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Over the last decade Atlanta has become a mecca for black Americans and it serves as the backdrop for a new movie, ATL. Director Chris Robinson tells Ed Gordon about the coming-of-age tale, and why he set his first feature film in the city known as "Hotlanta."

The director of the hit film Inside Man tells Scott Simon about the movie, his long working relationship with Denzel Washington, and the upcoming 20th anniversary of She's Gotta Have It.

Researchers say they have discovered the only known copy of the Gospel of Judas. Alex Chadwick talks to Herb Krosney, author of The Lost Gospel.

McGill University neuroscientist Dr. Daniel Levitin will attach sensors to Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart, five musicians and 50 audience members. The goal: measure physiological responses to the music.

Following jazz great Ray Brown and funk's Bootsy Collins, Christian McBride is building on his predecessors' bass work. He McBride finds plenty of room to explore "the groove underneath — the bottom."

For fans of the great electro-pop bands of the '80s — think New Order, et al — Kicking the National Habit, Grand National's mellow album of orchestral synth-pop, should be a treat. As pop songs go, "Drink to Moving On" is practically perfect.

Oliver Stone's new film World Trade Center, starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena, follows two Port Authority policemen trapped in the rubble of the towers. Our critic says the film raises a lot of questions about how we grieve.

One of the best hip-hop acts to surface in recent years, Spank Rock lays fun, over-the-top raps atop a mix of '80s-influenced electronic beats. Street-smart but beach-friendly, "Sweet Talk" is one of the catchiest, most exhilarating songs released this year, hip-hop or otherwise.

Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche of Wilco join forces with musician and producer Jim O'Rourke for a rock 'n' roll CD with songs that tackle nothing less than two of the most elemental forces in human life: love and religion.

Filmmakers and writers are looking at the events of Sept. 11 through the prism of fiction. Some see heroism, others black comedy. A film critic, an author and a poet discuss whether art helps make sense of an event that, for many, remains incomprehensible.