Best Of: Benicio del Toro / Molly Jong-Fast
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Benicio del Toro
Benicio del Toro talks about his leading role in Wes Anderson's new film, The Phoenician Scheme. He'll look back on his acting career, and tell us about moving from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania in his teens. His other movies include The Usual Suspects, Traffic and Sicario.
Film Review
Justin Chang reviews the new rom-com Materialists, starring Dakota Johnson.
Molly Jong-Fast
MSNBC political analyst Molly Jong-Fast's mother Erica Jong became famous from her 1973 novel Fear of Flying, which was considered a groundbreaking work of feminist literature. But Molly's mom became addicted to the fame and couldn't bear to lose it. She talks about her childhood and a year of great loss in her new memoir, How to Lose Your Mother.
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Benicio del Toro talks about his leading role in Wes Anderson's new film, <em>The Phoenician Scheme</em>. He'll look back on his acting career, and tell us about moving from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania in his teens. His other movies include <em>The Usual Suspects</em>, <em>Traffic</em> and <em>Sicario</em>. <br/><br/>Justin Chang reviews the new rom-com <em>Materialists</em>, starring Dakota Johnson. <br/><br/>MSNBC political analyst Molly Jong-Fast's mother Erica Jong became famous from her 1973 novel <em>Fear of Flying</em>, which was considered a groundbreaking work of feminist literature. But Molly's mom became addicted to the fame and couldn't bear to lose it. She talks about her childhood and a year of great loss in her new memoir, <em>How to Lose Your Mother</em>.<br/><br/>To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>
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Benicio del Toro
Benicio del Toro talks about his leading role in Wes Anderson's new film, The Phoenician Scheme. He'll look back on his acting career, and tell us about moving from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania in his teens. His other movies include The Usual Suspects, Traffic and Sicario.
Film Review
Justin Chang reviews the new rom-com Materialists, starring Dakota Johnson.
Molly Jong-Fast
MSNBC political analyst Molly Jong-Fast's mother Erica Jong became famous from her 1973 novel Fear of Flying, which was considered a groundbreaking work of feminist literature. But Molly's mom became addicted to the fame and couldn't bear to lose it. She talks about her childhood and a year of great loss in her new memoir, How to Lose Your Mother.
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Benicio del Toro talks about his leading role in Wes Anderson's new film, <em>The Phoenician Scheme</em>. He'll look back on his acting career, and tell us about moving from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania in his teens. His other movies include <em>The Usual Suspects</em>, <em>Traffic</em> and <em>Sicario</em>. <br/><br/>Justin Chang reviews the new rom-com <em>Materialists</em>, starring Dakota Johnson. <br/><br/>MSNBC political analyst Molly Jong-Fast's mother Erica Jong became famous from her 1973 novel <em>Fear of Flying</em>, which was considered a groundbreaking work of feminist literature. But Molly's mom became addicted to the fame and couldn't bear to lose it. She talks about her childhood and a year of great loss in her new memoir, <em>How to Lose Your Mother</em>.<br/><br/>To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>
