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Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers team up to create 'No Other Land'
This Oscar-nominated documentary, which tells the story of the Israeli military's demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, was created by a team of two Palestinian and two Israeli filmmakers.
Eric Church Gets Introspective In A Stripped-Down 'Desperate Man'
by Ken Tucker
The country-music star returns to the basics in a new album that reflects some of the life-altering experiences he survived this past year. Ken Tucker says Desperate Man is an impressive achievement.
'Times' Journalists Puncture Myth Of Trump As Self-Made Billionaire
by Terry Gross
Investigative reporters Susanne Craig and David Barstow say the president received today's equivalent of $413 million from his father's real estate empire, through what appears to be tax fraud.
Novelist Esi Edugyan On Depicting The 'Forgotten Figures' Of Scientific History
by Sam Briger
Edugyan's latest novel, Washington Black, tells the story of a boy who escapes slavery and embarks on a voyage of scientific discovery. It has been shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize.
Cult Icon John Waters On Breaking Taboos And Embracing Villains
The filmmaker behind Hairspray and Pink Flamingos made his name setting new lows in bad taste. The Baltimore Museum of Art now has a retrospective of his work. Originally broadcast 2004 and 2010.
'First Man' Captures The Upheaval Leading Up To Armstrong's 1969 Moon Landing
by Justin Chang
Justin Chang says a new film about the space race is one of the "noisiest, clunkiest, most inelegant movies about space travel ever made" — all of which helps convey the chaos of space travel.