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'Without Arrows' follows a tribe member's return to the Sioux reservation
by David Bianculli
The filmmakers of this emotionally powerful documentary followed Delwin Fiddler Jr. as he returned home to South Dakota after years in Philadelphia — then kept revisiting him for more than a decade.
'Lady Macbeth' Is An Icy British Psychodrama About Power And Abuse
by David Edelstein
Director William Oldroyd's new film is set in late 19th-century England, where a young woman, forced to marry an abrasive older man, engages in an affair with a ruffian servant.
'Schumer' Writer Jessi Klein On Barbies, Ageism And Pumping At The Emmys
Klein won an Emmy in 2015 for her work on Inside Amy Schumer. Her book, You'll Grow Out of It, is a collection of humorous personal essays. Originally broadcast July 12, 2016.
'Ode To Billie Joe' Was A Surprise Hit That Prompted Dozens Of Jazz Versions
by Kevin Whitehead
Fifty years ago, singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry released a song that described a slice of life in rural Mississippi. Critic Kevin Whitehead shares a few of the jazz covers that followed.
'War For The Planet Of The Apes' Offers A Masterful Vision Of Humanity's Many Forms
by Justin Chang
There's nothing pretentious or inflated about the latest Planet of the Apes film. Rather, it's a suspense-driven movie in which it's "impossible not to root for these brave and beautiful apes."
Documentary Reveals The 'Dirty Tricks' Of One Of Trump's Closest Political Advisers
Morgan Pehme co-directed the new Netflix documentary, Get Me Roger Stone, about the political operative who spent three decades trying to convince Donald Trump to run for president.
Is The Justice Department Shying Away From Prosecuting Corporations?
ProPublica reporter Jesse Eisinger says that the government undermines the notion of equity and fails to deter crime when it allows large corporations to settle lawsuits by paying fines.