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MSP Film Society will now program 5 screens

MSP Film Society will now program 5 screens

The MSP Film Society is fulfilling a long held ambition to program all five screens in the Minneapolis theater complex it has called home for over a decade.
by Euan Kerr

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Writer Joan Didion, whose 'electric anxiety' inspired a generation, has died at 87

Writer Joan Didion, whose 'electric anxiety' inspired a generation, has died at 87

American novelist, journalist and essayist Joan Didion died on Thursday at her home in New York at the age of 87 from Parkinson's Disease. The best-selling writer began describing her home state, California, for magazines in the 1960s and broadened her subjects over the decades in nonfiction, fiction and films.
by Susan Stamberg

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Paul Thomas Anderson combines old with new in 'Licorice Pizza'

Paul Thomas Anderson combines old with new in 'Licorice Pizza'

Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, a maker of movies exploring everything from high fashion to religious cults and the porn industry, now turns his attention to young — if mismatched — love. 
by Euan Kerr

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How your brain copes with grief, and why it takes time to heal

How your brain copes with grief, and why it takes time to heal

Grieving is a form of learning, says a scientist who studies the brain's response to loss. When someone you love dies, you have to learn new rules for navigating the world and your brain has to adapt.
by Berly McCoy

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In 'Sea State,' life gets rocky when a journalist gets involved with her subject

In 'Sea State,' life gets rocky when a journalist gets involved with her subject

Tabitha Lasley spent six months in Aberdeen, Scotland, interviewing men who work on offshore oil rigs. Along the way, she had an all-consuming affair with one of the very first men she interviewed.
by Maureen Corrigan

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'Mothers, Fathers, and Others' addresses the realities of motherhood

'Mothers, Fathers, and Others' addresses the realities of motherhood

Siri Hustvedt's essays bring into focus the profound contradictions of motherhood — often eclipsed by the cultural idealization of mothers as the model of self-sacrificing nurturance.
by Sharmila Mukherjee

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