci-fi serials of the 1930s and a stunning modernist vision. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has a review.