Monthly Preview: May

Read about mothers, Memorial Day, weddings and more

Who is Ukraine’s leader and why is he being heralded as a hero? These and other questions are addressed and largely ignored in a new PBS program on the cryptic leader Zelensky; read the television review here.

Articles about a place in Los Angeles to study, explore and board trains and a movie about making a city on America’s Western plains also debuted. April topics include the movie version of John Le Carre’s The Russia House, days in history and Doris Day’s centenary. A movie about the Easter Bunny liberating a censored society and bringing capitalism to a town for kids made a Friday with Fred Astaire. Stand by for a new feature, the first of which focuses on Ukraine.

Autonomia showcases another Sunday with Barbara Stanwyck next month and a review of Cary Grant’s mother-son movie in time with Mother’s Day. May affords another Friday with Fred Astaire, this one with an emphasis on a few weddings and the Fifties. Coming next month, too, are a Memorial Day remembrance and a new install…