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Amidst Shadows On Screen, 'Innocents' Wonders What's Real

7:00am March 19, 2016

by Jane Ciabattari

Dana Spiotta's ambitious new novel follows two women, friends and filmmakers, through decades of conversations about art, film and life — and a dangerous final documentary project.

Members of Danza Contemporánea de Cuba prepare for class in Havana in November 2015.

Dance, Dance, Revolution: When An American Fell In Love With Castro's Spy Chief

7:15pm March 18, 2016

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A fairy-tale romance between a dancer from Connecticut and a young Cuban studying at Columbia turned into a political thriller — and resulted in the unlikely birth of a new art form in Cuba.

Arquímedes Puccio (Guillermo Francella) is brutal and dictatorial as the kidnapping family patriarch.

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Kidnapping As A Family Business In The True Life Thriller 'The Clan'

6:29pm March 18, 2016

by Bob Mondello

The Clan is an Argentine thriller about the real-life Puccio family, which kidnaps for profit. NPR film critic Bob Mondello finds it an unnerving allegory.

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Sink Or Swim: Poems On The Existential Terror Of Everyday Life

6:09pm March 18, 2016

by Craig Morgan Teicher

John Koethe explores the minutia of daily life and the disillusionment that comes with age in his tenth volume of poetry, The Swimmer.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Hamilton'

5:46pm March 18, 2016

by Linda Holmes

It's Broadway's current phenomenon, so we went to see it and report back on what it is, how it works, and whether we loved it as much as we wanted to. It's our Hamilton show.

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In 'The Nest,' Adult Siblings Eagerly Await Their Inheritance

4:24pm March 18, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney about her first novel, The Nest, a hilarious family drama.

The tortillas at one of Gold's favorite restaurants — El Parian — are handmade, and heavenly.

'City Of Gold,' Patchwork Of Cultures: A Tour Of LA's Food Scene

2:16pm March 18, 2016

by Renee Montagne

Pulitzer Prize-winner Jonathan Gold is as much a culinary anthropologist and cultural philosopher as he is a food critic. A new documentary follows him across Los Angeles.

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'Krisha' Offers A Vivid, Unique Portrait Of Family Dysfunction

1:43pm March 18, 2016

by David Edelstein

Writer-director Trey Edward Shults cast his own family in his home-for-Thanksgiving psychodrama. Reviewer David Edelstein says Krisha "marks the arrival of a truly adventurous, humanist filmmaker."

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"There's more history in the deep sea than all the museums in the world combined." — Robert Ballard

What Hidden Underwater Worlds Are Left To Discover?

12:00pm March 18, 2016

by NPR/TED Staff

Ocean explorer Robert Ballard makes the case for exploring the deep oceans, where he is discovering new species, resources and mountain ranges.

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"Really tiny motions or really fast motions — these are things that we don't typically see with our eyes." — Abe Davis

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How Can Hidden Sounds Be Captured By Everyday Objects

9:51am March 18, 2016

by NPR/TED Staff

Computer scientist Abe Davis explains how you can turn a plant or a bag of chips into a microphone, and capturing the hidden sound vibrations on a high-speed camera.

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