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The Greatest Hits Of 'The Platinum Age Of Television'

2:33pm October 06, 2017

"Television has really become where a lot of the action is right now," critic David Bianculli says. His new book revisits the best of the small screen. Originally broadcast Nov. 10, 2016.

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'The Florida Project' Presents A Thrillingly Alive Portrait Of Childhood

2:33pm October 06, 2017

by Justin Chang

Director Sean Baker's new film centers on a six-year-old girl living in a dumpy motel complex outside of Orlando. Critic Justin Chang says The Florida Project "packs an emotional wallop."

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An Unkindness of Ghosts, by Rivers Solomon

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'Unkindness Of Ghosts' Transposes The Plantation's Cruelty To The Stars

7:00am October 06, 2017

by Amal El-Mohtar

Rivers Solomon's novel is set on a giant generation ship, on an interstellar voyage of centuries, divided between the wealthy, light-skinned upper-deckers and the oppressed, laboring lower-deckers.

Amid Harassment Reports, Harvey Weinstein Takes Leave Of Absence

7:52pm October 05, 2017

by Ted Robbins

Weinstein, one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, made the announcement following a New York Times report alleging that he sexually harassed employees and actresses for decades.

The USS Franklin D. Roosevelt sails down the East River after leaving the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1945. Jennifer Egan's new book follows a woman who works the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II.

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In 'Manhattan Beach,' Jennifer Egan Dives Deep Into WWII New York City

6:07pm October 05, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

Egan began researching her new novel years before she published A Visit From The Goon Squad. It follows a girl who becomes the Brooklyn Navy Yard's first female deep-sea diver during World War II.

Agnès Varda (front) and JR (back) journey through France, creating art and cultivating community in Faces Places.

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'Faces Places': A New Wave Filmmaker And A Mural Artist Tear Through France

5:01pm October 05, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

Agnès Varda and JR co-direct this documentary, which follows their travels as they turn the lives of the people they meet into public art.

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In The Powerful 'Una,' A Woman Wants Vengeance — And More

5:01pm October 05, 2017

by Ella Taylor

In this "intelligently talky, properly claustrophobic chamber piece,' Rooney Mara plays a woman who confronts the man who sexually abused her when she was a girl.

Scott Levin and Dina Buno are the subjects of the documentary Dina.

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In Love And On The Spectrum: 'Dina'

5:00pm October 05, 2017

by Scott Tobias

The documentary follows a man and woman on the autism spectrum as they negotiate love — and sex.

Snow, Crash: Alex (Kate Winslet) and Ben (Idris Elba) struggle for survival and narrative interest in The Mountain Between Us.

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Stranded Without A Script: 'The Mountain Between Us'

5:00pm October 05, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

Director Hany Abu-Assad's film, which stars Kate Winslet, Idris Elba and a cute dog, is prettily shot but blandly predictable.

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Don't Expect To Have Your Mind Blown By 'Blade Runner 2049'

1:37pm October 05, 2017

by David Edelstein

Thirty-five years after the first Blade Runner premiered, Ryan Gosling stars in its sequel. Critic David Edelstein says the new film, though absorbing, is ultimately "just OK."

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