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Double Feature: Refugees In 'Limbo,' And Spies And Subterfuge In 'Cliff Walkers'

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Double Feature: Refugees In 'Limbo,' And Spies And Subterfuge In 'Cliff Walkers'

Chinese director Zhang Yimou tells an epic tale of subterfuge and spies in Cliff Walkers. And in the Scottish dramedy Limbo, a young musician is stranded in a starkly beautiful no-man's-land.

Double Feature: Refugees In 'Limbo,' And Spies And Subterfuge In 'Cliff Walkers'

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Germany Will Repatriate Benin Bronzes, Plundered From Africa In The 19th Century

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Germany Will Repatriate Benin Bronzes, Plundered From Africa In The 19th Century

German officials announced they have reached an agreement with Nigeria to return artifacts looted from the ancient Kingdom of Benin and now housed in German museums; other nations also hold bronzes.

Maria Bamford & Richard Kind: Yogurt Is Gold, Baby

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Maria Bamford & Richard Kind: Yogurt Is Gold, Baby

Rutherford Falls' co-creator Sierra Teller Ornelas talks about Native American representation in her new sitcom, and explains what "bank plants" are. Maria Bamford & Richard Kind (Everything's Gonna Be Okay) learn about space cheese. Mary Holland and Maureen Bharoocha (Golden Arm) learn about blue fries.

Maria Bamford & Richard Kind: Yogurt Is Gold, Baby

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Kate Winslet On The Roles That Scare Her And How 'Titanic' Shaped Her Career

Fresh Air

Winslet stars in the new HBO series, Mare of Easttown. She spoke to Fresh Air in 2020 about her breakout turn in Titanic when she was in her 20s. "I was learning on the fly," she says.

Kate Winslet On The Roles That Scare Her And How 'Titanic' Shaped Her Career

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Sierra Teller Ornelas: Rutherford Falls

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Sierra Teller Ornelas: Rutherford Falls

Rutherford Falls' co-creator Sierra Teller Ornelas talks about Native American representation in her new sitcom, and explains what "bank plants" are.

Sierra Teller Ornelas: Rutherford Falls

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The Chortle Instruments

Actor Mary Holland and director Maureen Bharoocha (Golden Arm) listen to clips of unusual musical instruments. The title of this game is a gratuitous pun of a series of young adult fantasy novels.

The Chortle Instruments

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Has This Been To Space?

The hilarious Maria Bamford and Richard Kind (Everything's Gonna Be Okay) guess if various objects have been to space. But they're all silly objects, because "Soyuz capsule" is kind of a gimmie.

Has This Been To Space?

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Bittersweet Film 'About Endlessness' Highlights Life's Humor And Despair

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Bittersweet Film 'About Endlessness' Highlights Life's Humor And Despair

Fresh Air

A priest loses his faith. A woman breaks the heel of her shoe. A couple visits their child's grave. Life unfolds as a series of stylized, bone-dry comic sketches in Roy Andersson's sublime new film.

Bittersweet Film 'About Endlessness' Highlights Life's Humor And Despair

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Return For Mickey, Stay For The Churros: Disneyland Reopens After 13 Months

Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle is lit up this week as the theme park prepares to reopen on Friday. California health restrictions allow the resort to operate at 25% capacity. Christian Thompson/Disneyland Resort via Getty Images hide caption

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Coronavirus Updates

Return For Mickey, Stay For The Churros: Disneyland Reopens After 13 Months

"I can't wait to just be there and feel it and listen to the music and smell the churros," says Robert Laird, a Disney megafan.

Return For Mickey, Stay For The Churros: Disneyland Reopens After 13 Months

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Maeve Higgins: Why Is The 'Good Immigrant' Narrative Dangerous?
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Maeve Higgins: Why Is The 'Good Immigrant' Narrative Dangerous?

Irish comedian Maeve Higgins moved to the U.S. with a visa for artists with "extraordinary abilities." But the myth of the "good immigrant," she says, perpetuates harm and discrimination.

Maeve Higgins: Why Is The 'Good Immigrant' Narrative Dangerous?

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Channel Your Inner Wildlife Photographer And Chill Out With 'New Pokémon Snap'

In the Pokémon Snap games, you're not capturing mons and forcing them to fight — you're taking pictures of them in their natural habitats. Screenshot by Kaity Kline/Nintendo hide caption

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Channel Your Inner Wildlife Photographer And Chill Out With 'New Pokémon Snap'

After years of begging by fans online, Nintendo has released a sequel to the classic N64 game Pokémon Snap — it's a peaceful playthrough that has you taking pictures of monsters, not capturing them.