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In 'The Only Child,' The Thrills Might Be Lost In Translation

7:00am February 16, 2020

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mi-Ae Seo's novel has a great premise: The Bad Seed meets The Silence of the Lambs. But this tale of a psychologist and her creepy stepdaughter is hampered by its structure and stilted, strange prose.

Brooke Simpson, age 10, makes a turkey call on stage at the Grand National Calling Championships in Nashville on Feb. 14.

At The 'Super Bowl Of Turkey Calling,' The Goal Is Recruiting New Hunters

2:55pm February 15, 2020

by Emily Siner

Hunting is on the decline in some parts of the country. At this week's National Wild Turkey Federation convention, advocates want to create future hunters, especially women.

The Boatman's Daughter, by Andy Davidson

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'The Boatman's Daughter' Dips Her Toes In Horror, Crime And Poetry

7:00am February 15, 2020

by Gabino Iglesias

Andy Davidson's novel follows a young girl who scrapes a living working for local criminals along an Arkansas river — but its crime story bumps up against horror in a strange yet seamless fashion.

Valentine's Day is particularly busy for restaurants.

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Break-Ups And Throw-Ups: What It's Like To Work At A Restaurant On Valentine's Day

6:01pm February 14, 2020

Valentine's Day is one of the busiest days of the year for restaurant staff. They have some ... stories.

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Writer Nick Hornby On 'High Fidelity' And Pop Culture Obsession

1:52pm February 14, 2020

by Terry Gross

Hornby's 1995 novel about a record shop owner was made into a film in 2000. Now it's been adapted and updated into a new Hulu series, starring Zoë Kravitz. Originally broadcast in 1995.

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'And Then We Danced' Is A Vivid Story Of Forbidden Love, Set To A Familiar Groove

11:32am February 14, 2020

by Justin Chang

In Tbilisi, Georgia, two male dancers in the national dance ensemble embark on a secret love affair. It's a fairly straightforward drama of first love — enhanced by the vitality of the setting.

A clerk pick an item for a customer order at the Amazon Prime warehouse in New York. Amazon Empire director James Jacoby describes the pace of work within the company's warehouses as "incredibly grueling."

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Filmmaker Tracks Bezos' 'Rise And Reign' And How Amazon Became 'Inescapable'

11:30am February 14, 2020

by Terry Gross

Director James Jacoby catalogs the reach of the tech giant in his new PBS Frontline documentary, Amazon Empire. "So much power is pooled into the hands of one company and one man," he says.

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Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus star in the new dark comedy Downhill.

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In 'Downhill,' Julia Louis-Dreyfus And Will Ferrell Are 'Not Here To Play It Safe'

5:03am February 14, 2020

by David Greene

In the film Donwhill starring Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a married couple barely escapes an avalanche during a family ski vacation and are forced to reevaluate their lives.

He has a very particular set of coping skills: Tom (Liam Neeson) and Joan (Lesley Manville) face her cancer diagnosis together in Ordinary Love.

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'Ordinary Love': Scenes From A Marriage Touched By Cancer

5:00pm February 13, 2020

by Ella Taylor

Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson bring a wry, lived-in tenderness to this "imperfect but affecting" tale of a long-married couple facing cancer together.

Kathy (Judy Greer) looks concerned, a thing Judy Greer does a lot in movies, in Buffaloed.

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'Buffaloed': Debt Collecting For Fun And Profit

5:00pm February 13, 2020

by Mark Jenkins

Peg (Zoey Deutch) goes into the debt-collection business in a comedy that focuses so narrowly on its self-absorbed main character that the world around her fades to obscurity.