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4:03 pm
Thu July 12, 2012

'Margaret': The Tortured Journey Of A Girl, On Screen

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Sarah Steele, Anna Paquin and Matthew Broderick in Margaret. The DVD release of Kenneth Lonergan's long-delayed second film includes the theatrical version and an extended 186-minute cut.
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Mark Ruffalo, who along with Broderick acted in Lonergan's breakout first film, You Can Count on Me, is part of an ensemble cast that also includes Matt Damon and Rosemarie DeWitt.
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Originally published on Fri July 13, 2012 11:56 am

"A fiasco with a great first half" is what I called Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret when it was dumped in one New York theater last fall, five years after it was shot, amid a legal battle between Lonergan and a producer.

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Movie Reviews
4:03 pm
Thu July 12, 2012

Whatever The Country, No Such Thing As 'Easy Money'

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Mrado (Dragomir Mrsic) is the enforcer for a Serbian drug cartel that controls business in Sweden, and one of three characters who clash in Easy Money.
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Originally published on Wed July 18, 2012 8:57 am

Easy Money is a fine title for a film, but to truly savor the tang of this top-drawer Scandinavian thriller, try rolling its original Swedish title off your tongue. Say hello to Snabba Cash.

Director Daniel Espinosa starts his splendid crime story all in a rush, throwing us right into the middle of a trio of chaotic situations.

Introduced first is Jorge, a Chilean living in Sweden — in fact in a Swedish prison. Making his escape, Jorge promptly goes into hiding, as much from other local bad guys as from the police.

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The Salt
3:44 pm
Thu July 12, 2012

Three Secrets To Crispy Pickles, And A 'Lost Recipe' Found

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Pickling spices, ready for their close-up
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Listener Joan Vick wanted to re-create her Grandma Minnie's secret pickle recipe.
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Originally published on Thu July 12, 2012 5:10 pm

Whether you're a veteran canner or you've just discovered this hot trend and want to get in on National Can It Forward Day this weekend, you know that the ultimate test of a good pickle is whether it's got some crunch to it.

As part of All Things Considered's Lost Recipes series, host Melissa Block talks with listener Joanie Vick, of Nashua, N.H., today. (You can hear the full interview above.)

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Music Interviews
11:03 am
Thu July 12, 2012

Fresh Air Celebrates Woody Guthrie At 100

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Woody Guthrie
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Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection is available from Smithsonian Folkways.
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Originally published on Thu July 12, 2012 11:52 am

Lots of people know Woody Guthrie's classic 1940 ballad "This Land Is Your Land," but the story behind the tune may not be as familiar.

Guthrie, who would have turned 100 this week, wrote "This Land" as a response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America," a song he felt was overly patriotic and not directed at ordinary Americans like himself.

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Television
9:03 am
Thu July 12, 2012

The 'Political Animals' Running Washington, D.C.

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In Political Animals, Sigourney Weaver plays Elaine Barrish, the current secretary of state and a former first lady.
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Originally published on Thu July 12, 2012 2:36 pm

If you only knew about America from watching TV, the last few months might lead you to think that women here wield enormous political power. First you had Game Change, the story of Sarah Palin's attempt to become vice president. Then you had Veep, in which Julia Louis-Dreyfus's character has accomplished just that. Now comes Political Animals, a new USA network series about a strong female secretary of state who I suspect even a Martian would realize is based on Hillary Clinton.

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