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Tina Fey's War-Zone 'Foxtrot' Falls Out Of Step

1:49pm March 04, 2016

by David Edelstein

Fey plays a neophyte reporter charged with covering the Afghanistan occupation in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Critic David Edestein says the film isn't bad, so much as "shapeless and blandly apolitical."

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In Richard Price's 'The Whites', Haunted Cops And Cases They Couldn't Close

1:49pm March 04, 2016

Price says that in every precinct there's one cop who just can't let go of a case. "They all reminded me of Ahab ... looking for their whales," he says. Originally broadcast Feb. 17, 2015.

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Zootopia's first bunny officer Judy Hopps finds herself face to face with a fast-talking, scam-artist fox in Zootopia. Featuring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy and Jason Bateman as Nick.

Arts

'Zootopia': A Nimble Tale Of Animal Instincts And Smart Bunnies

11:00am March 04, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

Disney's latest talking-animal picture is a surprisingly deft film about prejudice and divisiveness that manages to avoid the heaviness that delivering a message can bring about.

The Outlaw (1943) was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency because Jane Russell's blouse kept falling off her shoulders.

Arts

C Is For 'Condemned': A Nun Looks Back On 47 Years Of Unholy Filmmaking

10:32am March 04, 2016

by Beth Accomando

A new Turner Classic Movies series honors films that were deemed salacious, immoral or downright lewd by the Catholic Legion of Decency. Condemned is hosted by respected critic Sister Rose Pacatte.

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Christian Bale stars as Rick and Natalie Portman as Elizabeth in Terrence Malick's drama Knight of Cups.

Arts

More Literary Whispers And Another Quest In Malick's 'Knight'

10:30am March 04, 2016

by Mark Jenkins

Enigmatic writer-director Terrence Malick returns with Knight Of Cups, which bears a strong resemblance to his last two films, Tree Of Life and To The Wonder.

Jenjira, a volunteer watches over Itt, a handsome soldier with a mysterious sleeping illness in Cemetery of Splendor.

Arts

The Ordinary World Shares Space With Ghosts, Spirits And 'Splendor'

10:30am March 04, 2016

by Ella Taylor

Cemetery Of Splendor, the latest from Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, beautiful imagery accompanies a story of believers and the healing of mysteriously sleeping soldiers.

Zootopia takes on social annoyances in a way that will convince the older folks to stick around.

Arts

'Zootopia' Makes A Pitch For A More Paw-fect Union Without Being Preachy

10:00am March 04, 2016

by Bob Mondello

Zootopia exists in a world where lions and lambs get along just fine. NPR film critic Bob Mondello says it avoids being a lecture and ends up one of the more amusing kid flicks out there.

Historian Yuval Harari speaking at TEDGlobalLondon.

Science
Arts

Why Did Humans Become The Most Successful Species On Earth?

9:53am March 04, 2016

by NPR/TED Staff

Historian Yuval Harari explains how human imagination powered the growth and spread of homo sapiens around the world.

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Arts

What Makes An Idea Go Viral?

9:51am March 04, 2016

by NPR/TED Staff

Entrepreneur and blogger Seth Godin describes how the marketing of ideas has changed since the invention of sliced bread, as well as the type of ideas that stick in consumer's minds.

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Signs warn not to drink the lead-contaminated water from a water fountain in Flint, Mich.

America's 'Lead Wars' Go Beyond Flint, Mich.: 'It's Now Really Everywhere'

5:39pm March 03, 2016

David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz chronicle America's poisonous relationship with lead in Lead Wars. "We've created a terribly toxic environment in all sorts of ways," Rosner says.

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