Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Critic: ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ makes tropes of trashy romance novels unbearably real
Our critics review “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” about forbidden love between a painter and her subject, who’s also a woman; “The Aeronauts,” about a real-life British scientist who wanted to fly higher than ever before in a hot air balloon in…
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readOur critics review “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” about forbidden love between a painter and her subject, who’s also a woman; “The Aeronauts,” about a real-life British scientist who wanted to fly higher than ever before in a hot air balloon in 1862; “Midnight Family,” a documentary about a family in Mexico who runs a private ambulance; “In Fabric,” set in the 1980s about a dress that literally kills.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Witney Seibold
senior writer at SlashFilm and co-host of the podcast Critically Acclaimed Network
Alicia Malone
host on Turner Classic Movies
The full episode
4 of 4Why UC admission rates have plummeted, and what stressed families can do- 0:00U.S. reaches lowest unemployment rate since 1969
- 8:43How is Uber making rides safer?
- 20:07UC admission rates have plummeted, so what should anxious students and parents do?
- 34:37Critic: ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ makes tropes of trashy romance novels unbearably realYou’re reading this