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Ideas Matter: PA Humanities Council's "Based On The Book: Bestseller Cinema"

  This morning we spotlight the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and their upcoming "Based on the Book: Bestseller Cinema" presentation in Haverford, PA on Nov. 16.

Film Critic Bill Wine will discuss the psychological difference between reading a book and viewing a film.

Bill Wine has been writing about and teaching film throughout his career, serving as a movie critic for magazines, newspapers, radio and television and online. He served as the movie critic for Fox Television for twelve years, earning eight Emmy award nominations and winning three Emmy awards. Wine has been the movie critic for the CBS station KYW Newsradio in Philadelphia since 2001. He has also written for The Village Voice, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and many other publications. He is the Tenured professor of film, La Salle University and he joins us to tell us more.

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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