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Jamie (Jaden Michael) and Ben (Oakes Fegley) meet ... a woman played Julianne Moore (no spoilers!) in Todd Haynes' Wonderstruck.

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'Wonderstruck': A Lifeless Diorama About Lifeless Dioramas

5:01pm October 19, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

Todd Haynes follows up Carol with this New York fable set in different time periods, but "there's little room left for insight and emotion in this overstuffed cabinet of curiosities."

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart stars as Sean Dalmazo, an HIV-positive activist in BPM (Beats Per Minute).

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In The Searing 'BPM (Beats Per Minute)' ACT UP Acts Up

5:01pm October 19, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

This French drama about the Paris chapter of ACT UP in the '80s and '90s feels urgent and chillingly relevant — a call to arms against silence and complacency.

"Hole. Harry Hole." Michael Fassbender chases a serial killer in the frosty, hilariously dour The Snowman.

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Do You Want To Skip 'The Snowman?' (You Should)

5:00pm October 19, 2017

by Scott Tobias

Director Tomas Alfredson buries a pulpy serial-killer yarn under an avalanche of portentous, boring, art-house fussiness.

New Book Argues A Theory In Policing Is To Blame For Eric Garner's Death

4:17pm October 19, 2017

Eric Garner was killed by the police in New York City in 2014. His final words were, "I can't breathe." A book by journalist Matt Taibbi argues that "Broken Windows" is to blame for Garner's death.

The teen protagonist in John Green's latest novel, Turtles All The Way Down, has a type of anxiety disorder that sends her into fearful "thought spirals" of bacterial infection and death.

For Novelist John Green, OCD Is Like An 'Invasive Weed' Inside His Mind

2:47pm October 19, 2017

by Terry Gross

"It starts out with one little thought, and then slowly that becomes the only thought that you're able to have," Green says. His new novel, Turtles All The Way Down, is about a teenage girl with OCD.

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Onlookers watch as suited men stand in front of a large copper kettle still for making illegal liquor, with boxes of bottles and funnels spread before them all for the manufacture of booze, circa 1900.

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Moonshine Makes A Comeback in Virginia. And This Time, It's Legal

1:28pm October 19, 2017

by C. Jarrett Dieterle

While the revival has taken off around the country, it's especially strong in Virginia, where many of the twists, turns and car chases that are a part of moonshine lore took place.

Author Philip Pullman poses with his new book at Oxford's Bodleian Libraries — where he has been known to do research.

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Philip Pullman's Realm Of Poetry And Inspiration

10:19am October 19, 2017

by Annalisa Quinn

Pullman — author of the beloved His Dark Materials trilogy — says poet William Blake's idea of mystical multiple vision, of different ways of seeing, is "absolutely central" to his new book.

'Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything' by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

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Custom-Printed Cocktails On The Moon? 'Soonish' Shows Us How

10:00am October 19, 2017

by Tasha Robinson

Zach and Kelly Weinersmith's accessible, occasionally goofy new book lays out futuristic fantasies (like matter-printed cocktails) and connects them to projects scientists are working on right now.

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Why Da Vinci's Last Privately Owned Painting Probably Won't End Up In A Museum

5:48pm October 18, 2017

by Rick Karr

The last known privately owned painting by Leonardo da Vinci is going up for auction. But it will probably go back into private hands because no museum can afford the price. "Salvator Mundi" is likely to sell for more than a $100 million.

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'A Line In The Dark' Is A Fresh Approach To The Teen Thriller

10:00am October 18, 2017

by Caitlyn Paxson

Malinda Lo's new book sets up a classic conflict — townie kids versus prep schoolers — and adds nuanced queer characters. Despite a flawed second half, A Line in the Dark has much to offer.