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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Marie Curie biopic ‘Radioactive’ is dazzling, says critic

Critics review “The Rental,” a thriller about two couples who rent an oceanside vacation home, but then their weekend getaway goes awry; “Radioactive,” a biopic starring Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie, a physicist and chemist known for her pioneering…

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By Madeleine Brand • Jul 24, 2020 • 13m Listen

Critics review “The Rental,” a thriller about two couples who rent an oceanside vacation home, but then their weekend getaway goes awry; “Radioactive,” a biopic starring Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie, a physicist and chemist known for her pioneering research on radioactivity; “Yes, God, Yes,” about a young Catholic woman discovering her sexuality.

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