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Sumptuous And Gloriously Alive, 'The Favourite' Is The Best Costume Drama In Ages

9:42am November 21, 2018

by Justin Chang

Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz vie for the favor an ailing Queen Anne in a new comedy-drama set in the 18th century. Justin Chang says it's director Yorgos Lanthimos' most "emotionally resonant work."

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Tommy Caldwell uses "tiny razorblade edges" in the rock wall to support his body weight on El Capitan's Dawn Wall.

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'It Looked Impossible': New Film Follows Free Climbers Up The 'Dawn Wall'

2:09pm November 20, 2018

by Dave Davies

Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson were the first to free climb to the top of the southeastern face of Yosemite's El Capitan. "It's as sheer and as vertical as the side of a skyscraper," Jorgeson says.

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National

Pro-Publica, PBS Frontline Project: 'Documenting Hate: New American Nazis'

10:08am November 20, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to Pro-Publica's A.C. Thompson about his latest documentary: Documenting Hate: New American Nazis, which airs on PBS' Frontline Tuesday night.

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Arts

Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen On Singing Cowboys And Working With Oxen

1:27pm November 19, 2018

by Terry Gross

The Coen brothers pay homage to old Westerns with their new film, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. The movie is a collection of six stories that often subvert the expectations of the genre.

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In Widows, Viola Davis turns to a life of crime after her husband dies in a botched bank robbery.

Arts

'Authenticity Is My Rebellion': Viola Davis On 'Widows,' Steve McQueen And Legacy

5:29pm November 16, 2018

by Audie Cornish

The only black actor to have won an Emmy, a Tony and an Oscar stars as a grieving wife turned professional criminal in a new heist thriller. "I approached her like a real woman," she says.

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Books
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William Goldman, Writer Behind 'Butch Cassidy,' 'Princess Bride,' Dies At 87

1:25pm November 16, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Goldman had a successful literary career before he turned to Hollywood, where he made an indelible mark — as the writer of beloved movies as well as a bestselling guide to screenwriting.

Summer (Zoe Renee) comes to terms with her mother's new faith in Jinn, one of only a handful of films to deal with the experience of being young, female and black in America.

Arts

From 'Jinn' To 'Just Another Girl On The I.R.T.': Black Girlhood On Film

4:00am November 16, 2018

by Monica Castillo

Too few movies have made black girls their main characters. The release of Nijla Mu'min's Jinn caused critic Monica Castillo to reflect on some of the traits these films share, and how they differ.

The Ear of Living Dangerously: Willem Dafoe is Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel's At Eternity's Gate.

Arts

'At Eternity's Gate': Dafoe Is Van Gogh, And You Should Go

5:00pm November 15, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

Julian Schnabel's "bold, blissful and deeply sad" film about Vincent Van Gogh's final days is as textured as the artist's canvases; Willem Dafoe delivers "one of the finest performances of the year."

Back on my beast: Eddie Redmayne returns to his old, squirrelly tricks as Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

Arts

'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald': Beasts? Check. Crimes? Check. Fantastic? Not Quite.

5:00pm November 15, 2018

by Glen Weldon

The second installment of J.K. Rowling's follow-up Potter franchise is as overstuffed as the first, but it's less muddled. It dutifully advances the story, but fails to deliver thrilling set-pieces.

Lara (Victor Polster) is impatient to become the girl she knows herself to be, in Lukas Dhont's Girl.

Arts

'Girl': Belgian Drama About A Young Trans Ballet Student Is On Point

5:00pm November 15, 2018

by Bob Mondello

A precise performance from young Victor Polster grounds this closely observed tale of Lara, a trans girl impatient with the process of transition.