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Chan Marshall's songs have traditionally been sad and sparse, pecked out on piano or guitar. Sun, her first collection of new songs since 2006, takes a different approach.

Lincoln Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music recently opened new, smaller theater spaces designed by architect Hugh Hardy. There, new works can be performed without the financial pressure of filling a large theater — and with cheaper tickets, they can attract the younger generation, too.

Despite predictions of the Occupy movement's resurgence, their presence in Tampa and Charlotte has been muted. But the themes they highlighted over the fall have made it to the stage.

Robert Siegel speaks with Eric Deggans, pop culture critic for the Tampa Bay Times, about the TV ratings for the NFL kickoff Thursday night versus the Democratic Convention coverage.

Audie Cornish talks with various people attending the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., about what they think President Obama needs to say in his speech Thursday night.

Leslye Headland's entry into the female-fronted raunch comedy genre is refreshingly straightforward, until the movie bends over backward to make its nasty anti-heroines "relatable," says critic Stephanie Zacharek. Still, Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan and Isla Fisher shine.

In the directorial debut of screenwriters Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, sensitive author Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper) stumbles upon a manuscript and passes it off as his own. The success that follows is tempered by an encounter with the real author.

So Yong Kim's film follows a misanthropic rocker (Paul Dano) going through a divorce and encountering his 6-year-old daughter. Improvised dialogue and on-location shootings provide a bleak realism, but the film doesn't do much with character, says critic Mark Jenkins.

Fred Schepisi, a classicist filmmaker, delivers an adaptation of Patrick White's novel The Eye of the Storm that feels like it's lost in time and space, says critic Stephanie Zacharek. It's a handsomely shot family drama with virtuoso acting, even if its stateliness can be a little wearying.

On the final night of the convention, President Obama will accept the nomination of his party.