Lynda Trang Dai sits inside her restaurant, Lynda Sandwich, in Orange County, Calif. Lisa Morehouse/For NPR hide caption
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Saturday
A still image from Guillermo del Toro's new movie, Crimson Peak. Twenty-two percent of audiences on any given weekend are Latino. But when it comes to horror films, that proportion jumps to as much as half the box office. Universal Pictures hide caption
Sandra Bullock stars as Jane in the satirical film Our Brand Is Crisis. Courtesy of Warner Bros Pictures hide caption
An Election's High Stakes: Sandra Bullock On 'Our Brand Is Crisis'
Bruce Cambpell — and his famous chainsaw — are back in the new series Ash Vs Evil Dead. Matt Klitscher/Starz Entertainment, LLC hide caption
David Hare's plays and screenplays include Plenty, Skylight, The Blue Room, The Hours and Stuff Happens. Brigitte Lacombe/Courtesy of W. W. Norton & Company hide caption
Dramatist David Hare Says, Like Many Writers, He's Driven By Doubt
Friday
Women operate a gum-wrapping machine, circa 1923. It was a pivotal decade in the rise of America's retail candy business. Underwood & Underwood/Corbis hide caption
You probably wouldn't want to eat these Jack O'Lanterns since they've been carved and sitting out. But this variety of pumpkin is perfectly edible and nutritious. Wildcat Dunny/Flickr hide caption
A Fine Dessert, Dinner Scene, illustrated by Sophie Blackall Courtesy of Kathleen Dunn, Penguin Random House hide caption
Taraji P. Henson as Cookie, the Lyon family matriarch. Chuck Hodes/FOX hide caption
Famous horror film actor Vincent Price also co-wrote a best-selling cookbook in the 1960s with his then-wife, Mary. The original cover of the book, A Treasury Of Great Recipes, is seen at left. It's just been reissued. William Claxton/A Treasury of Great Recipes; Price Family Trust hide caption
Thursday
Evelyn Birkby interviews guests on her KMA radio program, Down a Country Lane, in 1951 in Shenandoah, Iowa. Courtesy of University of Iowa Women's Archives/Evelyn Birkby Collection hide caption
A scene from Gaspar Noé's Love. Courtesy of Wild Bunch hide caption