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Love, Sandwiches And Impulse Jewelry Purchases In 'Lust And Wonder'

5:22am April 02, 2016

by Jason Sheehan

Writer Augusten Burroughs has grown up on the page, in a series of unvarnished (and sometimes unhinged) memoirs. His latest is the story of a man trying to stay sober, stay in love and not blow it.

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Reality Show 'DIY Permits' Follows Less Glamorous Side Of Home Renovations

7:02pm April 01, 2016

There are plenty of TV shows about home makeovers, but now a new show is focusing on the less glamorous side of renovations: getting the permits.

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Both mentor and student have lives that are a mess in The Dark Horse.

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Upending Troubled-Teen Conventions In 'Standing Tall' And 'The Dark Horse'

6:56pm April 01, 2016

by Bob Mondello

France's Standing Tall and the Maori drama The Dark Horse both feature adults reaching out to teens in unorthodox ways.

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When It Comes To Talking Sex, Young Adult Books Can Be A Parent's Best Friend

6:55pm April 01, 2016

by Neda Ulaby

Today's young adult novels deal with consent, sexual assault and the pressures of sexting, among other things. For parents who aren't comfortable broaching those subjects, these books can help.

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Don Cheadle as Miles Davis in Miles Ahead.

When Is A Biopic Not A Biopic? When Don Cheadle Meets Miles Davis

2:52pm April 01, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

Cheadle takes on the jazz great in an uneven but inventive film that struggles at times to bring clarity to its idea of Davis but experiments intriguingly with past, present, fact and fiction.

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'Miles Ahead' Shows A Dissipated Davis Who Still Burns Hot

1:49pm April 01, 2016

by David Edelstein

The new Miles Davis biopic begins in the 1970s, at the end of Davis' five-year hiatus from the music scene. Critic David Edelstein calls Don Cheadle's portrayal of the musician "electrifying."

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Fresh Air Remembers Actress Patty Duke

1:48pm April 01, 2016

Duke won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Helen Keller in 1962's The Miracle Worker. She died Tuesday at the age of 69. Originally broadcast in 1988.

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'Diver's Clothes' Is A Cautionary Tale (And A Fantasy) About Travel

1:48pm April 01, 2016

Vendela Vida's The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty is a novel about the sense of dislocation that often comes with traveling to another country. Originally broadcast on June 30, 2015.

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Johanna Korthals Altes and Vincent Nemeth in Francofonia.

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In 'Francofonia,' The Ugly Collision Of Art And War

11:40am April 01, 2016

by Mark Jenkins

Director Alexander Sukurov blends the real history of the Louvre with a fictional tale of a ship under threat while considering the fate of art and the costs of war.

In No Home Movie, the director, Chantal Akerman, films her elderly Polish mother in her Brussels apartment.

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A Great Director's Last Look At Her Mother And Herself

11:28am April 01, 2016

by Scott Tobias

Chantal Akerman's No Home Movie captures conversations the filmmaker had with her mother, which take on additional weight given that both women have died since the film was made.