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08:14

'La Chimera' is marvelous — right up to its most magical ending

In the new Italian drama "La Chimera," the English actor Josh O'Connor plays a tomb raider with a gift for finding buried relics in the Tuscan countryside. The movie also features Isabella Rossellini, and it's the latest work from the prize-winning writer-director Alice Rohrwacher. Our film critic, Justin Chang, has this review.

Review
52:30

How Cars Became A Gendered Technology

Author Nancy Nichols says that for men, cars signify adventure, power and strength. For women, they are about performing domestic duties; there was even a minivan prototype with a washer/dryer inside. Her book is Women Behind the Wheel: An Unexpected and Personal History of the Car.

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08:24

This recycled 'Road House' can't capture the B-movie spirit of the original

In the new action movie "Road House," Jake Gyllenhaal plays an ex-professional fighter who's hired to maintain order at a rough bar in the Florida Keys. It's a remake of the 1989 action movie of the same title starring Patrick Swayze. It's now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Our film critic Justin Chang has this review.

Review
07:20

You can expect a lot from this freewheeling film about the 'End of the World'

The Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude has become known for making smart, wild movies with very long titles. His latest, "Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World," spends a day following a beleaguered Bucharest woman doing low-level work on an industrial film. But it's far more than that, says our critic-at-large John Powers. Jude gives us a hilarious and biting portrait of a modern world spinning out of control.

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17:02

'James' reimagines Twain's 'Huckleberry Finn' with mordant humor, and horror

It's shaping up to be quite a moment for Percival Everett. His 2001 novel "Erasure" was made into the acclaimed film "American Fiction," and his latest novel, "James," has just come out. It's a reimagining of Mark Twain's 1885 classic "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Our book critic Maureen Corrigan has a review.

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