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STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "A Bronx Tale," actor Robert DeNiro''s directorial debut.

Interview with MAX WEINBERG continued.

An old and a new interview with UPDIKE: From March 16, 1989, UPDIKE's interview about his memoir, "Self-Consciousness."And a new interview with UPDIKE. His new novel is "Brazil," (Knopf). (THEINTERVIEW CONTINUES AFTER THE ATC PROMO). REV. : More with JOHN UPDIKE.

2: Film Director JOHN DAHL. His new film is a thriller called "Red Rock West." It takes place in a tough little town in Wyoming over a forty-eight hour period. It has a film noir feeling and plot that twists and turns. It stars Nicholas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle and J.T. Walsh.

2: Singer, actress, dancer, ANN-MARGRET (no last name necessary) has written her autobiography, "Ann-Margret: My Story," (with Todd Gold, Putnam). In the book she writes about her relationship with Elvis Presley, her battle with alcohol abuse, and the stage accident that almost ended her career. ANN-MARGRET has appeared in the movies, "Bye Bye Birdie," "Carnal Knowledge," "Tommy," and others.

Executive producer and writer, TOM FONTANA. He was writer and producer for the TV show, "St. Elsewhere." He's currently executive producer along with filmmaker Barry Levinson, of "Homicide: Life on the Street," a new cop drama on NBC, that reviewers say goes beyond the usual formula offering, a "more complex psychological portrait." It's set in Baltimore. FONTANA is also the creator and executive producer of a new show to be aired this fall, "Philly Heat," on ABC.

Poet JAMES MERRILL. The son of the founder of the Merrill Lynch brokerage house, Merrill took to Europe at age 24, a newly published poet "meaning to stay as long as possible". That was in 1950. His new memoir "A Different Person" (Knopf) details his two and a half years there, and features encounters with psychoanalysts, new and old lovers, and Alice Toklas. MERRILL is the author of eleven books of poems, the winner of two National Book Awards, the Bolligen Prize for Poetry, and the Pulitzer Prize. Also in this half, writer WILLIE MORRIS. As editor-in-chief of Harper's in the 1960's, MORRIS wined and dined with the biggest names of the decade. MORRIS recounts his experiences of fast paced living in his new book "New York Days." He is the author of several other books including "North Toward Home.

Annie Lamott on her son''s first asthma attack

Ken Tucker reviews Garth Brook''s new album, "In Pieces"REV. : Kevin Whitehead reviews saxophonist EVAN PARKER''s new release, "Conic Sections" on the Ah Um label.

RONNIE SPECTOR, who in the 1960s was a member of the girl group The Ronettes. She left the music business for several years, but the late Eighties, recorded a new album. Here she talks about her hit song, "Be My Baby". (Rebroadcast from August 31. 1987).