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Fresh Air Weekend: Tilda Swinton; Adrien Brody
Swinton plays a woman dying of cancer in The Room Next Door. Justin Chang reviews Hard Truths. Brody drew on his family's immigration story for his role in The Brutalist.
Jazz Composer Tries Something New With 'A Trumpet In The Morning'
Musician Marty Ehrlich doesn't play much on his new album; instead, he conducts an ensemble that performs his compositions. He tells Fresh Air about his first album devoted to his orchestral music.
'Nymphomaniac': Chasing Sex, But Only On Her Terms
by David Edelstein
Fresh Air Weekend: WWII Filmmakers, Kevin Young And Solitary Confinement
A look at how the military and Hollywood teamed up during World War II; poet Kevin Young says his new book has a blues sensibility; and how California convicts organized a statewide hunger strike.