Ruth Carter, Eddie Murphy, Stevenson Lost And Found, Clint Eastwood, Dostoevsky...

** "The idea of dressing an iconic character, we went through several different stages of life with Malcolm X - and we only dealt with one stage of life with Dolemite."

         Ruth Carter Wikimedia (Gage Skidmore)

Dolemite Is My Name: A conversation with costume designer Ruth Carter, the first African American to win an Oscar in that category, for Black Panther last year - comparing and contrasting political statements with fashion statements, designing Spike Lee's Malcolm X and Eddie Murphy for Dolemite Is My Name.

We'll also hear from Eddie Murphy from the Toronto Film Festival and prior to the movie's release, about his inspiration for becoming Rudy Ray Moore's Dolemite in this blaxploitation satire.

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** "An inquest into the 2008 financial crash attributed blame to both Greenspan and objectivism - of course Dostoevsky would have told them that 150 years earlier."

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Dostoevsky: Notes From Underground And Rational Egoism. An analysis with connections to the French Revolution; Adam Smith's invisible hand of the market, the bitter anti-hero, chaos and self-interest; the Western world as a story from Year Zero; and '2 times 2 is forever.'

** "Jim would put his hand to paper, and something magical would happen - the tornado of unbelievable creativity."

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Stevenson: Lost And Found - Director Sally Williams discusses her documentary delving into the unique style and humor of the late New Yorker cartoonist, illustrator and author of over 100 children's books, James Stevenson. Jack Shalom reports.

** "They said Eric, come play this normal person - after all the abnormal people I've played!"

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Actor Eric Roberts phones in - to talk about portraying a shrink in his latest movie, Head Full Of Honey. And connections to Goodbye Mr. Chips, overcoming the challenges of addiction in his life, and his current work in at least 58 upcoming films.

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Richard Jewell: Truth Stranger Than Hollywood

"A little power can turn a person into a monster..."

In this truth stranger than Hollywood biopic, Clint Eastwood in a bid as unlikely as his designated hero, has crafted an emerging police state/corporate press collusion cautionary tale.

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