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FA | Movie Reviews

'Palm Springs' Romantic Comedy Is A Total Winner For The Lockdown Era

July 14, 2020

Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti play misfit wedding guests who are forced to repeat the same day over and over again in a fiendishly clever comedy reminiscent of Groundhog Day.

FA | Author Interviews

Colin Jost Of 'SNL' Knows You're Laughing At His 'Very Punchable Face'

July 14, 2020

SNL "Weekend Update" co-anchor Colin Jost acknowledges that his clean-cut image sometimes rubs people the wrong way. "When I get hurt or hit on camera ... the audience really loves it," he says.

FA | Music Reviews

Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire Mixes The Playful And Solemn On A New Album

July 13, 2020

The Bay Area trumpet player broke out in jazz over a decade ago. A new album by his quartet, on the tender spot of every calloused moment, shows just how pretty Akinmusire can play.

FA | Television

In 'Perry Mason,' Matthew Rhys Lives Out His Boyhood Noir Fantasies

July 13, 2020

Welsh actor Matthew Rhys says his version of the iconic criminal defense attorney is more hardboiled than the one Raymond Burr played on TV: "He's a man who kind of lives on whiskey and cigarettes."

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Fresh Air Weekend: Padma Lakshmi; Patrick Stewart

July 11, 2020

Lakshmi explores immigrant cooking on Taste the Nation. Ken Tucker reviews Bob Dylan's new album. Stewart is back as Jean-Luc Picard in the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Picard.

FA | Movie Interviews

Actor André Holland Explores: 'Where I Fit, How I Fit, If I Fit'

July 10, 2020

Best known for his roles in Moonlight and Castle Rock, Holland has a starring role in a new radio version of Shakespeare's Richard II. Originally broadcast in 2018.

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Groundbreaking 'Old Guard' Expands The Possibilities Of The Superhero Genre

July 10, 2020

Charlize Theron plays the world-weary leader of a group of heroes in a new film that broadens the notion of who can be a superhero — and what it might feel like to be one.

FA | Health

'The Beauty In Breaking' Chronicles Chaos And Healing In The Emergency Room

July 9, 2020

In a new memoir, Dr. Michele Harper writes about treating gunshot wounds, discovering evidence of child abuse — and drawing courage from her patients as she's struggled to overcome her own trauma.

FA | Books

'Jane Eyre' Meets 'Dracula' In This Sharp, Inventive 'Mexican Gothic' Tale

July 9, 2020

A young woman tries to free her cousin from a dangerous living situation in a crumbling family mansion in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's new novel. Mexican Gothic injects fresh blood into a classic genre.

FA | Religion

'Unholy' Examines The Alliance Between White Evangelicals And Trump

July 8, 2020

The president isn't known for his faith. Instead, author Sarah Posner says he connects with Evangelicals by voicing the legal, social, religious and cultural grievances of the Christian right.

Fresh Air

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'Palm Springs' Romantic Comedy Is A Total Winner For The Lockdown Era

Colin Jost Of 'SNL' Knows You're Laughing At His 'Very Punchable Face'

Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire Mixes The Playful And Solemn On A New Album

In 'Perry Mason,' Matthew Rhys Lives Out His Boyhood Noir Fantasies

Fresh Air Weekend: Padma Lakshmi; Patrick Stewart

Actor André Holland Explores: 'Where I Fit, How I Fit, If I Fit'

Groundbreaking 'Old Guard' Expands The Possibilities Of The Superhero Genre

'The Beauty In Breaking' Chronicles Chaos And Healing In The Emergency Room

'Jane Eyre' Meets 'Dracula' In This Sharp, Inventive 'Mexican Gothic' Tale

'Unholy' Examines The Alliance Between White Evangelicals And Trump

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