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Marcela finds her angel in an older Czech expatriate named Benes (Josef Abrh & aacute;m) who's been living and thriving in Italy. He returns home to sell a second house he owns and he meets Marcela when her husband tries to steal his car. Not exactly the best way to meet someone but he's sympathetic to her situation and attracted to her beauty. She and her two kids end up fleeing their home and moving into Benes' house. For the first time Marcela discovers kindness, stability, and economic security.

Dr. Hiroo Kanamori is a world-known physicist who developed the current system used to measure earthquakes. He explains how early detection mechanisms can save lives and keep people out of harm's way.

Every year, the quarterly magazine The Oxford American produces a Southern Music Issue. The editors and writers do their best to find the most interesting music from history and contemporary southern culture. This includes the forgotten acts, the talented studio musicians who never made it big, the colorful street musicians, and the one-off gems in the genres that flourish in the south: country, blues, soul, gospel, funk and rockabilly. We'll talk with the editor of The Oxford American about this year's Southern Music Issue, which includes a CD devoted to the music of Arkansas, the first in their new southern state series.

The Imaginarium of Terry Gilliam

Can't Have Too Much of a Good Thing

Hear the new, soulful San Diego band “Old Tiger” perform live in studio.

“There Will Be Blood” (opening January 11 at AMC Mission Valley and on January 18 at Landmarks La Jolla Village Theaters) is not the film fans of Paul Thomas Anderson may be expecting but it's a film that should please them nonetheless. The filmmaker who gave us “Hard Eight,” “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia,” and “Punch Drunk Love” now turns to an 80-year-old Upton Sinclair novel called “Oil!” as inspiration for his epic tale of greed and ambition.

Music from the Crooked Road Performance on These Days

Kathryn Bigelow Directs New Film About a Bomb Squad in Iraq

Iraq's parliament passed a long awaited measure on Saturday to ease restrictions on former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party. Under the new law former low-level members of the Baath party can recoup government jobs.