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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    ‘The Secret Garden’ finds magic within sorrow, says critic

    Critics review “The Secret Garden,” the fifth cinema adaptation of the classic 1911 children’s novel; “I Used to Go Here,” about a successful author who gets tangled in the lives of students from her alma mater; “She Dies Tomorrow,” a psychological…

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    By Jonathan Bastian • Aug 7, 2020 • 9m Listen

    Critics review “The Secret Garden,” the fifth cinema adaptation of the classic 1911 children’s novel; “I Used to Go Here,” about a successful author who gets tangled in the lives of students from her alma mater; “She Dies Tomorrow,” a psychological horror about a woman who’s convinced she’ll die soon, and her anxiety spreads through her community; “An American Pickle,” a comedy about an immigrant worker who gets accidentally preserved for 100 years.

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      Jonathan Bastian

      Host, Life Examined

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Amy Ta

      Digital News & Culture Editor

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      Christy Lemire

      Film critic , writer, and co-host of the YouTube channel “Breakfast All Day”

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      Shawn Edwards

      film critic at Fox 4 News and co-founder of the African American Film Critics Association

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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    Back to school: How LAUSD teachers are prepping
    1. 0:00Gridlock in Washington over extending PPP: What it means for California workers
    2. 11:53Teachers make sense of new guidelines for distance learning — before school starts on Aug 18
    3. 26:01‘The Secret Garden’ finds magic within sorrow, says criticYou’re reading this
    4. 35:34COVID-19 pandemic is squeezing supplies of tents, bikes and freeze-dried food
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