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Tippi Hedren, with her daughter Melanie Griffith and granddaughter Dakota Johnson at a 2015 event.

3 Generations Of Actresses Reflect On Hollywood, Harassment — And Hitchcock

9:00am November 17, 2017

Actress Tippi Hedren talks with her daughter, actress Melanie Griffith, and her granddaughter, actress Dakota Johnson, about how being a woman in Hollywood has — and hasn't — changed over the years.

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Later, at the Hall of Just-Us: The Flash (Ezra Miller), Batman (Ben Affleck), and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) stand prepared in Justice League.

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'Justice League' Is Just Okay

5:45pm November 16, 2017

by Chris Klimek

Various heroes meet for the first time to face down a generic, CGI-generated villain who wants to collect ancient boxes. Think Antiques Roadshow, but loud and evil. (... More evil.)

Rob Morgan, left, plays Hap Jackson and Jason Mitchell plays Ronsel Jackson in Mudbound.

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'Mudbound' Is A Grand, Sweeping Epic Of The Jim Crow South

5:01pm November 16, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

Director Dee Rees adapts Hillary Jordan's 2008 novel about two families — black sharecroppers who've worked the land for years, and the newly arrived, white farm owners — with raw, evocative power.

Julia Roberts and Jacob Tremblay star in Wonder.

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'Wonder': Why?

5:00pm November 16, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

A boy born with a facial disfigurement enters a new school in this low-stakes, superficial "sundae-sweet tale" from the director of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Jim Carrey stars in the documentary Jim & Andy.

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'Jim & Andy': The Thin Line Between An Actor's Method — And Madness

5:00pm November 16, 2017

by Scott Tobias

Documentarian Chris Smith aims his camera at Jim Carrey and the actor's on-set behavior while shooting the 1999 Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon.

Jon Bernthal stars as Sam in Sweet Virginia.

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'Sweet Virginia': Small-Town Noir With A Slice Of Hope

5:00pm November 16, 2017

by Ella Taylor

A small Alaskan community is left reeling by an act of violence. Jamie M. Dagg's thriller tenderly explores its aftermath without the glib, jokey cynicism that so often marks the noir genre.

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'Justice League' Filmmakers Made A Heroic Effort

4:55pm November 16, 2017

by Bob Mondello

Justice League is the latest chapter of the DC cinematic universe. But will our caped crusaders actually make a good movie after a tragedy required a change in directors?

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Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf play a daughter and mother who clash and connect in Lady Bird.

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Greta Gerwig Explores Mother-Daughter Love (And Angst) In 'Lady Bird'

2:05pm November 16, 2017

by Terry Gross

"I don't know any woman who has a simple relationship with their mother or with their daughter," Gerwig says. Her new film tells the story of a teenager preparing to leave home for the first time.

Harvey Weinstein poses on the red carpet of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Weinstein is the subject of numerous allegations of sexual harassment spanning decades.

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'Times' Reporters Describe How A Paper Trail Helped Break The Weinstein Story

6:22pm November 15, 2017

by Terry Gross

Investigative reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey say they used legal and financial records to build a timeline of settlements with Harvey Weinstein's accusers.

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Director Dee Rees Explores Racism In Post-War Mississippi In 'Mudbound'

3:03pm November 14, 2017

Mudbound follows two families — one white and one black — just before, during and after World War II. Rees says her experiences growing up in Nashville, Tenn., in the 1980s informed her new film.

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