Movies

• Documentary Shows George Plimpton's Best Story Was His Own

  A new documentary about writer George Plimpton uses its subject's own voice to tell the story of his career as a path-breaking "participatory journalist" and longtime editor of the Paris Review. The film also uses the voices of Plimpton's friends and colleagues to defend him against the charge of dilettantism that dogged him throughout his career. NPR's Joel Rose reports.

• Cannes Diary: Delusions Of 'Gatsby' (And Dreams Of Notoriety)

  All is Gatsbyish excess on the Croisette, where the Cannes Film Festival's early tone might well have been set by Baz Luhrmann's lavish film — and by Sofia Coppola's accomplished The Bling Ring.

• 'Arrested Development' Leads The Charge For Old Brands In New Media

  Brands that found their original audiences in traditional, old-media platforms are finding ways to keep going in the world of new media.

• The Starfleet Divide: The 'Star Trek' Universe Revisits One Of Its Great Debates

  J.J. Abrams isn't the first guy to bait Star Trek fans by messing with the brand.