'Flow' Captures Hearts, Dressing Romans in 'Gladiator II' (The Big Picture), A Doc About a Faith Ringgold Painting, Grammy-Winning Band Tank and The Bangas

The Latvian animated film "Flow" has become a beloved fan-favorite, and took home the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature. It is now nominated for an Academy Award. Director Gints Zilbalodis discusses the film, which follows a cat and his friends as they try to survive a flood. 

Dressing gladiators, emperors, senators, and schemers in Ancient Rome for "Gladiator II" was no small task for the Oscar-nominated costume designers Janty Yates and David Crossman. Yates won the Oscar for her work on the original "Gladiator," and she has now teamed up with Crossman, who worked on the military costumes. We discuss their work as part of our series "The Big Picture," conversations with Oscar nominees who worked behind the camera to create movie magic in 2024. 

The Grammy Awards were last weekend and plenty of former All Of It guests were in attendance, including Nicole Zuraitis, who, with  and Dan Pugach took home the award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Nicole also served as a judge for the Public Song Project, performed at our concert at Lincoln Center, and recorded a song for our album: an adaptation of the Edna St Vincent Millay poem, “The Philosopher.” You can hear a version of it by getting your own copy of the Public Song Project vinyl, by donating to WNYC. To celebrate the win, we present Nicole Zuraitis at WNYC playing a musical mash-up of two Millay poems: “The Philosopher” and “Travel.”

A new documentary, "Paint Me A Road Out Of Here" tells the story of a group effort to transfer a Faith Ringgold painting from Rikers to a museum. The film features interviews with Ringgold, who died last year at the age of 93. Director Catherine Gund and formerly incarcerated artist Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, one of the leaders of the effort, discuss the documentary, premiering tomorrow at Film Forum.

[REBROADCAST FROM Aug. 12, 2024] Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan, Samara Joy, Beyoncé, and New Orleans-based band Tank and The Bangas all won big at the Grammy's last weekend! In celebration, we air highlights of our conversation about their award-winning three-part spoken word collection titled The Heart, The Mind, The Soul. Using R&B, jazz and soul influences, vocalist Tarriona ‘Tank’ Ball and guitarist/pianist Norman Spence joined for a live performance in Studio 5.