"The question of complete control and complete dominance of a marketplace means complete control and complete dominance of your daily life," Tom Hanks says. He plays the co-founder of a giant tech company in the new film The Circle. Francois Duhamel/STX Financing hide caption
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Sunday
Emmy Rossum and Harry Lennix in "The Politician," one of the short films in the series #ThatsHarassment. Victoria Stevens/Dark Harbor Stories/Milk hide caption
Listen to Kristin Laurel read her poem
Saturday
Not My Job: We Quiz A Retired CIA Analyst On Briefs (The Underwear)
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Life in 16 bits — complete with chickens and monsters — in Stardew Valley. ConcernedApe hide caption
Adina Verson (right) and Katrina Lenk play, respectively, Rifkele, the brothel owner's daughter, and Menke, the woman she falls in the love with. Carol Rosegg/Courtesy of Sam Rudy Media Relations hide caption
'Indecent': A Play About A Yiddish Play That Was Ahead Of Its Time
"Literally I show up in the morning and I say, 'Who's dead?'" obit writer Bruce Weber explains in the film. "And somebody puts a folder on my desk and that's ... what I do that day." Weber took a buyout from The New York Times in 2016. Courtesy of Kino Lorber hide caption
'Obit' Follows The 'Times' Team Charged With Turning Lives Into History
Wanuri Kahiu speaks at this past week's TED gathering in Vancouver, Canada. Ryan Lash//TED hide caption
Friday
In 1967, Frederick Wiseman's controversial documentary Titicut Follies exposed conditions at Bridgewater State Hospital in Massachusetts. Fifty years later, the filmmaker, now 87, has adapted the work into dance. Hecco hide caption
A Haunting '60s Film About Mental Illness And Incarceration Becomes A Ballet
Listening Back To A 2009 Conversation With Director Jonathan Demme
Tom Hanks stars in The Circle as a tech CEO who is part Steve Jobs and part Mark Zuckerberg. Frank Masi/STX Entertainment hide caption