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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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    Long-term effects of coronavirus
    1. 0:00Landlords are left to fend for themselves: LA apartment manager on lack of protections
    2. 8:34Think COVID-19 lasts 2 weeks? This patient has been suffering for months
    3. 22:46‘Father Soldier Son’ documentary follows an Afghan war soldier and his family for 10 years
    4. 37:12Marie Curie biopic ‘Radioactive’ is dazzling, says criticYou’re reading this
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