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Magic is just a passing fez: Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) and Mrs. Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett) in The House with a Clock in its Walls.

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'The House With A Clock In Its Walls' Is An Eyesore

5:00pm September 20, 2018

by Scott Tobias

The exquisite atmosphere and sense of foreboding that made John Bellairs' 1973 book a children's classic gets discarded in favor of a relentless riot of jump-scares and visual noise.

Archival photos of Gilda Radner in Love, Gilda.

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'Love, Gilda': A Comedy Legend, In Her Own Words

5:00pm September 20, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

This by-the-numbers documentary misses a step by focusing on the late Gilda Radner's celebrity over her comedy, but it's effective when it lets her recently discovered journals do the talking.

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Fast-Paced And Proudly Unusual, 'Maniac' Dives Into The Mysteries Of The Mind

2:28pm September 20, 2018

by David Bianculli

Jonah Hill and Emma Stone star in a new, 10-part Netflix series about the psychological exploration of alternative realities and identities. Critic David Bianculli says Maniac is "a blast."

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Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as a sex worker who gets off the streets by becoming an actress in — and then a director of — porn films in HBO's The Deuce. She's also a producer on the series.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal Takes On The Power Imbalance Of Sex Work In 'The Deuce'

2:26pm September 20, 2018

by Terry Gross

When the creators of HBO's The Deuce approached Gyllenhaal about starring as a sex worker on the show, she accepted the role — but only if she could produce as well as act.

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The books on the shortlist for the 2018 Man Booker Prize, from top to bottom: The Long Take, by Robin Robertson; Milkman, by Anna Burns; Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan; Everything Under, by Daisy Johnson; The Mars Room, by Rachel Kushner; and The Overst

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From 'Everything Under' To 'Overstory': The 2018 Man Booker Prize Shortlist

1:40pm September 20, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Just half a dozen authors remain in contention for the prestigious fiction award: Anna Burns, Esi Edugyan, Daisy Johnson, Rachel Kushner, Richard Powers and Robin Robertson.

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Remembering Dancer And Choreographer Arthur Mitchell

5:28am September 20, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Arthur Mitchell was the founding director of the Dance Theater of Harlem, the country's first black ballet company. He died Wednesday at the age of 84.

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Henri Langlois created The Cinémathèque Française — an archive dedicated to preserving and exhibiting movies from many countries and eras.

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'Savior Of Film,' Henri Langlois, Began Extensive Cinema Archive In His Bathtub

5:28am September 20, 2018

by The Kitchen Sisters

One of the most important figures in the history of filmmaking never made a film. Langlois created the Cinémathèque Française, where he preserved and exhibited movies from many countries and eras.

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Robert Venturi poses in front of a model of a new hall for the Philadelphia Orchestra. He died on Tuesday.

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Architect Robert Venturi Dies At 93

8:29pm September 19, 2018

by Vincent Acovino

A giant of postmodern architecture, he said he rejected unity, consistency and clarity: "All of those things made ... not for beautiful purity — but dead purity."

Investigative Journalist Aims To Expose Ills Of Privately Run Prisons

11:45am September 19, 2018

by Michael Schaub

American Prison is the remarkable story of a journalist who spent four months working as a corrections officer — and a horrifying exposé of how prisoners are treated by a profiting corporation.

detail from the cover of Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini

Khaled Hosseini Says A Succinct 'Sea Prayer' For A Refugee's Journey

7:19am September 19, 2018

by Rachel Martin

The novelist known for his epic works about Afghanistan turns his attention to the human impact of the Syrian refugee crisis in a slim, poetic, illustrated book.

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